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Botswana: Revised Export Rules Target Wider Farmer Participation

Botswana: Revised Export Rules Target Wider Farmer Participation

Gaborone — The renewed livestock export dispensation introduces measures aimed at widening participation in export markets, with government limiting permits and increasing the levy on live cattle exports.

Speaking in a media Engagement on Monday in Gaborone, minister of Lands and Agriculture, Dr Edwin Dikoloti, said that each farmer or livestock buyer would be limited to a single export permit under the new arrangement.

“The live cattle export levy has been increased from P30 to P300 per head,…

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