This week’s events include a Gather To Grow session on Twitter, agricultural market access summit, a cannabis webinar, an agriculture research conference, food safety workshop, and worm farming training. To include your event in the calendar, please send an email to info@foodformzansi.co.za.
Hey there farmers! It is a another busy week on Mzansi’s agricultural calendar. Here’s what you can expect.
On Tuesday, Cannavigia and Cheeba Cannabis Academy invites you to an online webinar around cannabis farming compliance. On Wednesday, there’s Food For Mzansi’s Gather To Grow session on mopani worm processing, and an agricultural research conference in Pretoria.
Thursday offers a reminder to register for a food safety workshop, then the week closes off with a worm farming training session in KwaZulu-Natal.
Monday, 27 February
Provincial agricultural market access summit
The North West department of agriculture and rural development, in collaboration with Sun City Resort, will host the first provincial agricultural market acccess summit for smallholder farmers in the province. This is hosted under the theme: “Linking North West Smallholder Farmers to Market”.
The three-day summit aims to broaden the basket of agricultural commodities and value-added products that are intended for local, and export markets. Farmers, organised agricultural formations, mining companies, and hospitality industry representatives are expected to be part of the three-day summit.
For more details, contact Emelda Setlhako on 060 745 4020 or ESetlhako@nwpg.gov.za
Tuesday, 28 February
Compliance for commercial cannabis
Cannavigia and the Cheeba Cannabis Academy are hosting a cannabis webinar and you are invited. During the online session, experts will unpack quality management systems, standard operating procedures, and compliance for commercial cannabis farms.
Guest speakers include Jeff Verlinden, Maria Ndaba, Wesley Petzer, and Gustav Trichardt.
Wednesday, 1 March
Join #GatherToGrow on Twitter Spaces
Are you an aspirant farmer looking for more information on how to get into the agricultural sector? Do you have a smartphone and a Twitter account? Join us then, every Wednesday at 18:00 for Food For Mzansi’s #GatherToGrow. This week’s session is about mopani worm agri-processing.
Follow @foodformzansi and tune in on Wednesday at 18:00.
Agricultural research council conference
The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) will host its maiden inter-campus hybrid research conference from Wednesday, 1 March to Thursday, 2 March.
The conference themed “The heat is on: The weird and the wonderful research in the ARC”, will see ARC scientists and researchers converge under one roof to share knowledge with their peers to encourage collaboration and bring about new ideas that can take the ARC to the next level.
The conference will also serve as a platform for sharing research findings and developments that can assist the country in dealing with several challenges in the agricultural sector. Retired researchers have also been invited to speak on different topics, such as climate-smart agricultural programmes.
The conference will be hosted at the ARC-CO, Hatfield, in Pretoria from 12:00.
For further information, contact Joy Peter, senior manager for marketing and communications services on 012 427 9905 or 066 475 6885.
Thursday, 2 March
Workshop on food safety
Krystal Consulting, a food safety and quality management systems business, is hosting a special workshop on food safety and hazard analysis and critical control points, a management system in which food safety is addressed.
If you need help with food safety on your farm, make use of this special offer virtual session that will take place Monday, 13 March.
Click here for more information or email info@krystalconsulting.com or call 0670206559
Friday, 3 March
Water rights summit, Paarl
Government is increasingly clamping down on farmers who are violating the National Water Act. Farmers across the country are being slapped with multi-million Rand fines, dragged to court and threatened with imprisonment. Renowned agricultural lawyer Katlego Ngwane, and other experts share insights into some of the hottest water rights dilemmas facing agriculture, including the transferability and trading thereof.
It is a half-day session.
Click here for more information.
Worm farming training
Did you know that earthworm farming is now more common than ever in South Africa? Are you interested?
Well, Agri-business Corner will be hosting a training session on Friday, 3 March in New Hanover in KwaZulu-Natal.
Click here for more information
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