The Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan (AAMP) identified beef as one of the local industries with a huge potential to unlock investment and economic growth in rural areas.
Of the country’s cattle herd of roughly 12,8 million head, about 41% is produced and owned by black farmers.
In 2021, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) estimated that an additional 750 000 weaners could