Thobeka’s stud breeding
Thobeka’s stud breeding WITH just two years producing vegetables sold to retail stores nationwide, Thobeka Tebe, 45,now is producing stud breeding of precious sheep and cattle breeds. Tebe is pinning…
EC households milk more goats
EC households milk more goats and sheep than cattle, Surveys More households in the Eastern Cape province milk goats and sheep more than cattle, a survey by scientists working at…
Four silos to help farmers
Four silos to help farmer get better price for maize produce By Thozi kaManyisana One of leading women grain farmers in the Easstern Cape, Ms Zoliwe Nombewu is hoping to…
Govt. investment grows female farmer’s business
Govt. investment grows female farmer’s business By Sanele James EASTERN CAPE’s Rural Development and Agrarian Reform MEC, Nonkqubela Pieters describes Aliwal North’s young female farmer, Dintle Maphala a ‘fertile land’…
Extension officer wins framers hearts, yield good harvest
Extension officer wins farmer’s hearts, yields good harvest WHEN ANDISWA RALA, the Extension Officer for the Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform responsible for Mvenyane village in…
Women empowerment 2022
Drdar’s women empowerment session was focusing on taking stock of the progress made in pursuit of the 8 HOD’s principles, which are: Transformation for non-sexism Establishing a policy environment Meeting…
Amathole agric show
AMATHOLE DISTRICT WHERE FEMALE FARMERS SHOWCASED THEIR PRODUCE Women were described as pillars of development who have the backbone to ensure that communities are developed. This was said by the…
Agri-EC
MEC for DRDAR Nonkqubela Pieters with Agri-EC President Peter Cloete (right) and his deputy Eben du Plessis during the congress of the Agri-EC. “I urge the farming community to be…
career expo
About 800 learners from the Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality attended the roadshow organized by Food for Mzansi news site in Kariega (previously Uitenhage) at the Hoërskool Brandwag. DRDAR was represented…
DoA provided seedlings
DRDAR provided seedlings to 20 households and Langalitshoni JSS at Emaplotini Village, chicken Feed and bags of fertiliser to a local cooperative. As part of the build up to the…