Keorapetse Scolds Gov't On Low Agric Output

Dithapelo Keorapetse PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Dithapelo Keorapetse PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Member of Parliament (MP) for Selebi- Phikwe West Constituency, Dithapelo Keorapetse has raised a concern on how agriculture seems to have collapsed looking at its percentage contribution to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

He said this when commenting on a motion that was tabled by MP for Sefhare-Ramokgonami, Kesitegile Gobotswang seeking to request government to review the Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agricultural Development (ISPAAD).

The review is to allow subsistence farmers the option of row planting, broadcasting or a mixture of the two planting methods taking into account the critical shortage of agricultural implements and an increasingly erratic rainfall pattern.

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