Meatco urged to participate in animal auctions in the NCA
THE Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) has been urged to participate in animal auctions in northern communal areas (NCA) to help create a market with competitive prices for farmers in the area. The call was made yesterday by George Haufiku of the Harambee Communal Auctioneers, who conducted an animal auction at Sikaduko Kraals and Auction […] The post Meatco urged to participate in animal auctions in the NCA appeared first on The Namibian .
THE Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) has been urged to participate in animal auctions in northern communal areas (NCA) to help create a market with competitive prices for farmers in the area.
The call was made yesterday by George Haufiku of the Harambee Communal Auctioneers, who conducted an animal auction at Sikaduko Kraals and Auction Pens at Rundu in the Kavango East region on Saturday.
He says the auction recorded a limited number of buyers and Meatco – as a state-owned meat processing and marketing entity, should participate in these animal auctions to help increase the number of buyers and to trigger competitive animal prices.
Haufiku, who is an official in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, says at the moment Meatco is not participating in NCA animal auction as a buyer, but sends their procurement team to individual rural farmers to buy cattle from them at an un-competitive prices.
