Botswana

WISHH partnered with three private sector companies and the National Food Technology Research Centre (NFTRC) on the promotion of soy foods. Foods Botswana Ltd. has a contract with the government of Botswana to manufacture a soy sorghum blended food. Nutritional Products (PTY) LTD, has experience with blending of cereals. TEM Pty. Ltd. is a milling company that produces sorghum flour.

National Food Technology Research Centre conducted product development tests at their center in Kanye, Botswana. In collaboration with NSRL, they developed a sorghum product which is supplemented with eight percent defatted soy flour. They conducted in-house trials and decided that Nutritional Products will test market this product. The product, packaged in 250 gram plastic bags, is printed with the logos for WISHH and NFTRC on the package.

For more information on the Botswana Soy-Fortified Sorghum Project, contact the WISHH office.