Botswana is soon going to import at least 400 goats from neighbouring Namibia to make up for a nationwide shortage of animals required to support the Livestock Management and Infrastructure Development (LIMID) Programme.
LIMID is a government-driven poverty eradication programme centred on supporting livestock farmers through the provision of help in animal husbandry, fodder support, water development, poultry and poultry abattoir development, small stock (sheep and goat) production as well as chicken and guinea fowl farming.
Bakang Keinyatse animal production department head said that the government had decided to import the goats from Namibia after being overwhelmed with applications from citizens who wanted to join the goat rearing component of the poverty eradication programme.
According to him the goats would be imported from Namibia and delivered to a government quarantine facility where they will be subjected to health checks and observation prior to delivery to the beneficiaries. He said the government was busy renovating the quarantine farms and deliveries would begin as soon the work is over.
Source: Africa News Agency
