Tag: Youth Month

Eastern Cape grain farmer Sinelizwi Fakade told Cyril Ramaphosa that limited access to funding continued to constrain young farmers. The president vowed to return to the province to fully engage ...

Instead of becoming agri entrepreneurs, many young people become mere participants. The banking system also doesn't treat 18- to 35-year-olds as capital builders. Change this, and you start to change ...

So much of the country and continent's hope is placed on the next generation of food producers. But what if the next generation starts off on the back foot? As ...

In this moving piece, Magnificent Mndebele and photographer Funiwe Ngwenya reflect on the life of one of South Africa’s oldest farmers who died at 96. Mahlomelane Mthembu defied all odds ...

For FarmSol, guiding farmers towards sound soil management practices is crucial. Aron Kole, managing director of the company, says that this helps to build resilient farming businesses. Ensuring that farmers ...

Every Friday, we introduce you to a different young farmer who has grown their enterprises with the help of the prestigious farmer development programme. This week, we travel to the ...

The prediction by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) that an additional 130 million could be pushed into chronic hunger during 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic seems to ...

Farmsol Youth Ambassador and Free State farmer Mokete Johannes Mofokeng is making great strides through sheer tenacity. In celebration of Youth Month, we feature some of the rising farm stars ...

North West farmer Mirriam Kgopa reinvested the profit from her very first sunflower harvest back into growing her business. In celebration of Youth Month, we feature some of the rising ...