SADC free trade puts agro sector on tenterhooks

A study is now being commissioned by the Botswana Agricultural Union (BAU) to find ways government can help sustain rural livelihoods in the face of external competition.

Responding to Mmegi enquiries, BAU chairman, Phillip Fischer, expressed his fears about the future of the agriculture industry yesterday. He said the elimination of import duties would seriously threaten the beef, dairy, small stock, piggery, poultry, ostrich, grains, and horticulture industries.