Farmer's Weekly

FMD crisis hits meat supply, threatens exports, drives prices up

Foot-and-mouth disease is destabilising South Africa’s meat supply chain, shutting down export markets, forcing the ...
FoodNavigator

What do South African consumers think of plant-based meat?

South Africa has one of Africa’s largest plant-based meat markets. How do consumers view these meat-free alternatives? Two years ago, the South African government attempted to ban ‘meaty’ names for ...
Mongabay

An oil-rich West African island offers decades of insight into the wild meat trade

Bioko Island, a biodiversity hotspot and part of Equatorial Guinea, is home to seven primate species and others like duikers, which are sold in local markets catering to the urban rich. A recent study ...
allAfrica.com on MSN

Namibia On High Alert As Foot-and-Mouth Disease Threatens N$8-Billion Red Meat Industry

Namibia's N$8-billion annual meat industry turnover faces a serious threat should the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, which has already caused livestock deaths in neighbouring South Africa, ...
The Conversation

Stopping mpox: wild meat markets are a root cause and must be made safer

Steven Lam's work is part of the CGIAR One Health Initiative, which is supported by the CGIAR Trust Fund. Delia Grace does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...
The Conversation

TikTok’s online wild meat sellers – study finds endangered species on offer in west Africa

Angie Elwin works for an international NGO, World Animal Protection, as the Head of Research, and is a Visiting Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University. Delagnon Assou is a Research ...