Beef Industry News and Views
Nyala – The Minister of Animal Resources at the State of South Darfur, Edam Abdel Rahman Adam, has excluded the existence of any relationship between recent meat price hike and exports. In an interview with Niyala Broadcasting Station, the minister said meat price hike is attributed to many reasons, some going back to the eighties [...]
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The future of Uganda’s meat processing industry is bleak because of the high rate at which the population of animals, especially cattle, is declining. This has resulted into beef shortage on the local market, sector players say. They note that if the trend is not checked, it will have a devastating effect on the industry. [...]
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Beef and Goat’s meat – A kilogram of beef went up by between sh500 and sh1,000 during Eid El Fitr celebrations. A kilogram that was two weeks ago selling at sh7,000 in Nakasero, Nakawa, Kalerwe, Owino and Kibuye markets cost between sh7,500 and sh8,000. A kilogram of goat meat also went up by between sh1,000 [...]
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THE Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA) has made a breakthrough in offering yet another training in meat processing technology in its Meat Industry Training Centre (MITC) in Dodoma, a rare skillful training ever introduced in the country almost 50 years since independence in 1961. The other breakthrough was the introduction of a diploma course [...]
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THE local slaughter and beef processing industry is running a “real risk of being completely marginalised” because of “uncontrolled export” of animals, Meatco chairman Clara Bohitile has warned. In her review in the corporation’s 2010-11 financial report, released last week, Bohitile said if left unattended, “it will lead to the Namibian beef industry essentially reverting [...]
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