The Emerging Farmer Initiative was launched by British American Tobacco South Africa (“BATSA”) in 2011 to facilitate transformation within the tobacco industry in South Africa. Since inception, the initiative has been funded by BATSA. The project creates new era farmers i.e. tobacco producers ...

The renowned young farmer, Brenda Tlhabane joined Africa Agri Tech (AAT) as ambassador, and will advise the organisers on a number of inclusive activities. Ms Tlhabane is the founder of Temo Ya Tlhabane Holdings and is well known in the red meat industry as a cattle breeder, but also as a ...

With climatic changes worsening and the economy under strain, farmers across South Africa are having to do more with less, with many struggling to make ends meet. During the past two years alone, farmers have had to contend with drought, hail, foot and mouth disease, armyworm invasions and ...

AFGRI, one of South Africa’s leading agricultural services company, is firmly committed to developing a sustainable agricultural sector in South Africa, both through its own  initiatives, as well as by partnering with the public and private sector to drive growth in the sector, which in turn will ...

AFGRI, one of the continent’s leading agricultural services company with core competencies to enhance, support and guide the growth of agricultural enterprises, will be at NAMPO again this year, using the unique opportunity that Africa’s foremost agricultural event offers to showcase some of the ...

This is according to AFGRI’s recently-renamed Lemang Agricultural Services, created specifically to train, develop and mentor new era farmers, and focused on the further development of commercial black farmers in South Africa, particularly large farmers ready to take the final steps towards ...

AFGRI Group Holdings (“AGH”), the investment holding company with interests in food, agriculture and financial services related companies providing products and services to ensure sustainable agriculture and food security (collectively, the “AFGRI Group”), today announced the creation of a ...

AFGRI, a leading agricultural services company with core competencies to enhance, support and guide the growth of agricultural enterprises in South Africa and further afield, has launched a not-for-profit company to assist those in dire financial need involved in the agricultural sector in South ...

AFGRI Technology Services (“ATS”), which focuses on the development and implementation of agricultural technology (“AgTech”) solutions, will be partnering with the University of Pretoria’s (“UP”) TuksNovation to foster innovation in the agricultural sector. TuksNovation, a non-profit company ...

AFGRI Group Holdings, going forward to be known as AGH, is an investment holding company born of the recent reorganisation of one of South Africa’s leading agribusinesses and its associated businesses. AGH has raised R1 billion of additional capital from its shareholders for strategic acquisitions ...