G/AG/N/BWA/34  
 
9 January  2019 
(19-0127) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 19 December  2018, is being ci rculated 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  2017 . 
 
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The domestic agricultural support measures applied by Botswana during the financial year 2017 
(1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018) are those listed in the attached Supporting Tables DS:1 and  DS:2.  
 
 
 
 
 
  
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- 2 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BO TSWANA  
REPORTI NG PERIOD: FINANCIAL  YEAR FROM 1 APRIL 2017 TO 31  MARCH 2018  
Measures exempt from the red uction 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: provision of capital  equipment and research facilities to enable 
development of appropriate technologies for commodity and location specific research.  0.39 Ministriy of Finance and Economic 
Development (MFED)   
Subtotal:  0.39   
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Disease and Pest Control: eradication, prevention and control of outbreaks of diseases 
and pests.  6.39 Ministriy of Finance and Economic 
Development (MFED)   
Animal Disease Emergency Control: prevention, control and eradication of Foot and 
Mouth Disease (FMD) and other diseases (Anthrax, Black Quarter, Brucellosis and 
Rabies).  21.48  Ministriy of Finance and Economic 
Development (MFED)   
Subtotal:  27.87    
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Agriculture Services Support Project (ASSP): Enhance the productivity of rainfed 
agriculture through use of improved agricultural technologies, lower cost farm 
mechnisation and develop a viable model for smallholder irrigation using waste water 
resources.  20.07  Ministriy of Finance and Economic 
Development (MFED)   
Subtotal:  20.07    
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  Cattle Identification: provision of Livestock Identification Traceability System  (LITS) to 
facilitate and enhance marketability of cattle.  8.07 Ministriy of Finance and Economic 
Development (MFED)   
Subtotal:  8.07   
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 outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease.  0.67 Ministriy of Finance and Economic 
Development (MFED)   
Subtotal:  0.67   
Grand Total Green Box  57.07    
 
   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BO TSWANA  
REPORTING PERIOD: FI NANCIAL YEAR FROM 1 APRIL 2017 TO  31 MARCH 2018  
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  
(a) Investment subsidies generally 
available to agriculture  Transportation Subsidy: provision of investment subsidies such as transport 
subsidy, which is generally available to agriculture.  2.5 Ministriy of Finance and Economic 
Development (MFED)   
Agriculture Services Support Project (ASSP): enhancement of the productivity of 
rainfed agriculture through refocusing ISPAAD to become a more effective 
instrument of rural poverty reduction; through use of improved agricultural 
technologies, provide lower  cost farm mechanization and develop a viable model for 
smallholder irrigation using waste water resources.  20.07  Ministriy of Finance and Economic 
Development (MFED)   
Subtotal:  22.57    
(b) Input subsidies available to low -income 
or resource -poor producers  Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agriculture Development (ISPAAD): 
provision of agricultural input subsidies, including farm inputs, fencing, draught 
animals and water catchment tanks, which are generally available to low -income or 
resourc e-poor producers.  749.96  Ministriy of Finance and Economic 
Development (MFED)   
Livestock Management and Infrastructure Development (LIMID): provision of 
agricultural input subsidies such as dipping facilities (dip tanks and spray races), 
handling facilities (kraals and crushes), water sources (drilling and/or equipping of 
boreholes/wells and reticulation) chaff -cutters and fodder barn, which are generally 
available to low -income or resource -poor producers.  82.25  Ministriy of Finance and Economic 
Development (MFED)   
Artificial Insemination Services: provision of agricultural input subsidised semen, 
artificial insemination equipment, and bull fertility testing, which are generally 
available to low -income or resource -poor producers.  0.27 Ministriy of  Finance and Economic 
Development (MFED)   
Subtotal:  832.48    
Grand Total Development Programmes  855.05    
 
 
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