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BY BANELE MAGONGO MBABANE – National Maize Corporation (NMC) is scaling up the effort of maize production in the country as Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has recently predicted shortage of maize in the SADC region. This was said by NMC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mavela Vilane in an interview with Eswatini TV’s Market View […]
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BY BANELE MAGONGO MBABANE – The Ministry of Agriculture has received financial assistance of over E180 Million from EU Eswatini for Livestock Value Chain Development, a project that will run for four years (2023-2027). The funding is earmarked to support commercial farming in the country. This was revealed by the Minister for Agriculture Mandla Tshawuka […]
Continue ReadingBY OWETHU DLAMINI MBABANE – Encouragement, networking and opportunities for emaSwati farmers were the order of the day. The Woman Farmers Foundation hosted a business network lunch today with the Minister of Agriculture, Jabulani Mabuza, 2022 Woman Farmer of the Year Competition winners, the Business and Private sector. This was done in hopes to avail […]
Continue ReadingBY KWANELE TSABEDZE MBABANE – 1600 more farmers are to benefit from the farm input subsidy programme. This was revealed by Minister of Agriculture Jabulani Mabuza today when he announced the extension of payments for the farm inputs subsidy programme. Speaking when making the announcement, Mabuza thanked all Eswatini Farmers who participated in the government […]
Continue ReadingBY OWETHU DLAMINI MAGUGA– Opportunities for development arise for the Maguga Community as residents receive new farming machinery. Residents of Maguga, under the Madlangempisi Constituency, were filled with excitement and joy as a tractor and farming equipment including a trailer, harrows and a cultivator were delivered to the community last week Friday. This publication established […]
Continue ReadingBY KWANELE TSABEDZE MBABANE – Tractor, Water tanks, generators, wheelbarrows, cash and more! These are just some of the prizes which were awarded to winners in the 2022 Woman Farmer of the Year Competitions. In total, the winners walked away with over E293 000 in cash prizes in addition to farming inputs. The awards were […]
Continue Reading… As NMC, ESWADE and MoA host Legumes Value Chain Innovation Platform BY KWANELE TSABEDZE Ezulwini – ‘Innovative agronomic practices for higher output’. This was the theme in today’s meeting for legume farmers. The meeting was organised by the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Maize Corporation, and the Eswatini Water Development Enterprise (ESWADE), at Bethel […]
Continue Reading… Tractors now ready to service farmers BY KWANELE TSABEDZE MBABANE – The National Maize Corporation (NMC) has announced that tractors are ready to service farmers this farming season. Speaking to Eswatini TV News, NMC Acting Programmes Director Mthobisi Dlamini revealed that over 8 000 farmers have already collected their farming inputs from the inputs […]
Continue ReadingBY KWANELE TSABEDZE MATSAPHA – The Minister of Agriculture Jabulani Mabuza has called for a fairer distribution of value in the agriculture value chain. The minister expressed this when speaking to farmers and retailers at a meeting held between the stakeholders at Esibayeni Lodge in Matsapha today. Speaking at the event, the minister expressed concern […]
Continue ReadingBY PHUMELELE MKHONTA MBABANE- From dirtying her hands with soil to instantly dressing to kill! This is Mcebo Simelane’s story, a known fashion sensation from Hlatikhulu who recently ventured into farming. Simelane has been breaking the internet for owning her new earned skill and making a living out of it. Not only does she post […]
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