In This Volume DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN BOTSWANA SINCE INDEPENDENCE: AN EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION -T.T. Fako / OPENING SPEECH BY HIS HONOUR' THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MINISTER OF FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING -P.S. Mmusi 1 DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS AND THEIR' IMPLICATIONS IN BOTSWANA • -G. N. Shastri 5 SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN BOTSWANA SINCE INDEPENDENCE -G. A. Sekgoma 21 MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION SINCE INDEPENDENCE -0. Kann &D. Taylor 38 CROP PRODUCTION AND FOOD SUPPLY TRENDS IN BOTSWANA - O. Selolwane 63 LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND FOOD SUPPLY TRENDS IN BOTSWANA -J. Arntzen 76 TRENDS IN THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF BA TSWANA - B.N. Kgosidintsi, P.L. Khulumani& B.P. Mpofu' 96 BOTSWANA IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: TilE STRATEGY FOR REGIONAL CO-EXISTENCE -J.e. Chipasula & K. Miti 114 SONG FOR "76 (10TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE) -B. Sehoni 139 _ PrIntorI- Tol.37_