Field Day
The seed potato field day was held on the 25th September 2019 by the agriculture research centre in partnership with the Taiwan Technical Mission. In attendance were stakeholders from different organisations, namely; UNESWA, Luyengo, National Agricultural Marketing Board (NAMBoard), Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise, Ministry of Agriculture (extension), and world vision, as well as farmers from across the country.
Post-harvest training is a quality training conducted by the quality assurance office to guide farmers on best practices to ensure that produce reaches the market in good state. Basically, quality assurance can be defined as follows:
Quality Assurance is the maintenance of a desired level of quality in a service or product, especially by means of attention to every stage of the process of delivery or production.
Short for High Value Crop & Horticulture Project, the HVCHP is a highly commercialized agriculture initiative funded by the European Union in the tune of 16.6 Million Euros to assist smallholder farmers of Eswatini in producing crops that are in demand from both local and international markets. Housed under ESWADE, this emerging project operates nationwide with a keen focus on creating opportunities for farmers’ produce to access markets.
Established by the Ministry of Agriculture
Funded by the European Union
Funded by the European Union