ISPAAD poorly monitored

The Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security, Patrick Ralotsia has finally admitted that the Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agriculture Development (ISPAAD) has failed to achieve its goals.

The country, he says is yet to realise the return on investment as the government continues to pour hundreds of millions of pula in the programme that was introduced in 2008 when President Ian Khama took over. Infact, it is one of the President’s flagship programmes.

It is regrettable that programmes of this nature have failed to produce any fruits yet they had good intentions. This clearly shows that there are poor monitoring mechanisms put in place before a programme can be announced in a Kgotla meeting and ultimately implemented in a hurry to appease voters.

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