Southern Africa - Sustainable Beef in Action: Regional Impacts & Innovations - Christine YambaYamba, Regional Livestock & Leather Expert, Solidaridad, from the 2018 Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), October 9 - 12, 2018, Kilkenny, Ireland. More presentations at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJuQkIaCQn5HXVjFbExofkg

1. SOUTHERN AFRICA
Christine C. YambaYamba, PhD,
Southern Africa Regional Roundtable for
Sustainable Beef - Secretaiat

2. SADC CATTLE POPULATION - 2013
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 Mozambique – 2.3mil
 Malawi – 1.2 mil
 Eswati – 0.6 mil
 Namibia – 2.3 mil
 South Africa - 13 mil
 Zambia – 3.1 mil
 Zimbabwe -5.1 mil
 SADC total is 67,516,776 – 15 countries
 Potential = 270, 067,104

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WHY SARRSB
WE NEED SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE BEEF SECTOR
BY PROTECTING :
 THE ENVIRONMENT,
 THE ANIMAL AND
 THE PEOPLE

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HOW ?
 MARKETING
 PRODUCTS
 PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY
 GENETIC CONSERVATION AND
IDENTIFICATION
WITH
 FARMERS
 PROCESSORS
 CONSUMERS
 RESEARCHERS

5. IT’S A REGIONAL STORY
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UBUNTU
“I am because we are”
We share the same resources,
water basins, animals and people

7. CHANGE
THAT MATTERS
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