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The coordinator of National Master Plan for Arable Agriculture and Dairy Development (NAMPAADD) says he is optimistic that the programme will ...

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By Ofentse Thwabi
Majority of farmers who were allocated plots at Dikabeya under the NAMPAADD project have not started their projects. ...

Official warns of impending milk shortage

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He also wants the dairy herd at a NAMPAADD farms to be increased to avert shortage. At present, Botswana dairy farmers produce only 48 per cent of fresh ...

NAMPAADD project uses coconut pit

01 April, 2008
The new coconut pit method is yet to be used for growing tomatoes and green pepper plants to upgrade the pilot project of the National Master Plan for Arable Agriculture and Dairy Development (NAPAADD) located at Glen Valley Irrigation farms. The coconut pit made of crushed coconut shell (Coir), would be in use for the coming three years, with effect from next year. The chairman of the Glen Valley Irrigation Farms, Mr Modisaotsile Moilwa, said the coconut pit would substitute soil.

The coconut pits are the best method as they do not have any nutrients, thus allowing farmers to feed nutrients of their choice. Soil in comparison contains different elements, which sometime could affect the growth of the vegetables grown. The coconut pit also has good water retention and allows for air circulation.

Having been affected by frost last winter, the project has made a big progress this year and selling to big local stores such as Shoprite Checkers, and would be signing a contract with Mr Veg soon. Mr Moilwa said he was hoping to get P300 000 this year, adding that despite heavy rains and other weather elements the project had managed to get half the returns compared to last years one quarter. Apart from the rain effect, the project is doing better than the previous year.

Also to be introduced is the green house, for use by July. Green house is a covering that would protect plants from all weather elements and pests.

He added that NAMPAADD used the trench method to get rid of crickets. The trenches are dug in around the field to capture crickets. Another challenge that affects the project is the irrigation scheme, which Mr. Moilwa said was not coordinated.

He said NAMPAADD used treated water from the sewerage system, located in the same area. The problem he says arises when the irrigation pipes bursts due to pressure exerted by water.

This problem occurred every month and often takes more than two weeks to rectify leading to vegetables' death or wilting.

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Failure to attend meetings worries MP

Oct. 18 -- By Tshiamiso Mosetlhe MOLEPOLOLE - Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Mr Daniel Kwelagobe, has criticised residents of Masilwana ward in his Molepolole South Constituency for not attending kgotla meetings and failing to register for the election over claims that some of them were terminated from destitution programme. Mr Kwelagobe said it was a shame for some Bakwena, who still raise concerns on the streets instead of articulating them in kgotla meetings to get clarifications. He said such people denied themselves their rights and government assistance programmes which were fully elaborated in kgotla meetings. Mr Kwelagobe, who started the meeting more than one and a half hours late, said Batswana culture was getting eroded. He said Botswana has been an envy of Africa in practicing values of freedom of speech, peace and stability, democracy and self-reliance but lack of attendance at kgotla meeting was weakening the consultation ethic. He underscored the fact that kgotla meetings served to disseminate information about development programmes. He said about voter apathy that over the years, Batswana registered for the election without complaints over food rations, saying some were not even receiving any assistance from the government. He said the government had given them freedom and opportunities to vote for any party or representatives of their choice. �Ba batla go rekwa ka dijo go ikwadisa, ke tshwanelo ya lona go ikwadisa��, he said, meaning that some people wanted to be rewarded with food rations if they registered for elections. Mr Kwelagobe also briefed them about shortage of water in Molepolole government�s strategies to arrest the situation. Mr Seelo Modukanele, the agricultural demonstrator in Molepolole, appealed to farmers to register with his office office, the idle fields that they wished to lease out. Mr Modukanele said farmers who did not have fields but wanted to use the National Master Plan for Arable Agriculture and Dairy Development could rent the fields of land owners who were unable to plough. He told the residents about the subsised prices of seeds. Commenting, residents decried shortage of water in Molepolole and reluctance of someo register for the 2009 general election. Mr Poloko Motlhobogwa, the councillor for Sebele, said some companies in Molepolole which he named for allegedly denying their workers permission to register for elections. Employees of such companies started work early and knocked off late. A youth who spoke at the meeting told Mr Kwelagobe that she was denied an opportunity to venture into small stock by a veterinary officer on pretext that she was childish. �Ke lekgarebe gaa kake a disa dipudi�, she claimed the officer said. This means she is too smart and cannot look after goats. BOPA