Post by cjm on Feb 11, 2015 8:23:06 GMT
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Copyright on SA Biltong?
12:47 (GMT+2), Mon, Monday, February 02, 2015
By Annelie Coleman
It’s time South African authorities copyrighted the name ‘biltong’, Prof Melville Saayman, director of the Unit for Tourism Research in Economic Environments and Society (Trees) at the North-West University, said in a statement.
Biltong is a local product and should be managed in the same way as Rooibos tea, he said. Biltong contributed more than R2, 5 billion to the SA economy annually, according to the statement. Game biltong sales contributed R237 million, while beef biltong contributed R2,4 billion.
Kudu was on the top of the game biltong list, according to the respondents in a recent Trees survey, followed by springbok, impala, eland, wildebeest, blesbok and ostrich. Gemsbok and warthog were at the bottom of the list.
Borrie Erasmus from Senekal, game farmer and member of the Wildlife Ranching SA board, said biltong hunters were a highly valued component of the SA game ranching industry. He said species such as impala, blesbok and kudu were popular among the biltong hunting fraternity.
“There nevertheless is a trend among biltong hunters to increasingly hunt species such as water buck and lechwe for biltong,” said Erasmus.
Venison exported to Europe and Asia has the potential to become a significant industry, according to Saayman. Apart from exporting venison biltong, the export of meat should also be pursued in earnest, he said.
Copyright on SA Biltong?
12:47 (GMT+2), Mon, Monday, February 02, 2015
By Annelie Coleman
It’s time South African authorities copyrighted the name ‘biltong’, Prof Melville Saayman, director of the Unit for Tourism Research in Economic Environments and Society (Trees) at the North-West University, said in a statement.
Biltong is a local product and should be managed in the same way as Rooibos tea, he said. Biltong contributed more than R2, 5 billion to the SA economy annually, according to the statement. Game biltong sales contributed R237 million, while beef biltong contributed R2,4 billion.
Kudu was on the top of the game biltong list, according to the respondents in a recent Trees survey, followed by springbok, impala, eland, wildebeest, blesbok and ostrich. Gemsbok and warthog were at the bottom of the list.
Borrie Erasmus from Senekal, game farmer and member of the Wildlife Ranching SA board, said biltong hunters were a highly valued component of the SA game ranching industry. He said species such as impala, blesbok and kudu were popular among the biltong hunting fraternity.
“There nevertheless is a trend among biltong hunters to increasingly hunt species such as water buck and lechwe for biltong,” said Erasmus.
Venison exported to Europe and Asia has the potential to become a significant industry, according to Saayman. Apart from exporting venison biltong, the export of meat should also be pursued in earnest, he said.