SAPPO’s Informal Pork Advisory Group (IPAG) met in April 2021 to discuss ASF. Dr Mary-Louise Penrith of the University of Pretoria was the guest speaker. Her message was that ASF “is impossible to eradicate, but the disease can be controlled.”
From left: Rika Verwey and Kgadi Senyatsi (SAPPO), Dr Mary-Louise Penrith (UP), Johann Kotzé and Dr Peter Evans (SAPPO), Brent Fairlie (Lynca) and Barend Voster (Molare). Dr Nadia de Beer (Agri FARMACY SA), Adriaan Holtzhausen (Eskort), Marieta Human and a team from Walt Landgoed attended the meeting online.
The South African Pork Producers’ Organisation (SAPPO) coordinates industry interventions and collaboratively manages risks in the value chain to enable the sustainability and profitability of pork producers in South Africa.
