Farmers advised to venture into agro-business

Friday, May 30, 2014

Farmers from Mahalapye area planting potatoes

CHADIBE: A Tonota Sub-District Assistant Agricultural Scientific Officer has encouraged farmers to consider commercially ploughing potatoes to boost the economy during a Milgra Farms demonstration, on the outskirts of Chadibe, on Tuesday.

The officer, Mpho Mogorosakgomo, said that more money was used by the country to import food from other countries and made a call for all farmers to utilise their fields and farms to plant and feed the nation.

Morogosakgomo said that the majority of Batswana own large farms but use only a small portion of land to plough for family consumption even though they can lease other portions to other equally passionate farmers.

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Farmers advised to venture into agro-business

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