Meatco’s abattoirs impacted by a decline in cattle

Martin Endjala As a result of the raging drought in most regions in Namibia, abattoirs of the Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) are currently experiencing a decline in the supply of cattle for processing. The situation caused Meatco to slaughter only about 36,000 cattle over the past year. This is a significant drop from its normal slaughter capacity of 120,000 per year. This was revealed by Meatco’s Executive Marketing Sales, Logistics and Compliance Officer, Adrianatus Maseke during a Meatco business connect engagement with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that was held in Windhoek. Maseke said that the decline in cattle…