Staff Profiles

PhD in Consumer Science (Food Management)

MA Culinary Arts Management

BEd. Home Economics (Food & Nutrition)

Dr Boineelo Pearl Lefadola is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Botswana. She holds a Doctorate in Consumer Science (Food Management) from the University of Pretoria. She is a DAAD (German-Academic-Exchange-Service) fellow, and the Botswana Science Leadership Programme alumni. She is the Coordinator in the Towards Enhancing Sustainable and Innovative Environmental-Change Solutions (TESIECS) consortium, a project designed to capacitate individuals to be environmental thought leaders. She also serves as the Chief Editor for Mosenodi: International Journal of the Educational Studies. Dr Lefadola is a pragmatic researcher with experience in the application of mixed methods and ethnographic research. Her research interests are in sustainable food systems, food waste management and upcycling food waste, novel food product development using indigenous foods, utilisation of protein alternatives including edible insects, and food security.

• Quantity Food Production
• Food Product Development
• Meal Management
• Principles of Food Preparation
• Family and consumer sciences extension

Food waste management and up-cyling

Recipe development and standardization

Quality in food service operations

Indigenous foods

Sustainable food systems

1. Lefadola, B. P., Viljoen, A., & Rand, G. D. (2025). Tackling food waste in a university food service operation: a case study. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 36(5), 1-14.
2. Medupe, N. C., Natal, K., & Lefadola, P. B. (2025). Sensory evaluation of speckled sugar beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) prepared at Botswana government primary schools using the local recipe and modified recipe-a case study. Food Research, 9(3), 62-66.
3. Lefadola, B.P. (2024). "A Review of Environmentally Sustainable Practices in the Restaurant Sector: A Systems Approach." Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 15 (1), 1-24. DOI:10.18848/2160-1933/CGP/v15i01/1-24
4. Lefadola, B. P., & Ntshwarang, P. N. (2023). The role of orphans and vulnerable children programme in addressing household food insecurity in Botswana. African Journal of Social Work, 13(4), 188-196.
5. Lefadola, B.P., Viljoen, A. & du Rand, G. (2023). Causes of Food Waste in a University Food Service Operation: An Investigation Based on the Systems Theory. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 12(3):1176-1191. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.424