Farmers are urging government to increase allocations to agriculture in the upcoming national budget, warning that rising disease risks and persistent funding gaps are threatening food security and the sector’s long-term sustainability.
The Botswana National Beef Producers Union has called for urgent additional funding to contain foot and mouth disease (FMD), which has disrupted livestock movement and weighed heavily on beef markets. Union spokesperson Andrew Seeletso described the outbreak as an “invisible scourge” that is already constraining trade and could worsen without decisive intervention.
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