Namibia’s FMD-Free Zone Not Adequately Prepared for Potential Disease Outbreak

Namibia’s foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) free zone is not adequately prepared and ready for a potential outbreak of the animal disease.

Such a risk could cripple the country’s livestock sector and shut the door to international markets.

This was said by the deputy executive director in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Kingsley Kwenani, while addressing the sixth edition of the Bank Windhoek Agricultural Series on Thursday.

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