Many black farmers and entities involved or aspiring to be in the agricultural sector struggle with access to land, technical expertise and finance to become sustainable farmers/entrepreneurs. As black farmers we encounter a myriad of challenges in our quest for commercial objectives, and we are finding it difficult to become part of the mainstream value chain, getting access to production and development capital and technical advise at affordable prices. Furthermore access enabling infrastructure, storage and production equipment, remains a challenge. Working individually is seen as high risk by investors and therefore we fail to obtain the required support.
Established farmers and with support from government have over the years striven to improve the conditions of the industry (economic benefits) by forming business entities that could consolidate farmers/producers’ strengths and improve their financial position by – inter alia – removing impediments where feasible.
Co-operatives, Farmer Owned Retail Businesses and Agri hubs/Agri parks or Agri centres have been piloted, tested and in some cases successfully implemented in various countries to the benefits of farmers/participants in question.
Kgorong Agri, is a registered Black managed primary agricultural cooperative with limited liability in terms of the provisions of the Co-operatives Act, 2005, (Act 14 of 2005).
