BMC, farmers could lose P450m in 2011

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The Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) and its farmers could lose up to P450 million due to the suspension of exports to the lucrative EU market, a situation that will only be worsened by the recent outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD).

Botswana Cattle Producers Association (BCPA) chair, Philip Fischer gave the bleak projections on Friday when launching a project designed to study the beef value chain from "farm to fork."

With an FMD outbreak in the north, the Lobatse abattoir only set to reopen today after a two-week closure and EU exports suspended, 2011 already ranks among the toughest years the BMC and farmers have encountered.

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