The Eastern Cape department of rural development and agrarian reform is calling on emerging livestock farmers and those interested in crop production to apply for inclusion in its programmes to help the previously disadvantaged.
According to the province’s MEC for rural development and agrarian reform, Nonkqubela Pieters, the Livestock Production Improvement Scheme aims to improve the genetic makeup of herds and flocks to help subsistence and small holder farmers.
Applicants need to meet various criteria, including being registered on the producer/farmer database; already involved in the livestock farming sector and owning the type of livestock they apply for; and having a medium to long-term legitimate right to use the land in their application. “In rural communities, we encourage farmers to apply as associations or commodity groups,” says MEC Pieters.
Indigent individuals and families interested in crop farming are also invited to apply for inclusion in the department’s food production programme.
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