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25 July 2022 
(22-5605) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 22 July  2022, 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 2020/2021 . 
 
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The domestic agricultural support measures applied by Botswana during the fiscal year 2020/2021 
(1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021) 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: FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 01 -04-2020 TO 31 -03-2021  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
BWP , million    Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General Services      
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Foot and Mouth Disease Control:  Aims at prevention, control and eradication of Foot 
and Mouth Disease ( Annex 2, paragraph 2(b) ). 19.93  Ministry of Finance and 
Development Planning 
(MFDP)   
Disease and Pest Control:  aims at eradication, prevention, and control of outbreaks 
of diseases and pests ( Annex 2, paragraph 2(b) ). 1.65 Ministry of Finance and 
Development Planning 
(MFDP)   
Subtotal:  21.59    
 Subtotal General Services  21.59    
Grand Total Green Box  21.59    
 
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT: BOTSWANA  
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 01 -04-2020 TO 31 -03-2021  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6.2  Monetary value  
 
BWP , million    Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(b) Input subsidies available to low -income or 
resource -poor producers  Livestock Management and Infrastructure Development  (LIMID):  provides subsidies 
on 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 barn generally available to low –income or  resource -poor 
producers.  125.89 Ministry of Finance and 
Development Planning 
(MFDP)   
Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agriculture Development (ISPAAD):  
provides subsidies on farm implements, fencing, draft animals, water catchment 
tanks generally  available to low -income or resource -poor producers.  612.82  Ministry of Finance and 
Development Planning 
(MFDP)   
Subtotal:  738.70    
Grand Total Development Programmes  738.70    
 
 
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