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Southern Africa<br />

Botswana’s beef sector 1<br />

Organisation<br />

name<br />

Coord<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g body Government Private sector Farmer representatives Donors<br />

Botswana Meat Commission MoA Feedlot contractors<br />

BCPA USAID<br />

(BMC)<br />

Agrivet-<strong>in</strong>put suppliers<br />

Livestock feed suppliers<br />

Buy<strong>in</strong>g agents<br />

Transporters<br />

Policy and regulation Agri-<strong>in</strong>put and service provision Representative body for<br />

Disease control<br />

60,000 cattle producers<br />

Extension services<br />

Ma<strong>in</strong> function Sole mandate for all imports and<br />

exports of livestock and livestock<br />

products<br />

Phase 1 early Concern about decl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g cattle<br />

numbers and <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g losses<br />

Phase 2<br />

<strong>in</strong>termediate<br />

Phase 3<br />

susta<strong>in</strong>ability<br />

New strategy to put <strong>in</strong>to effect<br />

Government policy changes<br />

Restructure of the organisation<br />

Ensur<strong>in</strong>g cost effective operations<br />

Ensur<strong>in</strong>g producer prices rema<strong>in</strong><br />

high<br />

Interest Interest Study <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g the serious<br />

state of the <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />

Policy changes to allow<br />

export parity pric<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Ensur<strong>in</strong>g disease control<br />

and animal health and<br />

EU export regulations are<br />

complied with<br />

Support for policy changes<br />

Identification of bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />

opportunities<br />

New or expanded operations<br />

established to support cattle<br />

producers and BMC<br />

Policy paper presented to<br />

Government<br />

Change <strong>in</strong> production<br />

methods<br />

Opportunities for improved<br />

cattle management and<br />

<strong>in</strong>creased offtake from the<br />

national herd<br />

F<strong>in</strong>ancial support for<br />

development<br />

Fund<strong>in</strong>g for BCPA<br />

research study<br />

Interest<br />

Interest<br />

1. No NGO or research organisation participation<br />

112 Agricultural Innovation <strong>in</strong> Sub-Saharan Africa

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