Grazing
Village Communal grazing: within the periphery of the settlements, livestock grazing takes the form of an unmanaged/uncontrolled resource whereby all animals are allowed to stray in all directions in search of pasture. Control of livestock is seasonal where cattle may be herded during the crop growing season and left loose in the dry season and to utilize the crop residue as well.
Cattle posts: the tradition in most parts of Botswana is that livestock are kept away from villages where the land is exclusively used for livestock, mainly cattle. The areas are strategically placed to avoid conflict with other land uses such as crop production. Cattle posts are located in areas of abundant fodder as well as available water supply for the livestock. But since most of the cattle posts are located out in the open areas within the sandveld, provision of water is only by drilling of boreholes. Since cattle posts are an 'open system' of use, farmers only have water rights granted by the Department of Water Affairs but no exclusive rights are granted on the grazing resources.
Fenced farms: often farmers apply for exclusive rights to use a piece of land. This may be in the form of a privately owned farm or a lease hold farm. In Boteti a block of leasehold farms are located south of Mopipi. These farms were allocated under the Tribal Grazing Land Policy of (1975) and the revised/new Agricultural Policy of 1991 (Fencing component) whose aim was to primarily reduce grazing pressure from the communal areas, improve grazing management and increase livestock off-take (through sales) and thereby potential improving livelihoods of the majority of Batswana who by nature are pastoralists.
