1. POTENTIAL OF GRAIN
PRODUCTION IN
MOSISEDI
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3. Potential of grain production in Mosisedi
Editorial
Banyana farm lives on
Agriculture in national budget
agrinews bw
Late rainfall sparks life in Kweneng South
Commercial Grain Production
Farm to feed the nation
Financial constraints hamper dairy industry
Every dog needs a home but not every home
needs a dog
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as we may be aware, many parts
of the country have received
more than an average rainfall
These down pour a cross has left
many farmers wondering if this
will get something from what
Many crops such as maize which
many farmers prefer to grow are
levels are near zero after just 24
was noted that moderate water
is, is there a way to manage
or prolonged soil saturation to
yields are obtained in this
scenario? I do not really have a
agronomists can tell you is, try to
observe the weather conditions
have an effect on the chances of
wet conditions favor disease
and can lead to crop lodging
while very hot, windy conditions
may dry soil so fast, causing
many farmers, how crop responds to
in this case they need to be patient
growing point to assess damage and
Ultimately, it will be up to the grower
whether he or she will replant, or
primary consideration should be
dictated by reasons of economy, not
of the reduced crop stand versus
that of late-planted crop minus the
If a farmer consider replanting, of
which I doubt as the growing season
is over he allow the soil to dry
to improve air circulation (aerate) of
practical sense agronomy are aware
Do not forget that dealing with wet
soil results in compaction, which
may have a long term effect to your
soil and may restrict root growth and
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A G R I N E W S M A R C H
Designer:
Moreri Modipe
Reporters:
Theresa Mokgwathi
France Begensel
Bautule Kealatotse
Kopano Olesitse
Nkosiyethu Maunge
Photographers:
Pius Nkunda
Thato Musa
Kopano Olesitse
Editor:
Joseph Ramodisa
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Esther Nkgwang
Modiegi Madumetsa
Keabetswe Molebatsi
Head of Photography
Henry Toto
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VISION
Attain national food security
and global competitiveness
in agricultural products
MISSION
Toimproveagriculturalproductivity
through technology development
and transfer, diversification and
commercialization, in
order to promote food security in
partnership with our stakeholders.
VALUES
1. BOTHO
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a respectable and caring manner.
2. TEAM WORK
We recognize the need to work as
a team characterized by collective
effort, trust, understanding,
support and perseverance
irrespective of rank or gender.
3. CUSTOMER FOCUSED
Our customers are the focus
of everything we do by being
courteous, caring, compassionate,
tolerant and empathetic.
4. INNOVATIVE
We commit to employ new ideas
and being proactive in order to
match the requirements of the
future.
5. INTEGRITY
We foster a culture of transparency,
accountability and dependability.
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Editor’s note
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4. orghum has always been the
staple food of not only botswana
but also in some other countries
In botswana, the importance of
this crop can be clearly seen as
Ministry of agriculture (Moa) logo
critical role of food security for the
important source of food supply and
security in botswana, its also serves
as an important ingredient of many
apartfromfood,sorghumproduction
Mabayane (56) is a local farmer based
15 people in his 910 hectare farm or
“I grow the Pannar 88166 type of
started farming here in Musi in 2007
but prior to that, I had had an 800
hectare farm in Jwaneng where I also
in Jwaneng, I made no significant
returns until the President visited us
and informed us that the Ministry of
agriculture (Moa) and the land board
The married father of four added
that farming is a profession that
needs perseverance adding that
2008 and 2009 were a bad years
However, he added that 2010 and
because in my farm, the returns were
better because I sold 28 thousand
I am yet to see how production
will turn out this year because the
