Agric contribution to GDP low- minister

Agriculture GDP has decline
Agriculture GDP has decline

Despite efforts to boost agricultural production, the sector’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) remains low, assistant minister of agriculture, Kgotla Autlwetse told Parliament.

The minister stated that currently the agricultural sector’s contribution to GDP stand at only two percent, which is a decline from 20% at independence.

He however refused to label the decline as “drastic”, stating that the sector has grown “significantly” since independence in 1966.

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