Farmer’s Inside Track has reached the milestone of airing 200 episodes. The process has included learning, unlearning, and relearning, and regularly features a coalition of various farmers through this platform. Food For Mzansi has had the privilege, ever since the publication’s beginning, of profiling a vast number of amazing personalities.
Tridge’s trade and engagement manager, Elton Greeve, is a big fan of Mzansi’s young, aspiring farmers. He has spent most of his career in the sector, both domestically and internationally, with this specific goal in mind, and in this episode, he discusses his experiences, challenges, and goals for the industry and our great nation.
Skills in agriculture and business are essential
Greeve states that there are several black farmers working in the agricultural industry, but they lack the necessary economic acumen to be successful. We must place a premium on commercial competence, he says, and even if an agribusiness trust were to give a farmer millions, there would still be a good chance that he or she would not be able to turn a profit.
“I’m glad that they [new-era farmers] have a platform like Food for Mzansi because it connects the dots between experts and provides the services to them. What they need to do is reach out to people that can develop them from a business orientation perspective,” Greeve explains.
“Agriculture without business is not profitable,” he says.
In this episode, Greeve also discusses:
- The revival of black farmers’ inventiveness;
- The need of taking a cooperative stance toward international commerce; and
- Working together to increase exports from Mzansi’s agricultural industry.
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