G/AG/N/BWA/23  
 
5 January 2016  
(16-0073)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 24 December 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Botswana . The notification concerns the use of domestic support 
commitments ( Table DS:1 and the relevant supporting tables) for the year 2014/2015 . 
 
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 The domestic agricultural support measures applied by Botswana during the fiscal year 2014/2015 (1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015) 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: 2014/2015 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
Measure Type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in A nnex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
 
Million Pula (BWP)  Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
General Services    
i) Research Agricultural Research : provision of capital equipment and research facilities to enable 
development of appropriate technologies for commodity and location specific research 
(Annex 2, paragraph 2 (a)). 0.14 Ministry of Finance and 
Development Planning 
(MFDP) 
ii) Pest and disease control Animal Disease Emergency Control : prevention, control and eradication of Foot and Mouth 
Disease (FMD) and other diseases  (Anthrax, Black Quarter, Bruc ellosis and Rabies) (Annex 2, 
paragraph 2(b)). 64.62 MFDP 
 Disease and Pest Control : eradication, prevention, and cont rol of outbreaks of diseases and 
pests (Annex 2, paragraph 2(b)). 5.99 MFDP 
iii) Extension and advisory  
services National Master Plan for Arable Agri culture and Dairy Development (NAMPAADD) : 
provision of training services through identifi cation and establishment of demonstration and 
pilot projects in areas with potential in or der to demonstrate impr oved farm management 
practices required for improved production in  respect of rain-fed agriculture, irrigated 
agriculture and dairy developmen t (Annex 2, paragraph 2(d)). 0.13 MFDP 
iv) Marketing and promotion 
services Cattle Identification : provision of Livestock Identification Traceability System (LITS) to 
facilitate and enhance marketability of  cattle (Annex 2, paragraph 2 (f)). 7.08 MFDP 
v) Infrastructural services Development of Extension Services : construction and electrification of rural extension 
offices (Annex 2, paragraph 2(g)). 8.95 MFDP 
Payments for relief from 
natural disasters  Foot and Mouth Disease Compensation : Payments made following a natural or like disaster 
such as outbreak of Foot and Mouth Di sease in respect of losses of livestock 
(Annex 2, paragraph 8). 0.03 MFDP  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BOTSWANA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2014/2015 
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 of measure 
in year in question 
 
Million Pula (BWP)  Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Input subsidies generally 
available to low-income or resource-poor producers Livestock Management and Infras tructure Development (LIMID):   provision of 
agricultural input subsidies such as dipping fa cilities (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 barns, which are generally available to low–income or resource-poor producers (Article 6.2) . 62.96 MFDP 
 Artificial Insemination Services:  provision of agricultural input subsidies such as 
subsidised semen, artificial insemination eq uipments, and bull fertility testing, which are 
generally available to low-income or resource-poor producers (Article 6.2).  1.38 MFDP 
 Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agriculture Development (ISPAAD):   
provision of agricultural input subsidies, includ ing farm inputs, fencing, draft animals, which 
are generally available to low-income or resource-poor producers (Article 6.2) . 554.79 MFDP 
Investment subsidies generally 
available to agriculture Transportation Subsidy:  provision of investment subsidies such as transport subsidy, 
which are generally available to agriculture (Article 6.2) .  4.35 MFDP 
 
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