This week’s events include a Gather To Grow session on Twitter, a farmer financial literacy workshop, a webinar on the dried fruit industry, and several livestock events happening across the country. To include your event in the calendar, please send an email to info@foodformzansi.co.za
Hey there farmers! We have exciting events lined up for this week.
On Monday, set your reminder for this week’s Gather To Grow session on Twitter. Be sure to do the same on Tuesday for an agri-financial literacy workshop on Wednesday.
Wednesday also offers a dried fruit industry webinar with the Gauteng department of agriculture and the National Agricultural Marketing Council. Thursday and Friday it’s all about livestock auctions.
Monday 13, February
Join us for #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.
Follow us at @FoodforMzansi to participate.
Follow @foodformzansi and tune in on Wednesday at 18:00.
Tuesday 14, February
Book a session on agri-financial literacy
Secure your spot now and attend the agri-financial literacy workshop happening on Wednesday, 14 February. The seminar is in collaboration with EVDW, a specialist advisory service. The agricultural vendor operation portal aims to make farmers financially literate by providing the knowledge and application of various financial skills to farmers.
It is meant to empower, uplift and equip farmers to understand better financial principles, and the functioning of the financial offerings of the financial institutions and teach them successful strategies regarding the management and marketing of their produce. The event starts at 09:00 am and costs R1 750.
For more information contact the organisers at 071 114 9838 and info@avoport.co.za.
Wednesday 15, February
Webinar on SA dried fruit industry
You are invited to the dried fruit and raisins trade awareness webinar hosted by the Gauteng department of agriculture land reform and rural development and the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC). A variety of speakers will be present, including representatives from Hortgro, Raisins South Africa, the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) and the department of trade, industry and competition.
For more information, contact Singita Maswanganye at SingitaM@dalrrd.gov.za
Thursday 16, February
Cattle and sheep on sale
Vleissentral invites you to a breeding livestock auction. On sale will be cattle and sheep.
The livestock auction takes place in Stormhoek, Memel in the Free State.
Friday 17, February
More livestock on auction
On Friday there will be a couple of livestock auctions offering cattle, goats, sheep, and event games.
For more information on the auction in your province click the links below:
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