Botswana: Govt Sets Aside P2.9m for Locust Control Campaign

Gaborone — Government has committed P2.9 million to a control campaign against African Migratory and Red Locusts currently threatening cereal crops and grazing lands in the Okavango and Chobe districts following its outbreak in January this year.

Acting Minister of Lands and Agriculture, Dr Edwin Dikoloti told Parliament recently that while P2 million had been earmarked for essential control materials, an additional P900,000 was being used to remunerate personnel on the front lines of a campaign…