Edwin Dikoloti

"It depicts the indelible connection between the health of the people and that of plants, animals and the environment, which in turn improves the nutritional status of the population."

"Every human being has the right to nutritious and safe food. The fragility of life requires that we all recognise the importance of producing and keeping our food safe."

"As leadership of this ministry, you are an integral part of the new administration as the government declares its intention to create decent and sustainable jobs and generate wealth for Batswana, understand that this directive falls within your responsibilities."

"any person who, without lawful authority, cultivates any plant which can be used or consumed as a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance, or form which a narcotic drug or narcotic substance can be extracted, commits and offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding P500, 000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 20 years or to both."

"Such information is available on the public domain."

"I expect the honorable MP (Keorapetse), as a researcher to be familiar with this information."

"Food safety is fundamental to human health,"

"We cannot over-emphasise the importance of food safety and food hygiene in ensuring that the production and handling of food is safe for consumption."

"We will also conduct a skills audit for the ministry as a pre-requisite for our improved service delivery and that we should fill all the vacant board positions to enable functionality and that we should expand our research and development that which includes even the accreditation of our labs."

"We are going to have conversations about our relationships and about relationships with the communities that we serve and the possibilities about shared action."

"There is a dire need for us to look at this as a wholesome and make sure that there is sustainability in its whole value chain."

"It is not about a figure, and like I said, this is a concept that I’d like us to have as a public private community partnership, build a concept around it and you can even have it across the country."