is micro-farming the key to the future?: abalimi bezekhaya
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Presentation by Rob Small at the Inspiring Change Gathering in Cape Town, South Africa on 18 November 2011. www.climatesmartcapetown.co.za/events/inspiringchangeTRANSCRIPT
Abalimi Bezekhaya
IS MICRO FARMING THE KEY TO THE FUTURE?
Rob Small
Agriculture at Present – Is a War on Nature:
Not to mention the inherent cruelty of the system:
And the Inefficiencies of the Food System:
Industrial Agriculture – Is a major driver of Climate Change:
The Solution – Urban Agriculture: The Abalimi Bezekhaya Model
1982: Abalimi Established
1995: Field Worker Programme
1995: Training Programme
1989: Khayelitsha Garden Centre
1985: Nyanga Garden Centre
1997: More Field Workers
1996: SEED1996: SCAGA
1997: Philippi, Nyanga, Gugulethu,
Crossroads
2002: Vukuzenzela 2008: Harvest of Hope
Urban Farms: Transforming Degraded Lands - SCAGA
Abalimi Urban Farms: Masikhanye
Abalimi Urban Farms: Fezeka
The Abalimi Model: From farm to plate
Urban Agriculture Activities Abalimi Supports:
Resource Support:
Micro-credit and savings schemes:
Farmer Markets,
tunnels, cold storage and
packing sheds:
Garden Centres:
Agricultural Inputs:
Business Skills:Training:
Training Programme:
Garden Centres:
Nyanga Garden CentreKhayelitsha Garden
Centre
Harvest of Hope:
Organisational building and sustainability:
Greening Projects:
ABALIMI AT PRESENT AND EXTENDING THE ABALIMI
MODEL: FARM AND GARDEN NATIONAL TRUST
Thank you for your time:
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT US AT:TEL /FAX: +27 (21) 371 1653
POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 44, Observatory, Cape Town, 7935, South Africa
PHYSICAL ADRESS: Cwango Cresent, (Cnr New Eisleben Rd and Lansdowne Rd, behind Shoprite
Centre) Philippi, 7785EMAIL: [email protected]