Implement, introduce and expose communities to under served & novel concepts, to develop thinking outside the box. Instill hope and belief in themselves that opportunities exist which they can explore and tap into.
Duration: 6 months
Region: 9 provinces across South Africa
Communities engaged: 11, with approx. 250 working across the various locations, from the 2500+ people engaged across the communities.

Youth Service - Gauteng

During Covid-19, we gave hope, skills and support to over 230 people in the greater Gauteng region. Orange Farm, Soweto, Diepsloot, Refilwe & Honeydew in partnership with the Methodist Church and CAOSA, we provided training, tools and skills to mainly young women opening eyes to the possibilities.

MCSA, Church Unity Commission, Youth Service Empowerment – 6 month Pilot program held in Gauteng across 5 locations. Soweto, Diepsloot, Orange Farm, Refilwe & Honeydew.
Program & Training for 230 Youth & 30 volunteers.
Complete Oct 2021

UPDP & CAOSA – Engage with communities across 14 sites South Africa, through local advice offices and traditional leaders in the region.
Complete Feb 2022.

ILO – Distribution of funds to undocumented domestic workers, through various NPO’s, such as DMRNO & IWISA.
Complete June 2021.

Phoenix Settlement, KZN – Collaboration with Ms Ela Ghandi on urban agriculture, training and enterprise opportunity exposure. Key partner and centre for use in future regional projects.

FREF Agripreneur Training – Engage with 200 young people to introduce them to and highlight the potential in underserved areas, such as; Market Gardening, Agriculture, Afriponics, Pastured Livestock & Entrepreneurship.
Complete Sept 2023

SACC Western Cape– South African Council of Churches, Western Cape. Establish 4 pilot satellite centres as at Pella, Hopefield, Gugulethu & Pniel.
Train community volunteers to initially grow food, with surplus produce aggregated to feed into the supply chains of retail outlets.
Ongoing

The AgriWise Institute NPO – Dedicated training entity owned and run by AgriSeta qualified facilitators & moderators. Campus created in Crossroads, Cape Town.
Ongoing

Sulsa Solutions Foundation – 2023 – Current
Develop a Holistic model for Sustainable Commerce, Sustainable Community& Sustainable Technology, including a degree on SUSTAINABLE LIVING FOR SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT (SULSA) NQF 5.
Ongoing

CORC IDC Kwanto Urban Agriculture – 3 month Pilot program for 50 students.
Upskill existing growers to provide accredited certification and to expand their existing small growing models.
Completed Oct 2024 - Ongoing

Afriponic Pilot - Zimbabwe

The first commercial scale Afriponic model back on African soil in over 40 years. Never before had an operation of this size been built and the results didn't disappoint.

The 300m2 facility produced the same quantity of lettuce as a 4ha traditional farm, using less water, less energy, without the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides or heavy industrial farm equipment.

Entrepreneurship Development

With over 700 candidates, 200 unemployed young people, mainly women, people with disabilities and men who wanted to change their lives. Journeying from training, understanding the value of agriculture and how to grow, to actually starting a business and supplying customers.

Entrepreneurship - Taking charge of your own destiny

Opportunities abound with the agricultural sector. Journey from a complete novice to business owner in 6 months, but now the hard work starts.
Margins, Logistics, QC, Staff, Regulations, Tax, IT skills etc. your life is waiting for you to take the first step.

Urban Growing

No everyone has fertile soil, land or space to grow.
The Urban Growers training group enables everyone to grow no matter your conditions. When your given concrete, dirt or wasteland, don't despair, you can grow and run a business, and the big advantage, your customers are all around you.

Support Services

Not everyone want to farm, but all farmers & growers need the support of external services, whether its construction, supply & installations, or seedlings, compost and tool suppliers.
We introduce and open the door for the non-farmers in the group.

Construction

From Fish tanks, Water storage & Retaining wall building to Mushroom houses, Compost & Hoop house builds.

Hardware & Equipment Supplies

With accounts with major wholesalers, suppliers and businesses, students gain access to products and pricing enabling them to compete with other retailers and businesses.

Niche Business Development

Often highly profitable, certain businesses can be stand-alone businesses and growing options or alternative and complementary products to add to your growing and farming ventures. We introduce students to over 30 business opportunities, with business plans, case studies and routes to market..

Honey & Mushrooms

Either as add-on or scale and go all in, opportunities exist in areas perhaps overlooked. Learn how to do it.

Micro-greens, Fodder & Processing

Opportunities at every turn. Produce too much, process or preserve it. Spare shelves and time, grow so thing.

Emerging Markets

Hemp & Medicinal Marijuana

One of the most important sectors within the Agriculture space. Since we started over 30 years ago producing our own Hemp Oil to use in fish feed, we've seen the industry open up in Southern Africa.
We are working with industry leaders to develop further.

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Developments in the modern Agricultural sector are rapidly changing across the globe. From Indoor Farming, Bio-Tech & Fuels, to Hemp and Marijuana Industry development.

Africa has an opportunity to adopt these new opportunities from the start, directly benefiting from innovations, avoiding reskilling trades, conversion push-back, or expensive conversation or refitting existing infrastructure.
These and other innovations offer Africa a real competitive advantage over legacy industries.

Indoor Farming

Going through a restructure and sustainability focus, the Indoor Farming and Controlled growing industry has matured and now offers real opportunities, especially in the repurpose of building and in high population dense areas.

Diversification

As consumer markets mature, shifting from export-focused crops (e.g., cocoa, coffee) to a broader range of food crops and value-added products for local. Afriponics has links and employment history with major retailers in South Africa, including Checkers & PicknPay.

Take your own future in your hands

If you are in the Crossroads, Cape Town area, we have places for volunteers, students or interns, with other regions coming soon.