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Durban - KwaZulu-Natal's small-scale sugarcane farmers will receive R60m to help them expand their farms, the provincial government said on Tuesday.
"Operation Vuselela - as the Zulu word implies - is geared towards reviving sugar cane farming amongst poverty-struck communities," said economic development MEC Mike Mabuyakhulu.
He was speaking on a visit to one of the projects in Ndwendwe outside Durban on Tuesday.
Operation Vuselela is a joint venture between the department and Tongaat Hullett [JSE:TON], aimed at uplifting small-scale farmers.
"While the province of KwaZulu-Natal had always been synonymous with the sugar industry, production in the traditionally rural black communities had taken a knock because of a number of reasons," said Mabuyakhulu.
Challenges small-scale farmers face have resulted in many abandoning the tilling the fields, he said.
Mabuyakhulu said he was confident Operation Vuselela would attract investments.
"With Dube Trade Port being in close proximity to Ndwedwe, we would like to encourage locals to continue organising themselves into viable cooperative agribusiness focusing on products that could easily find their way to the lucrative export market through our new airport facility."
"Operation Vuselela - as the Zulu word implies - is geared towards reviving sugar cane farming amongst poverty-struck communities," said economic development MEC Mike Mabuyakhulu.
He was speaking on a visit to one of the projects in Ndwendwe outside Durban on Tuesday.
Operation Vuselela is a joint venture between the department and Tongaat Hullett [JSE:TON], aimed at uplifting small-scale farmers.
"While the province of KwaZulu-Natal had always been synonymous with the sugar industry, production in the traditionally rural black communities had taken a knock because of a number of reasons," said Mabuyakhulu.
Challenges small-scale farmers face have resulted in many abandoning the tilling the fields, he said.
Mabuyakhulu said he was confident Operation Vuselela would attract investments.
"With Dube Trade Port being in close proximity to Ndwedwe, we would like to encourage locals to continue organising themselves into viable cooperative agribusiness focusing on products that could easily find their way to the lucrative export market through our new airport facility."
