Botswana - Stage 2
Main findings
Home-grown school feeding and supplementary feeding programs: Improved rural livelihoods and access to nutritious food. 4IR in food systems: Virtual markets, digitisation, e-services (including extension services), drones, etc. Climate-smart and conservation technologies: Reduced waste and pollution; improved human health. Adequate funding for climate-smart technologies. Optimisation of environmental resources in food systems: Indigenous food products and water. Laws that support implementation of policies: Management of divergent practices. Targeted and evidenced-based programs: Land allocati
... Read moreon, production, commercialisation, financing, etc. Food safety processes: Consumer and environmental protection from harmful products. Development of infrastructure: Roads, storage, processing facilities, slaughter houses, accredited testing laboratories, etc. for a resilient and sustainable food system. Supply of inputs and implements: Vaccines, fertilisers, pesticides, equipment, etc. Capacity building of all the players in the value chains: Food safety, production, processing, entrepreneurship, marketing, retailing, finance, etc. Specialised programs for marginalised groups: Elderly, youth, women, remote area dwellers and people living with disabilities. Updated and harmonised laws, policies, strategies and processes: Single registry for beneficiaries of government programs. Effective extension and outreach programmes: Ratio of farmer to extension officer, ratio of extension officer to value chain and provision of resources for service provision. Outsourcing of extension services. Effective environmental protection: Effective waste management (agrochemicals, plastics, etc.). Protection of biodiversity. Encourage organic production practices. Traceability: From farm to fork. Effective pollution management: Green-house gases (GHGs) emissions. End-user focused research and development in the food system: Adequate funding and improved commercialisation of research outputs. Boost aquaculture: Reduction in GHGs especially methane from meat production. Standardised pricing models: Improved return-on-investment across value chains. Mindset change in food systems: Sustainable production and entrepreneurship. Production agriculture as a business, even for smallholder producers. Access to finance: Tailor-made financing for value chains, e.g. establishment of an Agribank in Botswana. Establishment of processing and value addition facilities: Reduction in postharvest loss and food waste .e.g. collection points country wide and establishment of technology parks. Strengthen Public Private Partnerships (PPPs): Improved investment across value chains. Access to markets: Improved livelihoods and improved GDP. Enact commodity cooperatives and associations: Enhance buy-in, distribution and access to markets. Seed funding for cooperatives and associations. Commercialisation and equity of all value chains: Diversity and reduction in food import bill. Real-time data collection and management: Better decision making and effective monitoring and evaluation. Monitoring and evaluation: Effective policies and programs. Holistic and complete value chains: Improve rural livelihoods and reduction in rural-urban migration. Decent jobs and wages for improved livelihoods. Cohesion of players along the value chain: Health and agriculture; producers and processors. Basic education school curriculum: Inclusion of entrepreneurship and climate-smart technologies. Production according to agro-ecological zones: Enhanced productivity and improved access to nutritious foods. Incentivize adherence to cropping plans. Read less
Action Track(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment