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Launch of the centre of excellence for emerging black farmers
17 February 2009
The Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs, Honourable Lulu Xingwana, invites members of the media to the launch of the AgriBEE empowerment project to be held in Heidelberg, near Johannesburg on 20 February 2009. The event starts at 09h00.
This one-off multimillion rand investment project is a partnership between black emerging farmers represented by the National African Farmers Union, Women in Agriculture and Rural Development and Youth in Agriculture and Rural Development and the white commercial farmers. Its main objective is the transfer of skills from commercial farmers through training, mentorship and the establishment of sustainable commercial farms for emerging black farmers. After the launch the empowerment group is expected to run the centre as a business unit.
The centre will kickstart its training in dairy farming and piggeries and later on advance to other enterprises such as vegetable and crop farming.
Enquiries:
Godfrey Mdhluli
Tel: 079 871 5437
Tel: 012 319 6843
Issued by: Department of Agriculture
17 February 2009