This week’s agricultural events include an RMIS webinar, a symposium on plant diseases, a Free State department of agriculture and rural development grant funding roadshow, an Agri Skills Transfer open day, and saving the date for the Agri Investment Indaba. To include your event on the Food For Mzansi calendar, please email info@foodformzansi.co.za.
Greetings farming community!
As we wrap up October, we look once more time to agricultural activities taking place this week. We start off the week with an RMIS webinar, and then we move to a symposium on plant diseases in Stellenbosch.
The Free State department of agriculture is hosting roadshows on grant funding, and then we move to Pretoria for an Agri Skills Transfer open day for the 2025 academic year. We close our week with a reminder for the Agri Investment Indaba which will be held in Cape Town.
Monday 21 October
RMIS Webinar
The Red Meat Industry Services is hosting a webinar on optimising nutrient circularity for profitable sustainable cattle farming.
When: 22 October
Where: Online
For more information click here.
Tuesday 22 October
Soilborne Plant Disease Symposium
An annual awards ceremony recognising excellence in plant pathology and related fields, including best PhD awards, oral and poster presentations, and prestigious NSTF-South32 Awards.
It also features the 12th International Mycological Congress, Soilborne Plant Diseases Interest Group Symposium, and discussions on improving soil health and combating plant diseases for sustainable cultivation of bananas.
When: 22 – 24 October
Where: ARC-PHP Vredenburg Research Farm, Stellenbosch
For more information click here.
Wednesday 23 October
Grant Funding Roadshow
The department of agriculture and rural development in the Free State will embark on a roadshow across the province. The objective is to create a platform for extension practitioners in each district to assist farmers in filling out the application forms correctly and in the same venue.
When: 21 – 25 October
Venues: Bethlehem agri office, Trompsburg Xhariep district auditorium, Sasolburg agri office, Odendaalsrus agric office, and Thaba Nchu Agric office.
Time: 09:00 – 15:00
For more information contact info@fs.agric.za.
Thursday 24 October
Agri Skills Open Day
Join us for one-on-one discussions about your career in agriculture and your future in farming! The open days are meant to help potential students with exposure to what courses to take and what such courses entail.
When: 26 October
Where: Cullinan Farm just outside of Pretoria
For more information contact 012 460 9585 or admin@agriskills.net.
Friday 25 October
Agri Investment Indaba
The African Agri Investment Indaba (AAII), hosted by the Western Cape government, is the global meeting place for agrifood investment in Africa.
It brings together over 800 key stakeholders from governments, banks, financiers, investors, project owners, project developers, commercial farmers and the agro and food processing industry to discuss trends that will likely influence food and agribusiness economics over the next decade in Africa.
When: 18 – 20 November
Where: CTICC, Cape Town
For more information click here.
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