The company officially handed over seedlings to local emerging macadamia farmers from historically disadvantaged communities at Elim, outside the Makhado Municipality in Limpopo.
The enterprise donated about 5,000 grafted trees to the farmers who will now be able to use them to expand their farms and contribute to the economy meaningfully, said the MEC for Agriculture in Limpopo, Dikeledi Magadzi.
Magadzi was addressing the handing over ceremony on Thursday, 6 March 2008.
The farmers are members of the Vhembe Macadamia Farmer's Cooperative, which received the trees on behalf of the farmers.
The enterprise, based in the east of Louis Trichardt, helps farmers with advice on how to expand their businesses and with macadamia farming in general.
Members of the Macadamia Farmers Cooperative from Makhado, Mutale, Musina and Thulamela municipalities attended the event.
Article published courtesy of BuaNews
