The department took an active role in arranging the World Food Day celebrations that were held in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal on 16 October 2006. In celebrating this initiative of the FAO, more than 186 countries joined hands with our country on World Food Day. This was also symbolic in the sense that it was on this day that the FAO was founded in 1945. The theme for 2006, “Investing in agriculture for food security”, highlighted the vital role of agriculture in ensuring that all people have access to sufficient food of a wide variety to lead healthy, active lives. Read more
AFASA Youth getting ready for meaningful participation in the AAMP
Afasa youth in collaboration with Santam and Buhle Farmers Academy have launched farmers development program whereby Afasa young farmers from gauteng and mpumalanga attended 5 days financial...