Question NW1576 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
11 May 2023 - NW1576
Montwedi, Mr Mk to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What are the details of the measures she has put in place to ensure that there is a sufficient supply of vaccines for African horse sickness?
Reply:
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), working with the Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) is implementing a sustainable vaccine production strategy, central to which is finding a competent vaccine manufacturing partner to contract manufacture vaccines on-behalf OBP. A consistent availability of vaccines will alleviate the challenge of farmers not finding vaccines when it is time for vaccination.