Botwana's cattle farmers struggle with drought

Livestock has long been a central pillar of Botswana's economy but months without rain have left little grass in the country's pastures. Our reporter Daniel Plafker visited a feedlot in the town of Lobatse to learn how enterprising herders are finding ways to persevere and how the landlocked country's soon-to-be-privatized beef export monopoly is eyeing Asian markets in a bid to diversify.
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Don't mind the background music, ts not so important, what's important is what is being talked about my brother.

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And whats up with Indian music when covering an African story??

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why dont they use an irrigation system to replenish the environment ?? Maybe some other farmers from nearby South Africa can help , as they have alot of large scale agriculture going on , and there methods are more modernized

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It's a drought, how u gonna irrigate the whole country

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