According to President Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi, integrating technology into farming is one way for farmers to get the most out of their agricultural endeavors.

President Masisi stated yesterday at a kgotla conference in Draihoek that agriculture has the potential to produce enormous riches for Batswana and drive the nation toward achieving food security, thus it is essential for farmers to adopt new technology that might revolutionize the industry.

In order to encourage and promote the use of contemporary technologies in farming, he declared that the government will in the near future make Internet connectivity available to agricultural production areas.

“Government has made Internet accessible to Batswana, and we encourage farmers to poise themselves to derive better benefits from its use by infusing it into their agricultural activities,” he said.

The Tsabong multi-species abattoir is scheduled to start for business next month, and President Masisi urged farmers throughout the Kgalagadi region to be patient and wait in order to benefit from it.

He claimed that pastoralists must continually increase both the quantity and caliber of the region’s livestock if they want to reap the facility’s long-term benefits in full.

The president stated that one way they could improve their breeds was by using the services provided at artificial insemination (AI) camps located all across the nation. He added that farmers would have the chance to purchase the high-quality bulls’ semen that had recently been imported from Texas, in the United States, at the Ramatlabama AI Camp.

He also informed the group that a decision had been made to subdivide the ranch and lease out portions of it to Batswana so they could practice small stock farming, as well as that another AI camp would be constructed at the Lobu Small Stock Ranch.

“I have ordered that an AI camp be set up in Lobu right away. The government will lessen its livestock-rearing activity at the ranch and concentrate on other high-priority sectors, including as infrastructure development, by subdividing the 5,000-hectare ranch and leasing it to Batswana, he added.

The President also urged Draihoek locals to think about pursuing agro-tourism, saying that the government was prepared to support them to ensure the success of their initiatives. Agro-tourism is a subsector that may be important for producing wealth for citizens.