Politicians say it, comedians tweet it, travel guides write it: Cattle outnumber people in Botswana. Africa Check was curious, so we started counting - bulls, oxen, cows, tollies and heifers. The post ...

Botswana is seeking to increase its national herd which stands between 2.5 and 2.8 million, according to the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC). "The importation of these elite breeds is consistent with ...

In the remote village of Matshelagabedi, in north-eastern Botswana, 67-year old Philemon Malikongwa says life will never be the same again. Each night, the soun ...

Beef and cattle are an integral part of Botswana's culture and a way of life, Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Sadique Kebonang, has said.

The Botswana Cattle Producers' Association (BCPA) has been formed after the merger of the 12 existing farmers' associations. The BCPA is the country's first national association of cattle farmers.

The Botswana government has reportedly generated about $8 million from selling cattle taken from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) zones to Zimbabwes Cold Storage Company (CSC) since the conclusion of ...

South American Creole cattle are direct descendants of the animals brought to the New World by the Spanish and Portuguese during the 16th century. A portion of the mitochondrial D-loop was ...

The genetic diversity of eight British cattle breeds was quantified in this study. In all, 30 microsatellites from the FAO panel of markers were used to characterise the DNA samples from nearly ...