constant water supply and that is also
a reason why I need a centre pivot in
I have is that the government can pull
water from the Zambezi River to the
that of electricity, we use generators
Article & Photos
of land here though much is used for
grow as you can harvest it between
feed, bio fuels and it is generally not
a yield of P2000 per ton and P5000
However, Lorato Kwelagobe, the
Manager at baMb said anyone is
eligible to enter into a contractual
farming with baMb whether a citizen
or non-citizen as long as they have the
“but we require that one produce
a minimum of at least 10 metric
tons or an equivalent of 200 bags of
either sorghum, maize or any other
grade the production to determine
the quality and in most cases we buy
board (baMb) at Pitsane, even though
he also sells in smaller quantities
He, however, added that it is
important for farmers to always
remove weeds regularly such as grass
some of the produce to neighboring
Meanwhile, another commercial
farmer who sells his produce to
baMb is Joachim Cronje, one of
“we basically grow yellow maize
and sunflower and we started our
production here in 2009 immediately
20 branches but today only operates
11 branches countrywide where it
Large quantities of unprocessed
grains are stored in silos at Phitshane,
of 100 000 metric tons of which 85
Mostly we do not process either
maize or sorghum but we rather sell
to distributors or millers in different
parts of the country to deliver to the
“but we also sell sorghum and
others to the members of the public
serious shortage of cowpeas in this
country and I therefore encourage
“It is very important for farmers to
honor their contract farming with
farmers in neighboring countries such
POTENTIAL OF GRAIN
Major Mabayane
PRODUCTION IN MOSISEDI
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5. FARMTOFEEDTHE NATION
Tcore business is to assist and
encourage farmers to do their
committed to feed this country
in these hard climatic conditions
The government is using millions
of money to import food and to
implement programmes, which can
whenever they have an opportunity
to go around this country, Ministers
of agriculture use that to visit some
proving committed to feed this
country as to give them support,
listen to them and consider how can
Ministry can assist them to continue
with their dedication to feed this
Recently, when the assistant Minister
Molebatsi was in Maun he had
welcoming the assistant Minister
Gerry McGahan says they started
production last year by mounting the
Center Pivot Irrigation system
started with are Rhodes grass
with a Rhodes grass and green
meals, because with Rhodes
grass we wanted to improve
the soil fertility and to cut it
says once the grass is at a waist
height they plough it down, for
is also doing well in the control
of the Nematodes worms by
“Every person eat green meals,
research, we realized that
most people in botswana are
buying most of the vegetables
with green meals, will do well
Penny Taylor originates from
Maun, they had leased about
16 hectares of land from Tawana
hectares planted with maize and
too much of water and if there will
be lots of rains in angola, where
of its water, his plans to produce
that they did realize that farming in
botswana could not bear any good
fruits without irrigation because of
“we are fortunate of the elephant
because they have not come to our
being a loan from First National
Pivot irrigation system because is
less labour intensive, and they are
is more advantageous in Ngamiland
district due to too much heat and
with this irrigation system, we cool
the crops in the day by pouring about
in 1mm, while 4 mm evaporate due
night where they pour about 10mm,
in order for the crops to utilize the
The temperature can go up to 44 C,
the temperature where most crops
but with the Center Pivot we are
managing to cool temperature down
up to 27 C, a temperature which can
allow the green meals maize to grow
meals in the district, McGahan says
of Maun and the surrounding villages
respond well because of the tradition
that they only eat green meals around
“My green meals did not sell as
who are not supportive, the borders
open very fast while still having
the Gaborone people were buying
for him to reach Gaborone due to
McGahan believed with a population
of about 160 000 in Maun and
