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FOOD SECURITY: PRESIDENT MASISI'S PRIORITY

Yesterday His Excellency, Mokgweetsi E. K. Masisi toured PDK4 farm owned by Mr. Moffat James in Mosisidi. He was accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Dr. Edwin Dikoloti.

The engagement with Mr James is in line with His Excellency's quest to reduce the country's import bill and promote food Security post COVID19. The movement restrictions and closure of borders is exacerbating food security gaps that countries like Botswana are already facing. It is therefore, President Masisi's aim to close food security gaps and he says increased agricultural production is one of the ways in which this can be achieved.

President Masisi is on a mission to engage local commercial farmers, appreciate their capacity and develop strategies to assist them to meet sufficient food production. He is adamant that there is no better time to address food security than now, drawing on lessons from COVID19 pandemic.

Mr.James, from Tshesebe in the North East District is one of the Batswana commercial farmers in Mosisidi. He has ploughed 510 hectares of white and yellow maize, 110 hectares of sorghum and 60 hectares of peanuts.

All this is done through dryland farming. James is one of the farmers who are contracted by the Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board to supply them with all their produce.

According to Minister Dikoloti, at any point Botswana should have at least 30,000 metric tonnes of maize and sorghum each, in the Strategic Grain Reserves. These volumes are enough to last the country for nine months without any replenishiment. In a year the country consumes 90 000 metric tonnes of sorghum.

Botswana's estimated harvest for this year is 147,500 metric tonnes of sorghum, 54,000 metric tonnes of white maize and 3,400 metric tonnes of yellow maize. On the other hand, the demand for white maize is 207,000 metric tonnes and the country usually imports around 150,000 metric tonnes. The usual import of yellow maize is 8,000 metric tonnes.

Botswana is faced with food security challenges and the situation is likely to get worse post COVID19. During the 2019 election campaigns, His Excellency promised to make food security his priority. He said people like Mr.James have to be encouraged and supported to ensure that Botswana produces enough food for herself.

Commercial farming is capital intensive. James said he used about 30,000 litres of diesel to till close to 700 hectares. The main cost is in ripping and disking the land. But he is optimistic that local farmers will soon supply the country with enough grain to meet the much needed food Security.

Dr.Dikoloti further said timing is very important in farming. He advised farmers to liaise with the Department of Meteorological Services to appreciate the rain patterns so that they plough at the right time. He also said his Ministry is encouraging local commercial farmers to co-own some of their machinery in order to minimize costs of production.