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Many experts have warned that the foot-and-mouth disease is out of control in South Africa and that it poses an existential threat to many livestock farmers.
SCORE: C Steenhuisen has overseen a year of tangible progress in South Africa’s agricultural sector. The department has expanded exports with citrus, table grapes, apples, maize, and wine reaching new and growing markets, including China and the Philippines, supporting both foreign exchange earnings and increased rural job creation across value chains. However, avian influenza continues…
The Department of Agriculture has announced that South Africa will move to vaccinate its entire national cattle herd for Foot and Mouth Disease—a massive shift in its response to the national outbreak.