BOTSWANA (13 October)
Cereal production in Botswana typically amounts to 5 to 10 percent of the country’s total needs. The 2004 cereal production, mainly sorghum, has been provisionally estimated to recover from last year’s drought affected harvest to a more normal level of about 15 000 tonnes. In September, to deal with recent outbreak of anthrax among wild life the country has placed its department of animal health and veterinary services on high alert.