Botswana: Pandamatenga Farmers Count Losses Following Heavy Rains

Pandamatenga — Farmers in the Pandamatenga region are reeling from a catastrophic ‘one-in-200-years’ storm that occurred on January 21, leaving over 8,000 hectares of diverse crops submerged.

The floods caused by rainfall exceeding 200mm have devastated fields of sorghum, sunflower, onions, tomatoes, butternuts and maize.

Last Friday, the acting Minister of Lands and Agriculture Dr Edwin Dikoloti engaged with both commercial and subsistence farmers to assess the destruction. Accompanied by…