This week’s agriculture events include agribusiness development training, an online event on farm data and IT solutions, and a special talk on the Agriculture & Agro-processing Master Plan. There is also an online session on increasing the amount of feed additives, a webinar on vertical agriculture, and the annual NAMPO Harvest Day. Add your event to the calendar by emailing info@foodformzansi.co.za
Hello Mzansi, this week we are kicking off with an agribusiness development training session hosted by Vital Extra learning. This is followed by Farm and IT solutions, an online event organised by Estonian and Finnish national rural networks, and then a webinar to increase the quantity of feed additives. There’s also the exciting NAMPO Harvest Day event to look forward to.
Monday, 16 May
Help to develop your agribusiness
In need of a bit of training to take your agri-business to the next level? Vital Extra Learning is offering a training opportunity to empower agribusiness management, new farmers, persons working in the agri-sector, and non-governmental organisations with the entrepreneurial skills necessary for personal growth.
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
- Understand the complexities of the agricultural value chain to conduct business;
- establish an entrepreneurially orientated agri-business;
- identify the opportunities for agribusiness entrepreneurs;
- understand the financing options for agribusiness entrepreneurs;
- excel in sales, marketing, & branding in agribusiness; and
- successfully strike strategic partnerships among agribusiness entrepreneurs.
Click here for more information.
Tuesday, 17 May
Peek into European farm data and IT solutions
Take a glimpse into the agricultural sector of two Northern European countries.
The National Rural Networks of Estonia and Finland is hosting an event that will illustrate real-life examples of what is happening today in agriculture, food production, and rural regions.
Click here for more information.
Wednesday, 18 May
Agriculture Master Plan explainer
South African agricultural sector recently gave birth to its Agriculture & Agro-processing Master Plan signed by the minister of agriculture Thoko Didiza and social partners. But what does that mean for Mzansi’s farmers? Tune into this week’s #GatherToGrow and find out!
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ALSO READ: Agriculture Master Plan is ‘step in the right direction’
Increasing the quantity of feed additives
As the livestock sector seeks to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, efforts to identify greenhouse gas emission mitigation opportunities have accelerated.
A new industry of feed additives and concentrates claiming to reduce emissions is rapidly expanding.
This webinar brought to you by Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT brings together industry professionals and stakeholders to examine the facts and explore potential for scaling feed additives.
Click here for more information.
Thursday, 19 May
All things vertical agriculture
The Things Conference is inviting interested parties to its webinar on vertical agriculture.
In the webinar, these topics will be discussed:
- Irrigation,
- animal tracking,
- precision framing,
- soil moisture,
- waste management and more.
Click here for more information.
NAMPO HARVEST DAY, 16 – 20 May
Mzansi’s most important annual agricultural exhibition is back
Grain SA’s NAMPO harvest day is one of the largest agricultural exhibitions taking place just outside of the town of Bothaville, in the Free State.
With more than 750 exhibitors, the NAMPO harvest day enables producers and other role players in the agricultural industry to experience the latest technology and products on offer in the farming industry first-hand and on one terrain.
It also offers producers the opportunity to obtain knowledge from experts in their various agricultural fields by means of debating and discussion panels.
Click here for more information.
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