Beef crisis tests Southern Africa’s livestock supply chain

Beef crisis tests Southern Africa’s livestock supply chain

Sunday Standard Beef crisis tests Southern Africa’s livestock supply chain Botswana’s beef industry is facing a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) crisis that is exposing the country’s deep dependence on livestock markets, processing capacity and export routes across southern Africa. The disruption is unfolding as neighbouring Namibia confronts its own FMD outbreak, threatening a regional beef value chain in which cattle, investment and markets extend…