BUAN

Dr Rosemary Kobue-Lekalake

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Food Science and Technology

P/Bag 0027, Gaborone Botswana
3650141
rlekalake@buan.ac.bw

University	Country	Programme	Degree / Diploma	Completion Year
University of Pretoria	Pretoria, South Africa	Food Science	PhD	2008
Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas. USA	Food Science & Technology	MSc	1993
University of Maryland	College Park, Maryland. USA	Dietetics	BSc	1984

Course code	Name of course
FSB 311	Food and Human Nutrition
FSB 326	Fruits and Vegetable Processing
FSB 410	Sensory Evaluation
FSB 411	Edible Oils and Fats Science and Technology

Primary Research Areas

Investigation of the nutritional and bioactive compounds composition of the indigenous (domesticated cereals and legumes] and wild legumes/seeds, fruits and vegetables) foods of Botswana as well as their health benefits.

Other Research Areas

Sensory evaluation research

Food consumption surveys

Malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency surveys

Kobue-Lekalake, RI, Matenanga, OK, Sekwati-Monang, B, Tibe O, Bultosa, G, Seifu, E, Molapisi, M, Batlhophi, MG, Gwamba, J, Sonno, K, Mokhawa, G, Phakama, T, Setlhoka, MD and Haki, GD (2022): Indigenous and under-utilised oil seeds of Botswana: proximate composition, phytochemical screening and antioxidant activity. Int J Pharm Sci & Res. Vol. 13(10): 4093-4101.

Kobue-Lekalake, R., Geremew, B.*, Oduetse, D.G., Haki, G.D., Molapisi, M., Seifu, E., Sekwati-Monang, B., Gwamba, J., Sonno, K. and Mokobi. B. (2022). Effects of Bambara groundnut and Butternut blending on functional and sensory properties of sorghum flour porridge. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 7(2): 265–281.

De Kock H.L., Nkhabutlane, P., Kobue-Lekalake, R.I, Kriek, J. Steyn, A., Van Heerden, C., Purdon, L., Kruger, C., Kinnear, M., Taljaard-Swart, H. and Tuorila, H. (2022). An alternative food neophobia scale (FNS-A) to quantify responses to new foods Author links open overlay panel. Food Quality and Preference 101 (2022) 104626, pp.1-8. https://doi. org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2022.104626

4. Motswagole, B., Jackson, J., Kobue-Lekalake, R., Maruapula, S., Mongwaketse, T., Kwape, L., Thomas, T. Swaminathan, S., Kurpad, A.V. and Jackson, M. (2020). The association of general and central obesity with dietary patterns and socio-economic status in adult women in Botswana. Journal of Obesity. Vol 2020; pp. 1-10. http://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4959272

Yeboah, E.M.O., Kobue-Lekalake, R.I., Jackson-Malete, J. C., Muriithi, E.N., Matenanga, O. and Yeboah. S.O. (2017). Application of high-resolution NMR, FTIR, and GC-MS to a comparative study of some indigenous seed oils from Botswana. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies. Vol. 44, pp. 181-190.

Publications to hyperlink:

https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?hl=en&user=iHB68ykAAAAJ