Underutilised Francistown abattoir bleeds losses :: Mmegi Online

FRANCISTOWN: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Botswana Meat Commission (BMC), Akolang Tombale says their abattoir here is perennially posting losses due to underutilisation. Addressing Baruakgomo Pitso recently, the CEO said the Francistown region as a whole is regarded as a volatile but remains a very important part of the beef sector.

“Data from Statistics Botswana show that the region had 223,701 cattle from a total of 2.08 million cattle in the country of which only about 14,500 (6.5 percent) was sold to the BMC Francistown abattoir in 2013,” said Tombale.

Further, he said data from Statistics Botswana shows that cattle population in the whole country has reduced by 7.1 percent due to a national decline in birth rate at 50.6%, an increase of mortality rate to 12.6% and recurrence of Foot and Mouth (FMD) and other ailments.

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