G/AG/N/BWA/36  
 
13 October  2022 
(22-7708) 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 2018/2019 . 
 
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The domestic agricultural support measures applied by Botswana during the financial year 
2018/2019 (1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019) 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 -04-2018 TO 31 -03-2019  
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 (b). Pest and disease control  Foot and Mouth Disease Control: aims at prevention, control and 
eradication of Foot and Mouth Disease.  23.90  Ministry of Finance 
and development 
Planning (MFDP)   
Disease and Pest Control: aims at eradication, prevention and control of 
outbreaks of diseases and pests.  6.97 MFDP  
Subtotal:  30.87   
 Subtotal General Services  30.87   
8. Payments for relief from natural  
disasters   Foot and Mouth Disease Compensation: payments made following a 
disaster in respect of lossess of livestock due to Foot and Mouth Disease.  0.48 MFDP   
Subtotal:  0.48   
Grand Total Green Box  31.35    
 
   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BOTSWANA  
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 01 -04-2018 TO 31 -03-2019  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Articl e 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 sources (drilling and/or equipping of boreholes/well 
and reticulation) chaff cutters and fodder barn generally 
available to low –income or resource -poor producers.  74.24  MFDP   
Artificial Insemination Services: provides subsidies on 
semen, artificial insemination equipments, and bull fertility 
testing generally available to low -income or resource -poor 
producers.  0.10 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.  489.50  MFDP   
Transportation Subsidy: the transport subsidy is generally 
available to defray costs of marketing produce for low -
income or resource -poor producers in remote rural areas 
through a state agency (Botswana Agricultural Marketing 
Board - BAMB)  4.50 MFDP   
Subtotal:  568.35    
Grand Total Development Programmes  568.35    
 
 
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