What opportunities are open for sunflowers in the future?
Many opportunities could be open in future for sunflower, leading to an increased valorisation of the whole plant through a biorefinery approach and a diversification of uses of oil (for food, food industry, biofuels, biomaterials), proteins (for feed, including aquaculture, food, potentially biomaterials), and even cellulosic fraction.
Does Botswana produce sunflower seeds?
The organization also encourages the production of black-eyed cowpeas, sugar beans, red kidney beans, and peas as these products are also heavily consumed and local supply struggles to meet demand. Currently most of sunflower seed and oil production in Botswana is exported to South Africa.
What is Seza doing in Botswana?
SEZA is currently working with the Ministry of Agriculture to develop Botswana¡¯s sunflower oil value chain. BAMB is also mandated to manage the country¡¯s Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR) for purposes of ensuring national food security.
How did sunflower maintain its competitiveness on Oilseeds markets?
Sunflower succeeded in maintaining its competitiveness on oilseeds markets in the previous decades, through continuous innovation in genetics, production and markets and a growing segmentation.