Millers warn wheat shortfall will deepen import dependence

Botswana’s wheat production is falling further behind the needs of the country’s milling industry, leaving millers increasingly dependent on imports to keep factories supplied.

Bokomo chief executive Werner de Beer said wheat production had declined by 10 percent, with local output unable to make a meaningful dent in demand.

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