Agriculture and tourism in botswana?

Question

which contributes more to the economy of botswana and how?

this is for an assingment i have to hand in soon

Answer 1

Diamond mining currently accounts for more than one-third of GDP and for 70-80% of export earnings. Tourism, financial services, subsistence farming, and cattle raising are other key sectors. While agriculture accounts for only 1.7% of the GNP, cattle play a very important role as wealth in the rural community.  Some grain is grown for consumption, but most grain products are imported.

Answer 2

Tourism:

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has risen correspondingly, with gross visitor expenditure estimated to be 1.1 billion in 1997.

Agriculture:

Only about 0.7% of total land area is arable. Crop production is hampered by traditional farming methods, recurrent drought, erosion, and disease. Most of the land under cultivation is in the eastern region. The principal crops for domestic use are sorghum, corn, and millet. Sorghum and corn production in 1999 were 13,000 tons and 5,000 tons, respectively. The sorghum and corn harvests comprise less than 10% of the annual requirement of 250,000 tons. In 2001, Botswana imported 174,198 tons of cereals, valued at almost $53 million. Grain is usually imported from Zimbabwe and South Africa. Smaller quantities of cowpeas, beans, and other pulses are also grown. The 1999 output of all these crops was about 20,000 tons; in addition, 16,000 tons of vegetables and 10,000 tons of fruit were grown.

So you can see while tourism brings a lot of money into Botswana, agriculture is a large net loss to the Gross Domestic Product.

Diamonds are by far the largest part of Botswana's Gross National Product.