surrounding villages, if four people
can buy one green meal, he can
McGahan stated that they started
cutting the Rhodes grass hay in
was 1000 bails, second cut 4000
bails and for the third cut they are
moment McGahan is facing the
grass hay; because of the enough
rainfall the district received this
Ngamiland is a red zone due to
the Foot and Mouth Disease in the
district, so is not easy to just sell
the hay outside the district, so they
by the Department, they were
granted a permit to sell the Rhodes
moment he says they are selling
some of their bails to botswana Meat
Commission and botswana Defence
Force in Maun, he is aiming Ghanzi
feedlots and Francistown for farmers
in Maun are not supporting the local
grade price in Maun, while leaving
1st Grade vegetables from farmers in
are suggesting that the only thing,
which the Ministry can do to help
producers in the district, is to close
some vegetables coming outside the
he encountered since arriving in
Chanoga, is that there is shortage of
that small farmers are getting
assistance from the government
with inputs such as seeds, fertilizers
and herbicides but they have less
labour in Chanoga even to drive a
tractor for ploughing and planting,
did place an advert for a tractor driver,
but I realized that most tractor drivers
driving a car, not driving a tractor
He has to leave the management of
they are still training labourers
observed that mostly is that most
Chanoga from Maun, but they can
Center Pivot and set up a drip
irrigation system in an area of 10
we are starting cabbage production
The assistant Minister says he valued
all the good efforts from McGahan
arable agriculture Development
divided the farmers into three groups,
which are subsistence, emerging, and
McGahan is still under the emerging
farmers and this programme can
assist him with fertilizers, herbicides,
and seeds for up to 150 hectares
Minister encouraged McGahan to
Article & Photos: bautule Kealatotse
Itekeng Sydicate project in operation
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6. Financeconstrainshamperthedevelopmentof
DAIRY INDUSTRY
Article & Photos: bautule Kealatotse
“The major problem hindering
the development of my project
wright (24) a young dairy farmer
this to the assistant Minister of
Molabatsi when he paid a visit to
from her parents in November,
cows which produced 80 liters of
dairy cows which give her 200
funds, wright does not have a
pasteurizing machine which
Waga Waga Ventures
botswana is insufficient in
Ngamiland due to Foot and
sold outside the district and this
institutions such as Citizen
Entrepreneurship Development
funding the dairy projects in
the district, because they believe
that dairy projects are not viable,
Nonny revealed that if dairy
farmers can be supported with
in this country can grow to a high
Local Enterprise authority (LEa)
at the moment so that they can
help me with some ideas on how
with a proper business plan she
believes she can persuade the
wright is determined to see her
population as a whole, I can say
there are a lot of people, and
dairy farm is the only project
still running in the Ngamiland
district and she believes that with
determination there is no way her
the power line and her borehole
is with saline water, which the
to fetch water for them and she is
“If I could have finance I will
tried to plant tree Lucerne for her
cows, and when the water from
borehole is dispensed on top of the
plant during irrigation, because of
realized that to avoid this, drip
irrigation system is needed but it
Her plan is to have a pasteurizing
machine, so that she can process
Nonny pronounced that she does
not what to be just a dairy farmer,
reason she prefers this breed is
15 years now and it shown to be
resistance to these conditions of
“Though facing constraints in my
dairy project I am very passionate
about farming, dairy farming is
not easy but if you put it into your
mind, it will survive”
Molebatsi counseled that if there
are some farms within the Ministry,
which are not operative, the best
thing is to lease those farms to
farmers in order for them to utilize
and Infrastructure Development
(LIMID) programme, farmers could
be helped to reticulate water from
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7. PICTURES:MoAFILE
Will it suit the year 2014?
