G/AG/N/BWA/27  
 
28 February 2017  
(17-1189) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 23 February  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 2015  to 31 March  2016 . 
 
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The domestic agricultural support measures applied by Botswana during the financial year 2015/16 
(1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016) are those listed in the attached Supporting Tables DS:1 and DS:2   
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- 2 - Suppor ting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : B OTSWANA  
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 01-04-2015 TO 31 -03-2016  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
1 2 3 4  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in A nnex 2  Monetary value  
 
BWP,million  Data Sources  Note  
2.General Services      
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Disease and Pest Control : eradication, prevention and control of outbreaks 
of diseases and pests.  
10.22  Ministriy of Finance 
and Economic 
Developm ent (MFE P)  
Animal Disease Emergency Control : prevention, control and 
eradication of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and other diseases 
(Anthrax, Black Quarter, Brucellosis and Rabies) . 8.96 MFEP 
 
Subtotal:  19.18    
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  Cattle Identification : provision of Livestock Identification Traceability 
System  (LITS) to facilitate an d enhance marketability of cattle.  9.86 MFEP 
 
Subtotal:  9.86   
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.  19.86  MFEP 
 
Subtotal:  19.86    
Grand Total Green Box  48.9   
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : B OTSWANA  
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEA R FROM 01 -04-2015 TO 31 -03-2016  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes"  
1 2 3 4  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Article 6.2  Monetary value  
 
BWP,million  Data Sources  Note  
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture  Transportation Subsidy : provision of investment subsidies such as 
transport subsidy, which is generally available to agriculture.  4.35 MFEP   
Subtotal:  4.35   
(b) Input subsidies available to low -income or resource -poor producers  Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agriculture Development 
(ISPAAD) : provis ion of agricultural input subsidies, including farm 
inputs , fencing, draught animals  and water catchment tan ks, which 
are generally available to low -income or resource -poor producers.  466.71  MFEP  
Livestock Management and Infrastructure Development (LIMID) : 
provis ion of agricultural input  subsidies such as dipping facilities 
(dip tanks and spray races), handli ng 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.  98.92  MFEP  
Artificial Insemination S ervices : provis ion of agricultural input 
subsidis ed semen, artificial insemination equipment, and bull 
fertility testing , which are  generally available to low -income or 
resource -poor producers.  1.39 MFEP  
Subtotal:  567.02    
Grand Total Development Progr ammes  571.37    
 
 
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