Billions invested, but agriculture still struggles :: Mmegi Online

TULI BLOCK: Despite decades of government support and billions of pula invested in agricultural development, Botswana's agriculture sector continues to underperform, prompting policymakers to question whether the country's agricultural support policies have delivered the intended results.

The concern emerged during the Botswana Agriculture Financing Strategy Consultation Workshop held here last week, where the Minister of Lands and Agriculture, Edwin Dikoloti, acknowledged that years of subsidies, grants, infrastructure projects, mechanisation programmes, livestock support schemes and drought relief initiatives have not translated into the productivity gains needed to transform the sector.

The admission comes as Botswana develops its first-ever National Agriculture Financing Strategy, a framework intended to address long-standing weaknesses in the way agriculture is financed and supported.

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Billions invested, but agriculture still struggles

TULI BLOCK: Despite decades of government support and billions of pula invested in agricultural development, Botswana's agriculture sector continues to underperform, prompting policymakers to question whether the country's agricultural support policies have delivered the intended results.

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