Windhoek, March 21 (IANS) Namibia has declared a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) control area in the southern Kharas Region to safeguard its FMD-free status and protect access to international export markets, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform said on Saturday.The declaration, which took effect immediately, followed a Government Gazette notice published on March 17 defining the control area in key border zones and communal lands in southern Namibia, reports Xinhua news ag…
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Windhoek, Feb 11 (IANS) Namibia requires about 1.5 billion Namibian dollars (about 94 million US dollars) in additional funding to safeguard its livestock sector valued at around 15 billion Namibian dollars, amid heightened regional risks of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), a senior official has said. Speaking in the National Assembly, Namibia’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform Inge Zaamwani said the funding would be required over and above the 57.5 million Namibian dol…
Johannesburg, Feb 7 (IANS) South Africa has released its first locally produced vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in nearly two decades, the country’s Department of Agriculture said. At a press briefing, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen, together with the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), the vaccine developer and producer, announced the release of an initial batch of 12,900 vaccine doses, with production expected to rise to 20,000 doses per week by March.The ARC said plans are…