As a landlocked and semi-arid country, Botswana has every reason to seek creative ways of diversifying and boosting food production to ensure food security.
Golden Wrap, a farming enterprise based in Kasane in Chobe District in the north of the country, is a good example of the diversification the government hopes to see replicated across the sector. The company produces fish, as well as fruit, maize and vegetables.
The fish farm was launched by Mari van Graan and her husband Pieter, and began production in 2016. The following year, the business attracted investment from Danish African Development, Chobe Holdings Limited and Jonathan Gibson, and together the shareholders established the trading company Golden Wrap