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Every day, Botswana imports six-and-a-half times more milk than it produces locally.
This moo-numental discrepancy was revealed by Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security, Karabo Gare in parliament recently.
According to Gare, who was citing figures from 2019/20, the country consumes 178, 000 litres of the white stuff on a daily basis – which works out as 65 million litres a year.
This demand is predominantly quenched from sources outside the country, with imports accounting for 146, 685 litres a day while local producers make up the remaining 22, 192 litres.
Gare was responding to questions from Shoshong Member of Parliament (MP) Aubrey Lesaso, who had wanted to know the daily milk demand in Botswana and how much is supplied by local suppliers.