Gov't to import 1,000 Girolando cattle from Brazil

This, he said, followed the completion of a government mission to Brazil. Boko announced this when delivering the State of the Nation Address. "We are now finalising the necessary import protocols and negotiating technical partnership agreements with sellers to ensure the successful commencement of the project. These partnerships will support us over the next two years by facilitating skills transfer to Batswana, who will be directly employed on the project," he said.

The President said this is part of the new administration's strategy to improve the country's milk production. He said they have developed a focused strategy for the dairy sector through Milk Valley, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Botswana Development Corporation.