WHAT OUR FARMERS GROW

With the mission to produce food for Botswana, Pandamatenga farmers drive the grain production in the country
Season after season, our farmers are dedicated to growing the grains that will first feed Botswana. Attending to our country’s needs will always be our farmers’ top priority, but serving international markets is also good business practice and beneficial for the economy of Botswana.

OUR CROPS

Our farmers cultivate a diverse portfolio of grains, primarily focusing on meeting Botswana’s domestic market. Key crops such as sorghum, cowpeas, sugar beans, maize, and wheat play a crucial role in national food security. They also grow specialty grains like mung beans and chickpeas, which are excellent for nitrogen fixation during crop rotation and are also valuable export products, enhancing Botswana’s export indicators.
sorghum
sorghum
Cowpeas
Cowpeas
Sunflower
Sunflower
mung beans
mung beans
Millet
Millet
Chickpeas
Chickpeas
Maize
Maize
Wheat
Wheat
Soyabeans
Soyabeans
sugar beans
sugar beans

SORGHUM FOR BOTSWANA

SORGHUM (mabele)
Sorghum, or mabele in Setswana, is Botswana's traditional staple food. Indigenous to Botswana and other parts of Africa, it is now cultivated on other continents, making it the world’s 5th largest staple cereal crop.
Porridge (motogo)
In Botswana, sorghum is prepared in a variety of ways as a cereal: motogo and bogobe. Motogo is the country's favorite porridge and is typically served warm with sour milk (madila), while bogobe is typically eaten with cooked spinach (morogo) and meat stew. It is also widely brewed both domestically and commercially as an indigenous beer.
Nutrition
Sorghum is also considered to be a nutritional powerhouse. A 100 gram amount of raw sorghum provides 329 calories, 72% carbohydrates, 4% fat and 11% protein. Sorghum supplies numerous essential nutrients, including protein, B vitamins, niacin, riboflavin, thiamine and several dietary minerals, including iron and manganese, calcium, phosphorous, and potassium, as well as a significant amount of dietary fibre.

SORGHUM FOR BOTSWANA

SORGHUM (mabele)
Sorghum, or mabele in Setswana, is Botswana's traditional staple food. Indigenous to Botswana and other parts of Africa, it is now cultivated on other continents, making it the world’s 5th largest staple cereal crop.
Porridge (motogo)
In Botswana, sorghum is prepared in a variety of ways as a cereal: motogo and bogobe. Motogo is the country's favorite porridge and is typically served warm with sour milk (madila), while bogobe is typically eaten with cooked spinach (morogo) and meat stew. It is also widely brewed both domestically and commercially as an indigenous beer.
Nutrition
Sorghum is also considered to be a nutritional powerhouse. A 100 gram amount of raw sorghum provides 329 calories, 72% carbohydrates, 4% fat and 11% protein. Sorghum supplies numerous essential nutrients, including protein, B vitamins, niacin, riboflavin, thiamine and several dietary minerals, including iron and manganese, calcium, phosphorous, and potassium, as well as a significant amount of dietary fibre.

WHERE OUR GRAINS GO

Each of our farmers is deeply committed to producing sorghum for Botswana.

This vital crop is never exported; instead, it is supplied to BAMB and various other buyers with milling operations, transforming it into the precious mabele found in supermarkets across the country.

The grains that are not absorbed by the domestic market are mostly exported to South Africa.

Pandamatenga farmers produce a wide selection of cereals and pulses.

Farming calender

Pandamatanga Farmers annual crop cycle.