EU Beef Market Still Elusive
Monday, February 24, 2014
Tombale says there is scarcity of cattle matching the EU market quality requirements. According to him 90% of Botswana’s cattle feed in communal pastures, something that disqualifies them for the EU market. They are required to be kept in an enclosed and registered facility.
Even of concern was the CEO’s acknowledgement that even the majority of the enclosed facilities are not registered, and therefore cannot export their beef to Europe.
It has only been a month since the newly elected government, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), took power, and there are already a lot of changes. Across different ministries, ministers are hard at work. Following heavy rainfall and storms that hit Francistown recently, the Minister of State Presidency, Moeti Mohwasa, made a commitment that government will assist those affected by the heavy rains. Mohwasa, when addressing the media in...