In a quest to empower subsistence and smallholder farmers in the Province, the North-West Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (NWDARD) has recently trained a group of farmers on potato production. The initiative is part of the NWDARD’s Food Security Strategic Plan (FSSP) of enhancing production through alignment with technologies and enhancing enterprise development for smallholder farmers. Potato production is one of the most expensive enterprises within the agricultural sector of South Africa with less than 1% of total production done by black farmers. As a department we are neither compromising nor taking chances when coming to food security measures throughout the entire province. This programme aims to serve as a model to increase potato production in the North-West Province.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 21, 2022 14:54 UTC