G/AG/N/BWA/31  
 
14 November  2017 
(17-6181) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 10 November  2017, 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  from 1 April 2016  to 31 March 2017 . 
 
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The domestic agricultural support measures applied by Botswana during the financial year 2016/17 
(1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017) are those listed in the atta ched Supporting Tables DS:1 
and DS:2.  
  
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- 2 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BO TSWANA  
FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 01-04-2016 TO 31 -03-2017  
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  
1 2 3 4 
2.General Services     
2 (b). Pest and disease control  
Disease and Pest Control: eradication, prevention and control of outbreaks of diseases and 
pests.  8.31 Ministriy of Finance and 
Economic Development 
(MFEP)  
Animal Disease Emergency Control: prevention, control and eradication of Foot and Mouth 
Disease (FMD) and other diseases (Anthrax, Black Quarter, Brucellosis and Rabies).  9.72 MFEP  
Subtotal:  18.03   
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  Cattle Identification: provision of Livestock Identification Traceability System (LITS) to 
facilitate and enhance marketability of cattle.  13.46  MFEP  
Subtotal:  13.46   
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.  0.16 MFEP  
Subtotal:  0.16  
Grand Total Green Box  31.65   
 
 
   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BO TSWANA  
FINANCIAL YEA R FROM 01 -04-2016 TO 31 -03-2017 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treat ment – "Development Programmes"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6.2  Monetary value  
 
BWP,million  Data Sources  
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.  
3.1 Ministriy of Finance and 
Economic Development 
(MFEP)  
Subtotal:  3.1  
(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 resource -poor producers.  332.43 MFEP  
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.  15.68  MFEP  
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.  1.15 MFEP  
Subtotal:  349.26   
Grand Total Development Programmes  352.36   
 
 
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