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Namibia Weighs New Livestock Levy to Fight FMD | Namibia News
Namibia’s livestock industry faces a looming crisis as foot-and-mouth disease threatens to wipe out its economic backbone. To combat this, officials are proposing a temporary, shared levy on livestock sales—both buyers and sellers would pay—to fund urgent veterinary efforts. Unlike past measures that burdened only sellers, this new approach aims to distribute the cost more fairly while keeping funds strictly earmarked for disease control. With cattle prices surging 24%, the levy could be set at around 0.76% of transaction value, and farming unions support it as a short-term fix. The goal?…
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