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Inclusivity is crucial to SA’s livestock sector

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This article is an edited version of Mooketsa Ramasodi’s address given at the 2021 LRF Stockman School, which was held at the Aldam Holiday Resort and Conference Centre in the Free State. The theme was ‘Critical success factors for an inclusive and profitable livestock value chain.’

Much has been achieved in the livestock sector in recent years, but even more can be done if we work together. In the words of [former] president Nelson Mandela, ‘unity is strength’. We all need to come together and focus on a core vision for the sector.

Unity is relevant not only to South Africa’s Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan, but also to the continent as a

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