opportunities at my door step
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OPPORTUNITIES AT MY DOOR STEP
PRESENTED BY
LEKGATLHANYE KANELOBSc Crop ScienceMSc Agriculture and Development
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
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
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
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