Meatco has highlighted that clarification by the European Union on temporary animal-health measures following Namibia's Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreak will allow eligible consignments to reach their intended markets and help reduce the immediate commercial impact on the livestock value chain.

Meatco has expressed concerns over continued restrictions on the movement and direct sale of livestock that could put pressure on the meat industry.

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani, has announced that the ministry plans to begin vaccinating all animals in the Karasburg area.

Once the ministry has completed an assessment and is confident that the outbreak has been contained, trade will be gradually opened.

Communities in the Kunene Region are reeling from a violent storm that unleashed hail and floods, resulting in the loss of livestock and destruction of homes. 

Residents said the disaster is unlike anything they have ever experienced.

Adelheid Ambunda has turned a small poultry project, initially started to support her daughter's university studies, into a growing business in the Omusati Region.

Ambunda started poultry farming in 2021 at her village home in Okahala, with 34 hens and two cocks of the Sasso breed.