Botswana
Current and comprehensive agriculture, market and development news in Botswana.
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Politics
Botswana defends elephant hunts, denies blow to tourism industry
Botswana’s decision to reintroduce elephant hunting was necessary to protect its people and environment, and hasn’t adversely affected the $2…
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Game & Wildlife
Botswana raises alarm over unprecedented surge in rhino poaching
Botswana raised the alarm over a “deeply worrying” surge in rhinoceros poaching after two of the animals were killed in…
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Projects
Agro project to cut Botswana’s imports
An agro-infrastructure project that will give Botswana’s farmers access to a road network, a drainage system, and water control is…
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Livestock
Botswana has huge potential in beef sector
There is real opportunity to develop the beef sector and grow foreign exchange revenues accruing from the sector, says permanent…
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Game & Wildlife
Elephant Conservation conflict reflects postcolonial periphery-centre dynamics
A joint research by Israel Blackie, a University of Botswana PHD candidate and Jan Sowa from the Committee of Cultural…
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Game & Wildlife
Elephant hunting in Botswana to be selective, controlled – Prof Mbaiwa
Batswana should speak in one voice to defend the decision to lift the elephant hunting ban, a move which was…
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Livestock
Livestock decline worries Botswana government
Government is concerned by the declining population of livestock, which has a deleterious effect on beef exports to the European…
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Opinion
Hit by wilder weather, Botswana’s farmers seek welfare payments
Maipato Kesebang normally grows maize, jugo beans and sweet reed on her 20-hectare plot of land northwest of Gaborone, Botswana’s…
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