Income Stability For Black Farmers

The project is aimed at supporting the farmers with business and technical skills as well as access to market. In doing so, it will address issues surrounding poverty alleviation, food security and nutrition, employment creation, and small business development. We are here today to raise funds for smallholder farmer’s agriculture training. We may all not be aware that In South Africa, only 10% of the R60 Billion horticulture industry is made up of black smallholder farmers and the South African agriculture sector contributes to only 10% of formal employment. The South African agricultural sector is one of the mainstays of the country’s economy and offers various opportunities for both large commercial and emerging farmers in areas, such as capital investment, training, and supply of equipment and services. The South African population is expected to reach 82 million by 2035. Food production must double to feed the expanding population, and production needs to increase using the same or fewer natural resources. Naturally, there is a huge demand for food crops from the consumer side and this is about to change for the urban farmers - All through our ‘Urban Agriculture Programme’.