Farmers Elijah Mphaphuli and Johny Maponya are harvesting sweet piquante peppers. The harvest period commenced in January will proceed until May 2020.  Sweet piquante is produced for Pepperdew International who has signed off-take agreements with farmers. The product is processed and marketed locally and internationally. Sweet piquante is sometimes called a wonder product in that […]

Farmer Themba Congwane has been on the MAFISA program for some years successfully producing maize and soya beans.  Recently he has diversified his business to include layers which he supplies to the local supermarkets in Nigel.  He has also planted 60ha of soya beans that he will harvest in May 2020. He is selling his […]

The Bophuduchwana Production Incubator (BPI) has recently harvested wheat in Taung in the North West.  BPI is the largest, black farmer owned, farming enterprise in the Vaalharst irrigation scheme with some 4000 ha under irrigation.  BPI is a company formed by a group of farmers who are farming in land under the traditional council in […]