• From knowledge to practice: achieving energy efficiency through training – the example of Three Trees Gardens in Botswana

    • 08/06/2026
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    In brief Through the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme, COLEAD carried out post-training technical support on energy consumption and energy efficiency at Three Trees Gardens (Botswana). A milestone: one of the first such interventions on sustainable energy management in Botswana’s horticultural sector. The company, which supplies vegetables, fruits and herbs to the local market, relies heavily on energy (irrigation, cold storage, handling, transport). Main energy consumers identified: cold chain, borehole pumping and transport logistics. A phased roadmap combines immediate… +
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  • Do you know Bonolo Monthe, CEO of Maungo Craft in Botswana?

    • 30/08/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    Do you know Bonolo Monthe, CEO of Maungo Craft in Botswana? Bonolo holds an MBC from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. She has received many awards for her entrepreneurial career in the agri-food sector: UN Food Systems Champion, Mandela Washington Fellow 2019 and Gogettaz Agripreneur Winner 2019. Maungo Craft processes Morula fruit into award-winning, preservative-free preserves, promoting an indigenous fruit industry for sustainable growth. One of Maungo Craft’s aims is to rehabilitate forgotten crops,… +
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  • AGRINFO Botswana-EU: focus on the meat sector

    • 05/10/2023
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Corp EN, News
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    In September, with the support of the Embassy of Botswana in Brussels, COLEAD hosted a webinar to introduce the AGRINFO and Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programmes to invited guests representing the country’s public and private sectors. FFM+ works to strengthen the sustainability of the ACP horticultural sector, and there has been much interest in the recent launch of the programme in Botswana. Several applications for support have already been received from the fruit and vegetable sector. The AGRINFO team… +
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