african Union has declared the year 2014 as the year of
agriculture hence, member states at the highest level must do
agriculture as discribed by the Minister of Fnance and
Development planning Mr Kenneth Matambo in national
budget is a sector with potential for growth and employment
sector has been dismal due to inadequate rainfall and recurring
This has presented a great challenge to growth of this sector,
Despite the challenges of constrained growth associated with
natural disasters such as drought and diseases, Government
In addition, the horticulture sub-sector has also been boosted
where farmers contribute 60 percent while Government
contributes 40 percent towards the costs of installing irrigation
Meanwhile, the design of the main water conveyance pipeline
from Chobe/Zambezi to the Zambezi agro-commercial Project
Government assistance is aimed at encouraging production in
the agricultural sector, but most importantly, to graduate more
farmers into commercial entities capable of creating decent
jobs for batswana
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8. Article:
Photos: Thato Musa
LATE RAINFALL SPARKS LIFE TO SOME
FARMERS OF KWENENG SOUTH
w
ith growing season just
ended, lots of died hopes
Farming is the main source of
food to a lot of batswana more
especially in rural areas where
either the mother or the father or
both parents in the family have
age thus all the remaining strength
a 61 years old, Mommgathata
on the 27 of December last year
even though he had to re-plant
sorghum and cowpeas because
of low germination percentage,
bringing so much rain when they
He adds that for so many years, he
could not sell anything because
he only reaped just a little to feed
his family but now he is even
hopes he will reap more than he
he is hoping to get 40 bags this
year, but he is planning to grow
anotherfarmer,smilinginthesame
region, is Mosadi Kelebogang of
be left to suffer because maybe
the government will eventually
loose hope as well due to such
row planting as the other main
reason they are having so much
between the time they used to do
not practice row planting but he
encouraged them a lot until most
encouraged them to use fertilizer
planted maize but now at list
there is sorghum, watermelons,
even though the rains came very
late this year, he is happy about
the progress the farmers
considers organizing a tour
for other famers who did
not receive a lot so that
they learn from those
adds that he values
his relationship with
these farmers and
the cooperation they
both farmers agree that the
government can only do so much
and it is up to farmers to meet her
of termites which feed on roots of
all they are more than happy this
was so stressed because she had
no idea how she was going to
survive, but at last she thought of
being a farmer and this year her
the only strength of pillar in her
home, she has always been able
to sell her produce but this year
cowpeas green leaves as spinach
in to farming because they is
nothing to lose since
the government is
The government
gives them seeds,
fertilizers, and she
farming seriously
and stop wasting
because some
people register for
and receive seeds
but later change
their mind and
go to register for
Ipelegeng programe
hence crops are left
one day they will
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9. a
long the botswana border with
of land, 149 000 hectares
which the botswana government had
cordoned off to establish, what came
is run under the name banyana PTY
a company called CDC which later
sold it to the government of botswana
ranch because it wanted to improve
the quality of the national herd, which
comprised mostly of indigenous
weight which results in low quality
also to acquire quality foreign breeds
Recently, France Begensel of
Agrinews visited banyana farm where
he met the General Manager, Hartson
Mothoemang Gabaitse who told him
conversation follows:
Begensel: would you please tell me
what you do here banyana
Gabaitse:
General Manager of banyana PTY
Begensel: what are the main reasons
banyana was established?
Gabaitse: Let me start by stating that
banyana is a Ministry of agriculture
parastatal that strives to provide
quality service to farmers and other
towards food security and sustainable
production on high quality breeding
Begensel: Go on please…
Gabaitse: banyana also strives to do
demonstrations of the best practices in
It is our wish to help improve the
quality and increase the national herd
Begensel: how big is the farm?
Gabaitse:
but because of new developments, it
89 000 hectares has been subdivided
under the care of banyana which is
Begensel: what is the carrying capacity
of the farm?
Gabaitse: the farm can accommodate
we sell commercial cattle bulls and
breeding cows, mostly cross breed
…we also sell heifers, weaners,
commercial cows and calves and cull
the process of reducing the number of
cattle at our disposal adding we intend
to do away with some cattle and retain
high quality breeds for both stud and
Begensel: who are your customers?
Gabaitse: well, everyone is welcome,
a good number of heifers to other
Begensel: are you open for business
Gabaitse: of course we are but let
me tell you that because of problems
arrangement allows for them to cater
for other areas since they are not our
Begensel: which breeds do you use
and why?
Gabaitse:
well suited to the climatic conditions
supplements or feeding, therefore
ordinary people can raise them well in
Begensel:
enterprise?
Gabaitse:
especially help batswana acquire
breeds that they normally go as far
bring them closer so that they could
Begensel:
Gabaitse: although banyana is a
government parastatal, it does not get
Begensel: as the general manager
what are the most areas of your
concern?
