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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