'Live cattle exports to Zim resume next month'

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MAUN: Live cattle exports to Zimbabwe from foot and mouth disease (FMD) affected areas start next month as Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) battles to reduce overstocking in areas like Ngamiland.

Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) Permanent Secretary Micus Chimbombi said this in a meeting with farmers here, during which the Ngamiland beef farmers condemned the BMC for failure to find reliable markets for their FMD affected cattle.

The farmers said BMC promised markets in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) but nothing has been forthcoming from the parastatal.

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