Opportunities At My Door Step is a presentation by LEKGATLHANYE KANELO (BSc Crop Science, MSc Agriculture and Development) at Gumare Advisory Association held in Gaborone, Botswana. What opportunities are available to the people of Gumare & surroundings

1. OPPORTUNITIES AT MY DOOR STEP
PRESENTED
BY
LEKGATLHANYE KANELO
BSc Crop Science
MSc Agriculture and Development

2. What puts us at an advantage
 Abundance of water
• ground water
• surface water
 Good alluvial soils - fertility
 Seasonal flooding- molapo
farming (Timely planting)
 Relatively good climate - variety
of crops almost all year round
 Access to ploughing & grazing
land- land not an excuse
 Good Indigenous Knowledge
Systems (IKS) – adaptation &
resilience to climate change

3. Possible opportunities
 Animal production
• Cattle production
• Small stock -Goats/sheep
• Rabbit production
• Pig production, Poultry
Challenges
• FMD
• Drought ( overgrazing)
• Rapidly changing climate
• Predation
• Mogau
• Shortage of market and
extremely low prices from
the local market

4. Horticulture
(Irrigation)
Field crops
(Rainfed)
Vegetables
Cabbage, Onion,
carrots,
beetroots,
Spinach,
pumpkins,
butternut
Green beans
Green mealies
Tomato
Peppers
Legumes
Beans,
cowpeas,
bambara
nuts, G/nuts
Arable sub-sector
Fruit prod
Mango
Oranges
Cereals
maize,
sorghum,
millet,
sweet reed
miscellaneous
Floriculture
Landscaping
Fodder prod’
sunflower
service providers
agrochemicals dealers, irrigation equipment sales, farm
implements and machinery, agro-processing industries

5. 5. Govt policies
& Practices
(enabling env’)
5.Knowledge
Systems
7. External
economic
relations
4. New &
improved
methods of
production
1. Effective
demand
2. Output
delivery
systems
3. Resources
to support
extra output
7 group
of factors