AGRICULTURE NEWS - In order to save Namibia’s ailing dairy industry the industry would have to restrict the volume of imported dairy products.
This was according to Namibia’s Minister of Agriculture Calle Schlettwein, who, during a parliamentary sitting said that the envisaged restrictions could be implemented by means of import legislation.
According to recent media reports, Schlettwein indicated that Namibia had experienced a 50% drop in milk production during the past four years, and feed costs now accounted for between 70% and 85% of production costs.
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