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Mineral beneficiation and agro-processing rarely appear in the same sentence in most industrial policy conversations, yet SADC's own strategic documentation places them side by side, alongside pharmaceuticals, as the three named priority sectors under its...
The government clarified in June 2023 which goods may cross foot-and-mouth disease zones, with digital permits proposed to streamline compliance for farmers and traders.
The farmer at the start of the chain and the export target at the end of it rarely speak the same language, and SADC's agro-processing strategy currently has more of the second than the first. The bloc's public institutional record names agro-processing as...
Makgadikgadi farmers sought compensation for cattle lost to culling and movement restrictions, underscoring the cost of disease control falling on the herd owner. [TK: widely reported, uncited.]
Veterinarians chose to vaccinate rather than mass-cull foot-and-mouth-infected livestock, relieving farmers and raising cold-chain demand. The shift moves the cost from destruction to logistics.
After BCL’s copper-mine closure, Selebi Phikwe’s farming and tourism push includes a citrus project employing over 300 workers and now seeking expansion. A mining town learns to grow.
The Department of Veterinary Services listed goods such as hides and processed meats that may move across foot-and-mouth zones, easing confusion. Clarity, not new rules, reduced the disruption.
Kgalagadi farmers want a 200 km fence along the Molopo River to keep foot-and-mouth out and the EU beef market open. The proposal reads as a measure of how much that market is worth.
On 15 March 2023, Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera declared a state of disaster after Tropical Cyclone Freddy tore through the country's agricultural heartland, and the SADC Council of Ministers, meeting the same week in Kinshasa, approved US$300,000 in...