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creators_name: Rohrbach, D D
creators_name: Mupanda, K
creators_name: Seleka, T
icrisatcreators_name: Rohrbach, D D
affiliation: ICRISAT(Bulawayo)
affiliation: University of Zimbabwe(Harare)
affiliation: Botswana College of Agriculture(Gaborone)
country: Zimbabwe
country: Botswana
title: Commercialization of sorghum milling in Botswana
ispublished: pub
subjects: s1.4
full_text_status: public
abstract: During the past decade, commercial sorghum processing in Botswana has grown rapidly. In 1989, the country had 36 small-scale sorghum mills, most operating on a service basis, i.e. milling grain by the bucket or bag on behalf of
individual consumers. By 1999, the number of small- and medium-scale sorghum mills had increased four-fold. The majority of these mills are now buying grain for processing and sale through local retail shops and supermarkets. The quantity of sorghum being commercially milled has increased from an estimated 17 000 t to 60 000 t over this same period. In consequence, the status of sorghum has changed from being a food security crop largely consumed in rural areas, to a commercial crop competing in the urban food market.
date: 2000
date_type: published
publication: International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter
volume: 41
publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
pagerange: 14-15
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1023-487X
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citation:   Rohrbach, D D and Mupanda, K and Seleka, T  (2000) Commercialization of sorghum milling in Botswana.  International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 41.  pp. 14-15.  ISSN 1023-487X     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/1898/1/ISMN41_14-15_2000.pdf