Sustaining Livestock Supply Chain in Namibia

Namibia has a tremendous potential in the livestock sector which has come a long way in developing its competitive advantage and USP with a good animal identification and traceability system. This potential is likely to be harnessed with Namibia's progressive policies, plans and actions to integrate the existing three livestock marketing systems -small communal farmers in north, emerging small scale farmers and existing commercial farming in the south, gain access to high-end markets particularly by supporting small farmers in north part of the country on integrated crop-livestock systems, range land management plans, and strengthen knowledge and capacity of the farmers. Integration of the three systems is expected to provide ample opportunities on Out grower models, central processing facilities like Agro Processing Hubs and Agri Transformation Centers nearer to the small holder farmers as one-stop shops to do business and bring prosperity.