Namibia's pork industry is exploring all avenues to erect a third pig abattoir in the central areas to bolster local production which has experienced a 14.8 percent decline in the first six months of this year.
With only two pork abattoirs - in Tsumeb and Mariental - the country's 600-odd pig producers are struggling to deliver their products to these facilities separated by some 800 kilometres. The urgent need for an abattoir in the central areas was one of burning issues raised at last week's Pig Producers Association's AGM and information day under the theme, Feeding for Success.
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