Ngamiland, Gantsi farmers form alliance

Farming activity. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Farming activity. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

MAUN: Ngamiland and Gantsi famers have formed an alliance in an effort to find a collective voice when lobbying for their farming interests in the two districts.

The alliance, Western Botswana Beef Producers Association (WBBP), comprises seven different farmers associations from Ngamiland and Gantsi districts.

The alliance was one of the recommendations made by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Association (ICSA) which has been engaged by Business Botswana to capacitate Ngamiland and Gantsi associations on better ways to run their associations.

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Let’s fight GBV as a collective

Botswana for the longest time was known for her virulent peace with family being an enviable institution.As the media, we are also scared to be incessantly reporting on these bloody scenes where women are brutally murdered and worse, sometimes in front of their children and loved ones. Yes, we have reported cases where men were also brutally murdered by their loved ones, but such cases are a drop in the ocean.For the past two weeks, Botswana was...

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