{"id":6429,"date":"2022-05-05T14:17:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T14:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mosisedi-to-ease-food-inflation-pressure"},"modified":"2022-05-05T17:57:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:57:24","slug":"mosisedi-to-ease-food-inflation-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mosisedi-to-ease-food-inflation-pressure","title":{"rendered":"Mosisedi to ease food inflation pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Despite being unexempted from rising costs of production, the Mosisedi Commercial Farmers Association has pledged its dedication to implementing innovative and ingenuitive arable farming techniques to ease the burden of food inflation on the nation.<\/b><\/p>\n

Mosisedi, named after the two Southern District villages the association is straddled between\u2014Mosi and Sedibeng\u2014is a collection of 18 farms over a 10,000-hectare area dedicated to arable farming that has been heavily hit by the effects of inflation.<\/p>\n

Mosisedi chair, Kagiso Monkge recently told journalist that multiple international pressures have dramatically inflated the cost of large scale farming production forcing local farmers to shift the cost burden onto consumers. The association, however, has no intention to have its end consumers bear the full burden of inflation without doing everything they can to delay the rising costs of staple crops. \u201cFood security is not just about the availability of food, it\u2019s also about the affordability,\u201d Monkge said. \u201cAs farmers, we plan to employ more efficient methods that help to lower our input costs while increasing our yield output,” he said. \u201cOne of the challenges we have when it comes to increasing our yield output is moisture, we are a semi-arid country and we often have problems with moisture. So what we do is practice techniques like minimal tillage. Techniques like this help us store, conserve, and use less water generally,” Monkge informed.<\/p>\n

However, despite this ambitious determination, Monkge stated he expects further rising food costs due to increased prices along the supply chain that farmers have little to no control over. He noted that the rising costs along the supply chain can be attributed to Botswana not locally producing the inputs that farmers need to produce their crops, leaving the nation\u2019s farming performance at the mercy of international suppliers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always go back to the issue of self-reliance, we need strategies in place that will allow us to have inputs when we need them. The best way to do that is to produce those inputs locally,\u201d he said. \u201cThis year we expect our outputs to be worse than last year, indications are there that the prices of fertilizers are going to shoot up again. We\u2019ve already seen prices of fuel go up and I’m doubtful this will be the last increase this year. This is all because we don\u2019t have control over the production of those inputs,\u201d he added. Concurring with Monkge, one of the farm owners within Mosidedi, Gobona Mapitse, agreed that Botswana is overly reliant on its neighbours for farming inputs but less because of a lack of production of inputs but rather a lack of rainfall. \u201cMany of us have hit blanks trying to find water here on our farms, so we don\u2019t have enough water to irrigate. If you don\u2019t have enough water, there is no way you can have a lot of annual production. \u201dWe have land, but it\u2019s dry land. When the rain goes we can only fold our arms. If there was sufficient water we would produce much more. There is a lot of opportunity if we had water because the land is there.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Mapitse\u2019s acceptance of the realities of Botswana\u2019s climate has not deterred her determination to be a successful farmer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still have to try with the little that we have. Maybe be a little innovative, and see what we can plant that requires minimal water,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, Seed Co offers Mosisedi farmers hybrid seeds adapted to the environment of Botswana allowing a higher average annual crop output for the participating farmers. Agronomist at Seed Co. Group, Dialwa Kenatshele, expressed that Seed Co is committed to providing farmers with seeds that allow them to maximise their yields regardless of the harsh growing conditions of Botswana. \u201cWe supply hybrid seeds to farmers, not only hybrid seeds but also the best genetically modified seeds for the conditions of Botswana.<\/p>\n

Before we have any seed go into the ground we test it to adapt to the conditions of Botswana,\u201d Mapitse said. \u201cCurrently here in Mosisedi, most farmers use our SE-506 yellow variety maize seeds, which is a very good variety in terms of drought tolerance. Using this variety, our farmers have been able to yield four to six tonnes at harvest annually. Which is a very commendable harvest,\u201d she said. Mapitse added that Seed Co is continually innovating its seed varieties with various experiments in the hopes that they can dramatically increase the yield of any given crop over the same land area with the same inputs; this would theoretically reduce costs of production and allow farmers to sell crops at cheaper costs to consumers.<\/p>\n

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