Farmers welcome BAMB payments, seek national crop plan

BAMB Pays P60m, Farmers Demand Plan

Grain farmers have received P60 million in overdue payments from BAMB, but P40 million remains outstanding as producers push for a coordinated national crop plan BONGANI MALUNGA Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board (BAMB) has paid P60 million towards outstanding debts owed to grain farmers, easing some of the uncertainty that had surrounded whether the parastatal would…

Farmers welcome BAMB payments, seek national crop plan

Sunday Standard Farmers welcome BAMB payments, seek national crop plan The Pandamatenga Commercial Farmers Association (PCFA) has welcomed progress by the Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board (BAMB) in settling outstanding grain payments, but says a national crop plan is urgently needed ahead of the new planting season. Association vice-chairman Ryan Neal said BAMB had paid P60 million towards outstanding payments, leaving about P40 million sti…