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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 86189, member: 27"]
Relying on foreign animal feed is bleeding cash and setting up a livestock problem that keeps getting bigger.

Local feed gap gets called out
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[*]Ezekiel Njoroge threw the warning during a hands-on farm meetup.
[*]He said domestic output barely scratches national feed demand.
[*]Imports dominate the supply pipeline.
[*]That imbalance keeps costs climbing.
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Why imports are the problem
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[*]Botswana depends on outside feed for most livestock needs.
[*]Rising herd numbers push demand higher.
[*]Foreign sourcing squeezes farmer margins.
[*]Long-term resilience takes a hit.
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What farmers were shown
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[*]Ezekiel Njoroge walked attendees through feed-growing basics.
[*]Live demos covered smarter land use.
[*]Irrigation got pitched where conditions allow.
[*]Modern techniques were framed as survival tools.
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Bigger picture goals
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[*]Participants pressed into detailed back-and-forth sessions.
[*]Feed security stayed central to the discussion.
[*]Local scaling is tied directly to food stability.
[*]Cutting imports became the shared endgame.
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