Namibia: ||kharas Farmers Fear FMD Restrictions Will Cost Jobs

Farmers in the ||Kharas region say foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) restrictions are threatening their businesses, markets and jobs, and are urging authorities to allow supervised livestock movement from unaffected farms.

Farmer Johan Blaauw says the government should consider allowing farmers to move livestock to abattoirs under veterinary supervision so they can continue selling their animals and protect their financial viability, markets and employees’ livelihoods.

The farmers made the remarks…