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Taking communal farming to the next level

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Farmer's Weekly 3 February 2023

The members of a development project undertaken by AfriForum, the Southern African Agri Initiative (SAAI) and the Boiphitlhelelo Co-operative of Noga's Post in the Barolong Boo-Seleka Kingdom in the Free State recently harvested their second grain crop.

- Glenneis Kriel

Taking communal farming to the next level

Theo de Jager, chairperson of SAAI, said the community had wanted to plant 15ha to sunflower during the 2022 summer season, but could not do so due to wet conditions.

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