This paper presents an estimate of the cattle off-take rates in Ndiyona constituency of the Kavango
region, north eastern communal area of Namibia and identifies marketing channels and strategies
used by small-scale livestock farmers. The study used Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) to identify
factors influencing cattle off-take rates. The results showed that cattle off-take rate of 6.14 percent for
Ndiyona constituency that is below the official off-take rates for the rest of the country (20%), above
the estimated cattle off-take rate for the northern communal areas (2%). The study concludes that type
of farming and the quarantine marketing channel contribute negatively to cattle marketing in Ndiyona
constituency, hence relatively lower off-take rates, while number of cattle owned by the farmers has
positive impacts on cattle marketing.