Good rains, bumper harvest forecast

From the soil up: Farmers can expect better output this year PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
From the soil up: Farmers can expect better output this year PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Meteorological experts have forecast that the country will experience good rains for the remainder of the rain season, enough to push the country to a bumper harvest.

Botswana’s rain season runs from October to December and January to March each year.

Yesterday, Deputy Director in the Department of Meteorological Services, Radithupa Radithupa said their analysis of the seasonal rainfall outlook for the period January to March indicates that the country will experience normal to above-normal rainfall.

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