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OPPORTUNITIES AT MY DOOR STEP
PRESENTED BY
LEKGATLHANYE KANELOBSc Crop ScienceMSc Agriculture and Development
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What puts us at an advantage Abundance of water • ground water • surface water Good alluvial soils - fertility Seasonal flooding- molapo farming
(Timely planting) Relatively good climate - variety of
crops almost all year round Access to ploughing & grazing land-
land not an excuse Good Indigenous Knowledge Systems
(IKS) – adaptation & resilience to climate change
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Possible opportunities Animal production• Cattle production• Small stock -Goats/sheep• Rabbit production• Pig production, PoultryChallenges• FMD• Drought ( overgrazing)• Rapidly changing climate• Predation• Mogau• Shortage of market and
extremely low prices from the local market
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Horticulture (Irrigation)
Field crops (Rainfed)
VegetablesCabbage, Onion,
carrots, beetroots,Spinach,
pumpkins, butternut
Green beansGreen mealies
TomatoPeppers
LegumesBeans,
cowpeas,bambara
nuts, G/nuts
Fruit prod
MangoOranges
Cerealsmaize,
sorghum, millet,
sweet reed
miscellaneousFloricultureLandscapingFodder prod’
sunflower
Arable sub-sector
service providers agrochemicals dealers, irrigation equipment sales, farm implements and machinery, agro-processing industries
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5. Govt policies & Practices (enabling
env’)
5.Knowledge Systems
7. External economic relations
4. New & improved
methods of production
1. Effective demand
3. Resources to support
extra output
2. Output delivery systems
7 group of factors