Slow start to the ploughing season

Thursday, December 05, 2013

Despite the unsatisfactory rains, the ploughing season has begun, the Director of Crop Production at the Ministry of Agriculture, Galeitsewe Ramokapane has said.

The first farmers to plough were those engaged in molapo farming in Ngamiland, Boteti and Chobe. “These are along the river and rely on the river for ploughing,” he said.

There have been rains in Tutume areas in North East and Tswapong areas in Central District, where farmers have also started ploughing.

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