Botswana currently imports substantial quantities of vegetables from neighbouring countries amounting to millions of Pula annually. This is partly owing to the fact that the necessary information on vegetable production locally is not readily available to assist producers in their production. The National Master Plan for Agricultural Development identified vegetable production as one of the priority areas with potential for development in Botswana.
The Department of Agricultural Research has prepared a manual on Vegetable growing. The manual is provided below for download and is intended to be a guide to the horticultural extension personnel, horticultural producers as well as agricultural institutions in their endeavour to improve productivity in the horticultural sub-sector. The manual provides guidelines on seedling production and management, plant spacing, cropping programme, soil fertility, crop protection as well as marketing aspects.
Manual for Vegetable Production in Botswana