{"id":20997,"date":"2023-01-30T10:52:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswana-seeks-to-advance-agriculture-productivity"},"modified":"2023-01-30T11:45:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T11:45:34","slug":"botswana-seeks-to-advance-agriculture-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswana-seeks-to-advance-agriculture-productivity","title":{"rendered":"BOTSWANA SEEKS TO ADVANCE AGRICULTURE PRODUCTIVITY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Botswana is looking into inviting the African Development Bank (AfDB) to chat a way forward on the uptake of the Country Food and Agriculture Delivery Compacts endorsed by the second Feed Africa Summit that was held in Dakar, Senegal January 25-27.<\/b><\/p>\n

Minister of Agriculture, Mr Fidelis Molao, said this in an interview at the end of the summit, stating that Botswana would have the opportunity to present her case to AfDB on to how the country could leverage on the opportunities for advancing agriculture productivity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is need to constantly engage entities like AfDB to assist Botswana where she is lagging behind, particularly in areas such as having enough water, manufacturing fertilizers locally, among other challenges in order to produce better agriculture yield,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that Botswana, like other countries, had agriculture programmes with immense potential, but fell short due to insufficient funding.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn that regard, more funds are needed to drive programmes like the revamped Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agriculture Development (ISPAAD), revamped artificial insemination and enhancement of extension services to reach farmers timely among other initiatives,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Molao said time was nigh Botswana adopted smart agriculture to determine the amount of yield needed especially to produce enough grains using irrigation technologies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe engaged a lot about how we can fill gaps that affect our agriculture output and most governments lack in that aspect, although each country has a unique case. So the summit has been helpful in providing a platform for engaging towards sufficient food production,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Mr Molao indicated that partnerships with entities like AfDB through their programmes to transform the sector would assist Botswana realise agriculture potential.<\/p>\n

In another interview, Minister of Entrepreneurship, Mr Karabo Gare said the development of value chains in Botswana was a step in the right direction towards ramping up efforts to achieve food sufficiency and was a building block towards food security in the continent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to scale up our efforts to feed the nation and reduce the import bill, especially food imports,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore enhancing the quality of locally produced goods is also important in boosting the economy and reducing food imports in the wake of uncertainties brought about by geo-politics,\u201d Mr Gare said.<\/p>\n

He added that Botswana had already prioritised some sectors in the agriculture space such as agro-processing zones that should be developed further to bring about opportunities in the agribusiness and further create employment opportunities through agriculture industries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe use of technological advancement in agriculture is equally important to increase production and paying attention to mitigating climate change effects,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the AfDB has committed a US$10 billion investment facility over the next five years to boost Africa\u2019s efforts to end hunger and become a primary food provider for itself and the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

Minister Gare said areas such as agro-processing would be targeted through such assistance.<\/p>\n

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