Botswana
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Botswana tightens livestock movement controls amid suspected FMD cases
BAITS provides authorities with livestock registration and ownership records and supports the management of movements and other animal-health information.
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Botswana steps up FMD controls as livestock trade faces disruption
The government expects the work to be completed by the end of August.
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Botswana to hand over FMD vaccines to Lesotho
The support follows commitments made under the Botswana-Lesotho Binational Commission, where Botswana announced assistance of 100,000 doses of FMD vaccine to Lesotho.
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Botswana secures US$20.8M investment to boost local fodder production
The fodder strategy will help reduce overgrazing and #landdegradation while simultaneously creating opportunities for import substitution.
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Botswana launches national fodder strategy to boost livestock feed security
Officials say the strategy will significantly reshape the country’s feed outlook.
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Botswana launches poultry financing programme to strengthen local feed and hatchery capacity
CEDA plans to finance 269 poultry farmers and support the establishment of three hatcheries
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Zimbabwe, Botswana vaccinate 72,000 cattle against FMD as South Africa battles outbreak control challenges
The five-day vaccination campaign targeted high-risk livestock areas along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border.
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Botswana Vaccine Institute announced board amid regional Foot-and-Mouth Disease response
The appointments come as the institute intensifies efforts to supply Foot-and-Mouth Disease vaccines to affected SADC regions.
