j.p. Roos Vegetables

jp roos vegetables was incorporated in botswana, founded by a young motswana farmer in 2009 to reduce botswana's dependence on imports for supply of horticulture products. we are simply a primary producer of potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, carrots and butternuts, our entire produce is sold to the local market - 90% to retailers while 10% is sold to tradesman whom 85% are women. founded by jan pierre roos, popularly known as "jp", jp roos vegetables started operations with only 6 hectares of land under management, the business would later on expand to now own and manage over 10,000 hectares across 4 farms. we currently employ on a full-time basis over 300 botswana citizens and 65% are women and youth. all our processes from agronomy activities and farming practices, value addition and operational systems are fully automated in order to deliver a high standard in efficiency and quality of products and service. the jp roos vegetables brand is a country wide known brand as we pack all our