# Government launches market for disease-free beef - Watchdog Uganda

> Uganda's Ministry of Animal Industry launched a $15.6 million project to control animal disease in the western and central cattle corridor and to support disease-free beef for local and international markets. The project includes disease control zones and holding grounds along the Tanzania border.

- Date: 2022-06-12 · published 2022-06-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Uganda · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40870-government-launches-market-for-disease-free-beef-watchdog-uganda
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

This is a regional disease-control program with limited near-term effect on global feed or livestock prices.

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## Sources

- watchdoguganda.com: https://www.watchdoguganda.com/business/20220612/138024/government-launches-market-for-disease-free-beef.html

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