Cattle once played a pivotal role in Botswana’s nation building; now the country’s prized bovine herds create a crucial part ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Politicians say it, comedians tweet it, travel guides write it: Cattle outnumber people in Botswana. Africa Check was curious, so ...

Botswana's foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) crisis is threatening more than its commercial beef industry. Stud breeders say ...

Tlotlo Phuduhudu, founder of Healthy Delights company, shows some of the livestock feeds produced using indigenous trees, plant by-products, and crop residue in Molepolole, Botswana, on Sept. 20, 2022 ...

MOSINKI, Botswana (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Longer and harsher droughts are driving a growing share of Botswana's traditional cattlemen to give up their animals - but Skanki Mokweba will not ...

There has been concern about the state of the livestock industry, valued at N13 trillion. Analysts still see it as one of the most inefficient food-production system in Africa with less focus on new ...

Namibia on Monday announced the suspension of livestock imports and other related meat products from Botswana after its eastern neighbour announced last week that it is investigating a suspected ...

Botswana’s Department of Agricultural Development and Food Security has announced that import restrictions have been placed on the importation of live cloven-hoofed animals from SA. The transit of ...

Lobatse — Beef and cattle are an integral part of Botswana's culture and a way of life, Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Sadique Kebonang, has said. "Botswana is what it is today because ...

"Increase the prices, then we can do business with you," this is the message that pastoralists in the troubled beef sector have for those who run the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC). Farmers argue that ...