INTRODUCTION  1.2  Tswana chickens/Guinea fowls 1.3  Salt bush 1.4  Crop production 1.5  Water development 2.  Package for farmers owning up to 200 herd of cattle 2.1 Livestock 2.2 Water Development 1.  Package for Resource-Poor Beneficiaries: 1.1  Smallstock Kgalagadi District and areas with similar agro-climatic conditions receive very  little rainfall. The District and areas with similar agro-climatic conditions are not  suitable for arable farming. Therefore, farmers in the District and the areas with  similar agro-climatic conditions do not benefit from the Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agriculture Development (ISPAAD). However, the District  and areas with similar agro-climatic conditions are suitable for livestock production, particularly smallstock (sheep and goats including karakul (Swakara)  sheep farming), especially in Kgalagadi South.  A Special Assistance Programme to Kgalagadi District has been approved. The  programme also covers areas of Gantsi, Kweneng West and Western parts of the  Southern District which are similar to the Kgalagadi District. The special package covers resource-poor beneficiaries who will be assisted  with Karakul sheep, ordinary sheep or goats, Tswana chickens/guinea fowls, salt  bush fields, pulses and melons production under the conservation agriculture practices and construction of sand dams or equipping of existing boreholes  without any contribution by the farmer.  Farmers who have less than two hundred (200) herd of cattle will be assisted  with a 50% grant up to a maximum of P25 000.00 to buy Karakul sheep, ordinary  sheep or goats or Tswana chickens/guinea fowls and construction of sand dams  or equipping of existing boreholes with a 60% grant up to a maximum of P120  000.00 The package for this group comprises small stock, Tswana chickens or guinea  fowls, salt bush cultivation, production of pulses and melons under conservation  agriculture, construction of water retention ponds (sand dams) and equipping  of existing boreholes; For small stock, a farmer shall be given 13 female Karakul sheep and 1 Karakul  ram or 13 ordinary goats/ sheep and a buck/ram with no contribution demanded  from the farmer provided that he/ she has been duly assessed for eligibility by  the Community Development Staff of the Council and that the farmer has not  benefited from the same programme under either LIMID or the Poverty Eradication  Programme; For Tswana chickens and Guinea fowls, a beneficiary would be given either 25  Tswana chickens (21 females and 4 cocks) or 20 Guinea fowls (16 females plus  4 males, also 4 Tswana female chicken and 1 cock for incubating) without any  contributions, provided that he/she has been duly assessed and has previously  not benefited from a similar package under either LIMID or the Poverty  Eradication Programme; For salt-bush fields, a beneficiary will be supplied with enough seedlings and  basal fertilizer to cover 1 hectare and this package may be taken together with  the small stock component for complementarity; For pulses/melons, the beneficiary would be assisted with training on conservation  agriculture, fencing material to fence up to 1 hectare, lablab and cowpeas seed,  melon seed and fertilizer to cover up to 1 hectare and technical support and  mentoring. In addition, those who produce lablab to support small stock would  also be eligible for the small stock component;  For water retention ponds (sand dams) and borehole equipping, resource poor  beneficiaries will be assisted as clusters to either construct sand dams or equip a  nearby existing borehole for provision of water for livestock. A 50% subsidy on Karakul sheep, ordinary sheep or goats and/or poultry(Tswana  chickens or guinea fowls) up to a maximum grant of P25 000.00 on reimbursement  basis, provided that the beneficiary owns 200 cattle or less, has duly applied and  has been assessed for assistance and has not benefited from the livestock  component of LIMID;  Farmers will be assisted to construct water retention ponds /sand dams or equip  existing boreholes, individually and as groups at a 60% subsidy up to a  maximum grant of P120 000.00, provided the beneficiary owns 200 cattle or less.