The first week of February flew by and our calendars seem to be filling up swiftly! This week is jam-packed with events that range from webinars to auctions and the highly anticipated SONA 2022. Here is a lineup for the next seven days. Email info@foodformzansi.co.za to have your event added to our weekly calendar.
Hello Mzansi! The second week of February is bursting with even more opportunities in the world of agriculture. You can look forward to SONA 2022, as well as an informative webinar on Agribusiness Incubation and Acceleration. The African Farming’s Beef Farmers’ Day kickstarts your weekly calendar and the Jonkershoek Bull & Heifer auction aims to be promising. Victoria West is hosting their annual horse show and the world’s largest and most competitive F&B conference is taking place.
To see other agri events, be sure to check out the calendar on Food For Mzansi’s homepage as well as this weekly article, available every Monday, to get the full breakdown on informative, useful, and exciting opportunities in the world of agriculture. Email info@foodformzansi.co.za to add your event to the calendar.
Monday, 07 February
Join the African Farming’s Beef Farmers’ Day
Experts unpack small changes to operations such as breeding and auctioning that could potentially have big impacts on your business. Together with a wide range of networking opportunities and live demonstrations, find out how you can build a more profitable business, at the African Farming’s Beef Farmers’ Day in Polokwane.
Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Tuesday, 08 February
Register for Regenerative Land Management Workshop
The SA Savory Hub and Herding Academy are hosting a workshop on regenerative land management on 28 February 2022. This seven-day workshop is taking place in Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape.
Email info@herdingacademy.co.za for more information.
Wednesday, 09 February
Register for Land Conference 2022
The Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape, in partnership with the University of Cape Town and Wits University, is hosting the 2022 Land Conference. This event takes place from 23 February 2022 and aims to focus on the issues surrounding tenure security, customary land rights as well as dispossession.
Click here to register.
Thursday, 10 February
State of the Nation Address 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his State of The Nation Address (SONA) this Thursday to the joint sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces at 19:00. This address provides the president with the opportunity of speaking to the nation on the general state of South Africa and includes reflections on a wide range of political, economic and social matters within the domestic as well as global contexts.
Follow the conversation on social media using #SONA2022.
For fast facts and more information, click here.
Agribusiness Incubation and Acceleration Webinar
During this webinar, Anne Roulin from the Agripreneurship Alliance aims to explore key results from two recent studies on Agribusiness Incubation and Acceleration with discussions regarding the SME Enterprise Support Organization by Ify Umunna on Nourishing Africa.
Register here.
Jonkershoek Bull & Heifer Auction
The Jonkershoek Bull & Heifer auction takes place 20 km outside of Kimberley in Jonkershoek and will also include a virtual online auction on the SwiftVEE platform. The auction is offering 47 bulls as well as 200 heifers.
Click here for detailed information & registration regarding this auction.
Friday, 11 February
Annual Victoria West Horse Show
This two-day event kickstarts on Friday, 11 February and offers loads of activities. The Victoria West Show includes the annual horse show, which aims to feature 75 horses, speed shearing competition, great meals as well as the opportunity of networking.
Email vicweslandbou@gmail.com for more information or click here.
Sunday, 13 February
The world’s largest and most competitive F&B event
Agritecture is hosting the Gulfood Inspire F&B event this Sunday. This five-day conference aims to learn and debate the important topics and trends for 2022 and beyond. As the world’s largest F&B event, this conference aims to create new networks across the value chain and offers essential content for the community. Over 200 speakers including ministers, F&B business leaders, agriculturists as well as Agritecture’s founder and CEO, Henry Gordon-Smith, will form part of this conference.
For more information, click here.
Click here to register.
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