G/AG/N/BWA/37  
 
13 October  2022 
(22-7709) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 10 October  2022, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Botswana . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the 
relevant supporting tables) for the Financial Year 2019/2020 . 
 
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The domestic agricultural support measures applied by Botswana during the financial year 
2019/2020 (1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020) are those listed in the attached Supporting Tables DS:1 
and DS:2  
 
 
  
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- 2 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BOTSWANA  
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 01 -04-2019 TO 31 -03-2020  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
BWP,  million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2.General Services      
2 (a). Research  Agricultural Research: facilitates development of appropriate technologies 
and improvement of farm productivity.  0.15 Ministry of Finance 
and Development 
Planning (MFDP)   
Subtotal:  0.15   
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Foot and Mouth Disease Control: Aims at prevention, control and 
eradication of Foot and Mouth Disease.  16.97  MFDP   
Disease and Pest Control: Aims at eradication, prevention, and control of 
outbreaks of diseases and pests.  6.88 MFDP   
Subtotal:  23.84   
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  Cattle Identification: Facilitates and enhances marketability of cattle by 
providing means of identification -Livestock Identification Traceability 
System.  9.86 MFDP   
Subtotal:  9.86   
 Subtotal General Services  33.85   
8. Payments for relief from natural  
disasters  Foot and Mouth Disease Compensation: Payments made following a 
disaster in respect of losses of livestock due to Foot and Mouth Disease  0.82 MFDP   
Subtotal:  0.82   
Grand Total Green Box  34.67    
 
   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BOTSWANA  
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 01 -04-2019 TO 31 -03-2020  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Article 6.2  Monetary value  
 
BWP,  million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(b) Input subsidies available to low -income or resource -poor producers  Livestock Management and Infrastructure Development 
(LIMID): provides subsidies on dipping facilities (dip tanks 
and spray races), handling facilities (kraals and crushes), 
water source s (frilling and/or equipping of boreholes/well 
and reticulation) chaff cutters and foddr barn generally 
available to low -income or resource -poor producers.  82.26  MFDP   
Artificial Insemination Services: provides subsidies on 
semen, artificial insemination equipments, and bull fertility 
testing genrally available to low -income or resource -poor 
producers.  0.40 MFDP   
Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agriculture 
Development (ISPAAD): provides subsidies on farm 
implements, fencing, draft animals, water catchment 
tanks generally available to low -income or resource -poor 
producers.  535.07  MFDP   
Transportation Subsidy: the transport subsidy is generally 
available to defray costs of marketing produce for low -
income or resource -poor prod ucers in remote rural areas 
through a state agency (Botswana Agricultural Marketing 
Board - BAMD)  4.5 MFDP   
Subtotal:  622.22    
Grand Total Development Programmes  622.22    
 
 
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