Botswana strives for food self-sufficiency

Opening the fifth session of the ninth Parliament, President Khama said through various initiatives under the Agricultural Hub, which has been set up to encourage greater commercialisation and sustainable diversification of the sector, food security is going to improve.

With growth rates averaging at least eight percent over the last two decades,  Botswana, which imports over 80 percent of its food requirements, has been left at the mercy of the rising international food prices, rendering the agricultural sector's contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) almost negligible.