Namibia seeks 94 mln USD to protect livestock industry from FMD threat

WINDHOEK, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Namibia requires about 1.5 billion Namibian dollars (about 94 million U.S. dollars) in additional funding to safeguard its livestock sector valued at around 15 billion Namibian dollars, amid heightened regional risks of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a senior official said on Tuesday.

Speaking in the National Assembly, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform Ing