To transform is to renew
There is more than one type of transformation in this world. The most important one for the father and two daughters team of Protea farm was to farm for themselves. But then getting new life into old orchards was the…
WOMEN HAVE TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE
By Elise-Marie Steenkamp Female farmers were given the opportunity to reflect on their journey in agriculture when they joined the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza, in a webinar to discuss successes, challenges, and the way…
Pome and stone fruit industry serious about agri transformation
By Engela Duvenage “Our mission is to enable upcoming farmers with the necessary skill, knowledge, and tools to prosper,” says Mariette Kotze, Hortgro’s group operations manager. Numerous recent documents and reports have allowed the pome and stone fruit industry to…
FRUIT INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION WORKING GROUP – ANNUAL REVIEW 2019
Fruit South Africa and the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) established the Fruit Industry Value Chain Round Table (FIVCRT) as a valuable platform that brings together government; parastatals; the fruit industry and civil society for fruitful…
A DECADE OF TRANSFORMATION
Ten noticeable years of transformation The Pome and Stone Fruit Industry have put their money where their mouths are since 2010 regarding transformation and sustainable development. Over the last 10 years, transformation initiatives refocused on training, worker welfare, skills development…
The Normat Choir’s songs of hope
On 14 September 2019 Normat Farms’ Ladies Choir achieved first place for the second year running at the Koue-Bokkeveld Training Centre’s choir evening. They are truly a choir of note, but it didn’t happen overnight. Gerrit Rautenbach reports. The whole…
PALS SHARING SOLUTIONS
Land reform, economic growth, job creation, and social cohesion in agriculture came under the spotlight recently at the PALS-Landbouweekblad Land Symposium that was held in the Koue Bokkeveld, outside Ceres. PALS is the acronym for Partners in Agri Land Solutions,…
The Rose among De Doorns
From early on in her life, the odds were not necessarily in Elize Lambrechts Boer’s favour. But she refused to let it get to her. She never accepted her situation as fate. She looked life square in the eyes and…
SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION – WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
SIZA audits will in future be visible on GLOBALG.A.P and the two are now linked. Read more here:190516__siza_gg_pressrelease_en And Fruit SA has released the Strategic Fruit Industry Transformation Plan. Download it here:fruit-industry-transformation-strategy-digital Find the SIZA June newsletter in English here:…
Big Dreams for Small Farmers
Grethe Bestbier Emerging growers as a group is vital for the agricultural industry’s transformation and sustainability goals. That is why InnoFruitSA is all about the development of small farmers. This BEE company can rightly be described as a small business…
JOBS FUND HEAD VISITS FARMS
By Carme Naude Najwah Allie-Edries, the head of the Jobs Fund visited the Ceres region’s beneficiaries on 7 February. The tour started at La Vouere where Raymond Koopstad welcomed them together with his strategic partners Georgie Hewitt and Pieter Wolfaardt…
LEAD BY EXAMPLE – The story behind Hortfin
Text: Glenneis Kriel The South African deciduous fruit industry, the Jobs Fund, and Land Bank recently launched Hortfin – an R600 million ring-fenced debt fund aimed at providing innovative and comprehensive financing and support systems in a manner that will…