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Compliance with agricultural import/export regulations in Botswana - TCP/BOT/3503

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The majority of farmers in Botswana are small-scale farmers who rely on government subsidies or assistance in capacity-building to improve their livelihoods. The performance of the agriculture sector has deteriorated and Botswana is a net importer of most agricultural products, while the main exported agricultural commodity is beef, which provides over 80 percent of the sector’s contribution to gross domestic product. Over the years Botswana has accessed lucrative markets as a result of compliance with the sanitary and phytosanitary requirements of export markets. However, increased trans-border livestock and wildlife transmittable animal diseases have reduced livestock production and the introduction of pests has contributed to a decline in arable crop production. This has negatively impacted on the livelihood of the rural population. In recent years, information on agricultural import/export regulations has failed to reach many stakeholders; government agencies at the country’s entry and exit points are also unfamiliar with these regulations. The aim of the project was to assist the country to develop a system that would enable the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security to communicate matters of border control to all those involved in the import and export of agricultural products.

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