Gabaitse: there are a lot of problems
the most is that these animals are sold
we discovered that a cow was trapped
Begensel:
Gabaitse: it was one of those
Unfortunately in this instance the
perpetrators were caught in the act
During investigations they disclosed
sign of cooperation we have with the
Begensel: any other challenges…
Gabaitse: yes, infrastructure here is a
because of the condition of the
run across the roads especially as an
fences are down as you might have
The General Manager with Banyana employees
compromising condition, the reason
why we improvised with branches to
as a way to mitigate against such
we have decided to erect a buffer
zone fence 100 metres from the
a P1 Million loan from the board to
Begensel: how does banyana assist
the nearby communities?
Gabaitse: banyana employs people
is an employment hub for these
reside at the farm; banyana built
are quite a number of resources but
laws and regulations that govern the
Begensel: what else?
Gabaitse: although we do not have a
clinic in banyana, the Mabule mobile
every Monday for consultations with
referred to other clinics/hospitals in
Goodhope or elsewhere, where they
Begensel:
share with our readers
Gabaitse:
that we have good quality breeds
buy animals from us
BANYANA FARM LIVES ONArticle France begensel
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fter he completed his
a job at Debswana as a
Debswana for a year with a
was there, an opportunity
ceased it and thus lived
There he attended writtler
agricultural College where
he studied horticulture and
there after he was attached
after completing his studies,
at the same time, he was
bobonong born family man
Quett Rabai is one of the few
successful local commercial
year old private company
called Landscape solutions,
which deals mainly with
maintaining recreational
“My move from Debswana
was pioneered by the fact
that I wanted to be a hands
on businessman and farmer”
point out that landscaping is
also farming but a specialised
leisure and recreation and
He states that passion and
driving force to venture
“My parents were involved in
dry land subsistence farming
which was more primitive, using
He adds that this motivated him to
invest on commercial modernised
16 hectare land in Kgope which he
in his 16 hectare horticultural farm he
fenced and drilled two well-equipped
boreholes and put up a drip irrigation
“My business was doing very well in
However, he said the project in Kgope
lasted only for three years before he
terminated it for something bigger “I
terminated the project because I wanted
to focus on large scale commercial
In 2010 he engaged in dry land
commercial farming at Mosi farms in
900 hectares farm from government
through responding to farms
advertisements on the government
to modern way of farming through the
practice of raw planting with tractors
that he de bushed 250 hectares
which he tilled and then planted
maize, cowpeas, and a small portion
that his harvest was not successful
due to the fact that he was not careful
of some farming matters that he
therefore we received a third of the
He however says that despite the
poor harvest in the previous cropping
season he persevered as he was
determined to continue the following
hectares of land which we again tilled
of perseverance indeed from the
have planted 150 hectares maize crops,
to the fact that they have received good
He lamented that the de bushing
operation on the 900 hectare land was
one of his major challenges “It was a
institutions was a challenge as local
farmers than on arable dry land farmers
“The farm is run by the farm manager,
nine permanent employees and 50 plus
casual labourers coming in seasonally
The two farms have joined forces to
form an association called Mosisedi
made up of 18 commercial farmers
The association was formed and
an interim chairperson states that they
escalate our graveness with one voice,
to also get help from government as a
group rather than as singles and to cut
of buying inputs at a discount, to easily
Rabai said that they have a good
relationship with botswana agricultural
sorghum at P2 600 per tonne, maize at
P2 000 per tonne and cowpeas at P15
them to supply other small suppliers in
it also provides transport to collect
beam on his face that when it comes to
He goes without saying though there
are still challenges in the industry
“our biggest challenge as farmers is
infrastructure development, for farmers
to be in a position to supply our country
He said given more land he would
increase provision of food supply in
intention is to put up irrigation systems
in the farm so that they will be in a
better position to produce throughout
is to provide us with power for water
availability and also to build roads for
Rabai intends to contribute
enormously to the development of the
objective is to mentor subsistence
want to support them by teaching
them the importance of row planting
and also to show them how to row
plant, do a good soil preparation,
how to safely control pests, so that
Rabai advised that the right use of
vital, and also correct soil practices,
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11. EVERY DOG NEEDS A HOME BUT
NOT EVERY HOME NEEDS A DOG!
