Deciduous Fruit Value Chain Financing Project Farmer Job creation in the agricultural sector could be boosted by Smallholder Farmer (SHF) support programmes that focus on, and are built around, the ...
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A new Rural Enterprise Finance Project (REFP), which will help more than 287,700 rural people engaged in agriculture, fisheries and small and medium-sized enterprises in 10 provinces improve their ...
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Emerging farmers from the Limpopo town of Lephalale are participating in a development programme that is changing their lives for the better. This is after the National Treasury’s Jobs Fund has ...
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What motivated me was the fact that at the time I could not find a job when i left Gauteng and I had to come up with a plan F, so unemployment was one factor as i kept reading and doing some research ...
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South Africa - A programme supported by the Jobs Fund’s is benefitting black small-scale farmers in Sekororo, a rural community in Limpopo province that produces food that is sold all over South ...
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The DRC is engaged in a process of creation of agro-industrial zones in rural areas. The project is under study and high-level discussions are underway between the National Executive and the African ...
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Smallholder agribusinesses in Kenya are set to benefit from the European Union (EU)’s US $56m financing scheme. Through Kenya Agriculture Value Chain Facility, the farmers will now be able to gain ...
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A unique mapping approach that will give smallholder farmers a ‘best fit’ for what to grow, where and how, has been awarded the 2019 Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security1 thanks to its ...
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The NemaStrike™ Technology from Bayer helps corn, soybean, and cotton farmers protect their yield. Innovation and technologies make agriculture more productive and sustainable / NemaStrike™ ...
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One of the barriers to entry in the commercial agriculture sector is the perception that the mechanized equipment needed to boost yields and profitability can be prohibitively expensive. However, ...
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