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Botswana

Estimated Population

2.588 million (2021)

Country capital

Gaborone

Official language

English

Currency

Botswanan Pula

Region

Southern Africa Sub Region

Last updated on

December 12, 2023

Other information

Name of minister

Kefentse Mzwinila (Minister of Lands and Water Affairs)

Technical Advisory Committe (TAC) Member

Technical Advisory Committee members (as of May 2017)

  • Catherine Bertini, Distinguished Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs (co-chair)
  • Stuart Gillespie, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (co-chair)
  • Khalid Bomba, CEO, Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)
  • Pedro Campo Llopis, Policy Officer, Rural Development, Food Security, and Nutrition, Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DG DEVCO)
  • Mushtaque Chowdhury, Vice-Chairperson, BRAC
  • Patrizia Fracassi, Senior Nutrition Analyst and Policy Advisor, SUN Movement Secretariat
  • Sheryl Hendriks, Director, Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being, University of Pretoria
  • Isatou Jallow, former Senior Nutrition and Partnership Advisor, New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
  • Nabeeha Kazi, Executive Director, No Wasted Lives
  • David Pelletier, Professor, Division of Nutritional Science, Cornell University
  • Prabhu Pingali, Professor and Director, Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition
  • Yves Martin Prevel, IRD Research Officer, IRD/NutriPass Joint Research Unit
  • Jennifer Requejo, Associate Scientist, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Vijay Sardana, Vice President & Head, Food Security and Agribusiness, UPL Limited
  • Octave Semwaga, Director General of Strategic Planning & Programme Coordination, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda
  • Fokko Wientjes, Vice President, Corporate Sustainability & Public Private Partnerships, DSM
  • Yang Yuexin, President, Chinese Nutrition Society, and Director of the Department of Food and Nutrition Assessment, National Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety for China Center for Disease Control

Focal points

Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services
Private Bag 00434
Gaborone
Botswana
Plot Number 1108
AKD Building
Main Mall
Tel: (267) 368 2000/361 5300
Fax: (267) 390 4826/3913055

Tollfree: 080 060 0737

Opening hours 07:30 to 12:45 and 13:45 to 16:30, Monday to Friday except public holidays.​