Botswana faces food security crisis as govt fails to pay farmers

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Botswana faces food security crisis as govt fails to pay farmers

Botswana’s food security is under pressure as grain farmers warn that repeated payment failures by the Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board (BAMB) are pushing producers towards bankruptcy and threatening the sustainability of the country’s agricultural sector.

Documents seen by*** Sunday Standard ***show that Pandamatenga farmers alone are owed approximately P100 million by BAMB with some farmers reportedly waiting as long as four months beyond the contractual 30-day payment period for grain already delivered.

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The post Botswana faces food security crisis as govt fails to pay farmers first appeared on Sunday Standard and is written by Khonani Ontebetse