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MEASURES TAKEN TO IMPROVE LIVESTOCK FARMING IN BOTSWANA

  Subdividing land into paddocks so as to regulate grazing Setting up demonstration farms to teach farmers new skills and principles of paddock farming Initiating quality breeds to check on the mixing of livestock and survival tactics Provision of water through boreholes, valley dams, water troughs, etc Provision of veterinary services through the mobile animal husbandry staff Establishment of animal facilities like cattle dips, slaughter houses, etc Establishment of Botswana Meat Commission that caters for the quality of livestock and marketing the products A system of disease control fences has been installed to prevent transmission of diseases from one herd to another. RELATED POSTS COMPARISON BETWEEN FISHING IN KENYA AND JAPAN THE CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENT, COMPONENTS OF ENVIRONMENT AND THE PROBLEM FACING ENVIRONMENT Five (5) Advantages of questionnaire as data collection tool in research 5 DISADVANTAGES OF ROAD TRANSPORT 10 FACTORS THAT AFFECT OCEAN SALINITY CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF...

7 PROBLEMS FACED BY FARMERS IN PERKERRA IRRIGATION SCHEME IN KENYA

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  Obstruction upstream and drought leads to fluctuation in water supply, thus affects the acreage under cultivation and crop failure. The solution is the construction of a dam upstream. Land tenure issue - farmers are yet to be issued with title deeds. National Irrigation Board policy that farmers prepare their land is constrained by financial inadequacy. Inter-ethnic Conflict - between Tugen and Njemps. Diversification - especially growing of maize has led to abandonment of other crops such as onions, cotton , pawpaw etc. Livestock - human conflict. RELATED POSTS 9 CONDITIONS FAVOURING IRRIGATION FARMING IN EGYPT 5 CAUSES OF RURAL-RURAL MIGRATION IN KENYA 10 AIMS OF KILOMBERO VALLEY IRRIGATION SCHEME 4 FEATURES OF MAP STATEMENT SCALE 10 ADVANTAGES OF OIL PRODUCTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST 7 DISADVANTAGES OF AIR TRANSPORT 10 PROBLEMS FACING COFFEE FARMING IN KENYA IMPACTS OF POVERTY ON ENVIRONMENT 10 PROBLEMS FACING COTTON FARMING IN UGANDA COMPARISON BETWEEN FISHING IN KENYA AND J...

9 BENEFITS OF THE MWEA TEBERE IRRIGATION SCHEME IN KENYA

  Source of food especially rice for human consumption. Provided employment opportunities to the farmers hence improving their standards of living. The project has helped to re-settle people who were formally landless. The project has led to improvement in the infrastructure e.g. roads which has improved transport in the area. Flooding of the rivers has been controlled hence improving the safety of lives of the people around. It’s a source of government revenue through taxes used to develop infrastructures e.g. roads. It has led to improvement in research hence resulting into high crop yielding varieties. The project led to effective utilization of the land which could have remained idle hence reducing resource wastage. It has led to development of processing industries which have led to urbanisation e.g. the rice mill at Mwea-Tebere. Infrastructural development has led to urbanisation e.g. Thiba and Embu towns. It has led to large scale output hence encouraging exports leading to...