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RICE READY: Thebeetsile Moroke

BUAN research indicates rice can be grown in Botswana

After two years of painstaking research, Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) are confident they will taste success in their battle to grow rice in Botswana.

Speaking at Monday’s Harvesting Ceremony, held at BUAN’s Sebele Farms where the project is being carried out, Lead Scientist, Thebeetsile Moroke revealed the research was complete.

“This project started back in 2020 after the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) which was signed BUAN and African Agriculture (AA) to work together in finding out wheth...

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