G/AG/N/BWA/19  
14 February 2014  
(14-0924)  Page: 1/4  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
 
 The following submission, dated 6 February 2014,  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 2012/2013 . 
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  The domestic agricultural support measures applied by Botswana during the fiscal year 2012/2013 (1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013) 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: 2012/2013 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria 
in Annex 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)). 0.21 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, Brucellosis and Rabies) (Annex 2, paragraph 2(b)) . 45.38 MFDP 
 Disease and Pest Control: eradication, prevention, and control of 
outbreaks of diseases and pests (Annex 2, paragraph 2(b)). 8.87 MFDP 
iii) Extension and advisory 
services National Master Plan for Arable Agriculture and Dairy Development 
(NAMPAADD): provision of training services through identification and 
establishment of demonstration and pilot projects in areas with potential in 
order to demonstrate improved farm management practices required for 
improved production in respect of rain -fed agriculture, irrigated agriculture 
and dairy development (Annex 2, paragraph 2(d)) . 5.72 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)). 21.68 MFDP   
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- 3 - Measure type Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
Million Pula (BWP ) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
v) Infrastructural services Development of Extension Services : construction and electrification of 
rural extension offices (Annex 2, paragraph 2(g)).  21.49 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 Disease in respect of losses of livestock (Annex 2, paragraph 8).  0.12 MFDP   
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BOTSWANA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2012/2013 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - Special and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes" 
Measure type Name and description of me asure 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 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 barns, which are generally available to low-income or resource-
poor producers (Article 6.2) . 45.18 MFDP 
 Artificial Insemination Services: provision of agricultural input subsidies 
such as subsidised semen, artificial insemination equipments, and bull 
fertility testing, which are generally available to low-income or resource-
poor producers (Article 6.2).  1.87 MFDP 
 Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agriculture Development 
(ISPAAD): provision of agricultural input subsidies, including farm inputs, 
fencing, draft animals, which are generally available to low-income or 
resource-poor producers (Article 6.2) . 200.91 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) . 3.50 MFDP 
 
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