Namibia's national policy on foreign trade relations for agricultural products

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Marketing has been identified as one of the major constraints to agricultural and rural development. This refers to marketing of livestock, since livestock production is the most important sector of the Namibian agricultural sector. Marketing of livestock in the Northern Communal Areas (NCAs) is specifically hampered by the existence of the veterinary cordon fence "red line" and by "intrinsic values" associated with livestock. However, the paper also shows how the National Agricultural Policy and Foreign Trade Policy in Namibia affects agricultural production and marketing in general and beef in particular