Tag: Black farmers

Sugarcane farmers are resorting to mechanising operations by using gadgets such as drones in a bid to reduce labour and other costs as cheap imports continue to take the sweetness ...

Small-scale farmers and livestock SMMEs in the North West are calling for urgent action to safeguard their businesses and livelihoods, after years of grappling with escalating crime and inadequate support. ...

A R35 million investment from the North West agriculture and rural development department has sparked renewed energy among black-owned agricultural SMEs. The funding aims to overhaul the structural barriers that ...

Small-scale black farmers and informal traders are bearing the brunt of Covid-19 lockdowns on the food chain, and regulatory changes are essential if the government is serious about supporting SMMEs. ...

Government to give land to those willing to go for training

The conventional image of a farmer that most people would conjure up is a burly white man with a scruffy beard, clad in a khaki shorts and shirt, knee high ...