Tag: Female Farmers

IT TAKES A VILLAGE: Agnes Hove is determined to equip youngsters with agricultural knowledge to last a lifetime. She and her African Women in Agriculture team hosted a training session ...

INSPIRATION: Who says agriculture is just for old folks? These four young people from different provinces and walks of life have one thing in common - to inspire others like ...

Access to finance, land and markets remain key barriers for women entrepreneurs in agriculture. When devising policy, governments should be mindful of these obstacles and be deliberate about supporting women ...

Women in the farming community are not insulated from serious and violent crimes on their land, amid the shocking prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa. This emerged during ...

Structural constraints affecting the agriculture industry during and after the covid-19 pandemic will be addressed, said Thoko Didiza, minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development, during an online summit ...

There’s a growing interest to revive the status of indigenous food crops in Mzansi and a group of urban, black, female farmers are determined to shake up this untapped market. ...

For years, the founding mothers of the Bafazi Phambili Women’s Cooperative were used to living life on the breadline, reliant on government grants. That is until a group of 16 ...

In 2012, a group of women from Mapetla East in Soweto looked at a rubbish dump behind a primary school in the area and saw untapped potential. Instead of seeing ...

“The vision of making a difference and being the change we want to see has kept us going throughout this entire journey, not forgetting the passion we have to our ...