<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Commercialization of Sorghum Milling in Botswana: Trends and Prospects"^^ . "Commercial sorghum processing in Botswana has grown rapidly during the past decade. The number of sorghum\r\nmillers has increased four-fold, and sorghum meal has become competitive with maize in urban and rural food\r\nmarkets.\r\nIn early 1999, ICRISAT conducted a study of the factors underlying this growth, and the prospects for further\r\nmarket expansion. The study showed that growth was driven largely by four factors: the traditional consumer\r\npreference for sorghum meal; strong financial support to millers from the government; the availability of reliable,\r\nhigh-quality supplies of grain; and effective promot ion of processing technology by a parastatal agency.\r\nHowever, development of the milling industry had little impact on domestic sorghum production. Productivity in\r\nBotswana remains too low for the crop to compete with South African imports, and only 2% of the industry's\r\ngrain purchases are grown domestically.\r\nKey issues likely to affect future expansion include the identification of alternative sources of grain supplies\r\n(e.g. Zimbabwe); improvements in product promot ion, market intelligence, and product differentiation (e.g.\r\ntargeting distinct products for breakfast porridge vs stiff porridge); and the prospects for industry consolidation\r\ninto a few larger millers. While the Botswana case is not specifically replicable in neighboring countries, the\r\nstimulus created by linking technology, finance, and raw material supply offers important lessons for the\r\ndevelopment of commercial crop processing throughout southern Africa."^^ . "2000" . . . "International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "T"^^ . "Seleka"^^ . "T Seleka"^^ . . "K"^^ . "Mupanda"^^ . "K Mupanda"^^ . . "D"^^ . "Rohrbach"^^ . "D Rohrbach"^^ . . . . . . "Commercialization of Sorghum Milling in Botswana: Trends and Prospects (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . . "RA_00363.pdf"^^ . . . "Commercialization of Sorghum Milling in Botswana: Trends and Prospects (Image (JPEG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Commercialization of Sorghum Milling in Botswana: Trends and Prospects (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #1093 \n\nCommercialization of Sorghum Milling in Botswana: Trends and Prospects\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Sorghum"@en . .