R
earing of domestic animals has
always been part of batswana for
many years now, our grandfathers
chief had the largest number
of cows in the whole
through selling
their animals
and cattle,
sheep, and
goats are a
source of
meant in
events such
as weeding
Even the
government
realizes the
i m p o r t a n c e
of rearing, thus
they included
it on their strategies of helping young
suitable schemes which young farmers
can use to buy and own animals, learn
how to feed them and how to care
be doomed to fail if
your entire herd can
be wiped off by
other human
f r i e n d l y
predators
w h i c h
are also
domestic
animals
t h e r e
h a s
b e e n
a very
disturbing
issue of
dogs that are
large numbers in
comes after an incident
happened at around
Gamodobu Village last year, where
left a lot of villagers traumatized, this was
Thamaga said he lost 42 goats and the
dogs were still feeding on the carcass of
dogs belong to and the villagers
assumed that these dogs were dumped
there as puppies, by breeders who may
these puppies, but at the same time
as his or hers shows that some batswana
have a hand in this rattles behavior of
trainer/instructor/behaviorist says a dog is
Human and dog came together thousands
of years ago for mutual comfort and that
slowly developed the interdependence
for the dog in return, the continuing
companionship and a great variety of
need to be loved, provided with shelter
and secured, to be generally cared for
Thus failure to provide these needs, more
especially in feeding them lead to a dog
and go to the wild there it will meet with
This means anything which moves its
Monwamtsi says they are instinct which
drives dogs, such as the prey instinct,
predator instinct, hunting instinct, guard
instinct which drives them to chase and
this instinct which turns them to wild
also added that these are very dangerous
dogs since they have no command
they do not get any form of
but all that can be avoided,
just from the main cause of
needs a home but not every
home needs a dog”
Dogs need proper
care, responsible
dog ownership goes with
are to be loved, to have shelter
from harsh climate or weather
conditions, to have good health
these accomplish the well-being
of the dog and it will provide our
He says but there is hope for change
is to restrain, rehabilitate and home
the dog, this will help it to forget its
the government or the Department
dog ownership and purpose of owning
education forums on responsible
dog ownership and behavior related
“ L a w s
r e g a r d i n g
cruelty to animals with
regard to dogs need to be fully enforced
and clearly interpreted by the responsible
added that instead of dumping off
unwanted dogs, people should at least
Article:
Photos: Thato Musa
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12. FEBRUARY
SOLUTION
By: Joseph Ramodisa
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U Use for drinking
tea
C U P
Vowel
O
MARCH
GRID
Bee
Pupae plant cell
Non-Glasslike To be
First
Seed case of
cow peas
Castrated male
Bovine
A derisive
Sound
Bee
Yard
The gas we
Breath
Banned Wool Male
Sheep
Alter-
South
West
Male
Bee
To inoculate an
animal
To provide food Short
sleep
Used for
weeding
Child’s name
for mother
Vitamin rich
Spinach
10
Years
It transport
blood Climate
Use by bee keepers to cover the
face and neck during harvest
Halt Path used by
vehicles Technology
1ST
Heavy
metal
Volt-
age
Protein
Catalyst
Product of Rye
and Wheat
Wearing away
of soil by wind
Made up of
two
Male
1000
KG
Small piece of
land Zero
The conclusion Sulfur
An
edge
Color Hog To mix the
ingredients
Almost closed
Study of insects 5TH
ANSWERS
1.AnEgg!
2.One,asthatistheonlyoneyoutookawayandthatisallthatyouhave.Thereststill
remainwheretherewere
willstillremainasanindependentword.
5.Footsteps.Themoreyouwalk,themoretracesyouleavebehind.
6.Wemeanttheword‘alphabet’andnottheseriesofalphabets.So,therightansweis
8.
7.Yourbreath!
8.Asecret
9.Cornonthecob
10.Theywereagrandmother,motherandadaughter.
11.Queue.Whenweremove‘ueue’fromtheword‘Queue’,itstillretainsthesound
oftheletter‘Q’,whichissameastheword‘Queue’.
12.AStamp
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