In the sun-scorched pastures of Ngamiland region, cattle farmers are greeting the Botswana Meat Commission’s (BMC) recent price hike with guarded optimism. The increase offers a glimmer of relief for an industry battered by disease, theft, and economic pressures, but farmers are adamant: these rates must be locked in for good to save their struggling sector.
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