{"id":34308,"date":"2023-09-23T15:37:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T15:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises"},"modified":"2023-09-23T16:19:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T16:19:12","slug":"opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises","title":{"rendered":"OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMER-LED ENTERPRISES"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>The contribution of farmers to the economy continues to be a key investment for Eswatini.<\/b><\/p>\n

This was exemplified in the 2023 Annual Policy Conference which was hosted by the Eswatini National Agriculture Union.<\/p>\n

The conference was held under the theme: Opportunities for Farmer-led Enterprises.<\/p>\n

Speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture at the conference was Principal Secretary Sydney Simelane, who has been a most dedicated communicator of the Ministry\u2019s numerous agriculture development programmes.<\/p>\n

\u201cFarmers play a crucial role in the economy and food systems, serving as the foundation for the food chain,\u201d said the Principal Secretary.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir contribution extends to processors, transporters, and consumers, making them essential for raw material production in primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors. It is therefore vital to continually support and promote their productivity to ensure national food security,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The PS was speaking only a few days after making an announcement reminding farmers to participate in the government agricultural inputs subsidy programmes and tractor hire services.<\/p>\n

ESNAU is the apex body of farmer organizations in the Kingdom of Eswatini that safeguards the interests of farmers.<\/p>\n

Key topics that were under discussion during this year\u2019s Annual Policy Conference included Eswatini Agriculture Development Fund, Commercialising maize production ESWADE and NMC, Opportunities in the FINCLUDE project for livestock farmers, NAMBoard Revolving Fund and FAO support to the Horticulture value chain.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Eswatini<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. The contribution of farmers to the economy continues to be a key investment for Eswatini. This was exemplified in the 2023 Annual Policy Conference which was hosted by the Eswatini National Agriculture Union. The conference was held under the theme: Opportunities for Farmer-led Enterprises. Speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":34307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-34308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"\nOPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMER-LED ENTERPRISES - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The contribution of farmers to the economy continues to be a key investment for Eswatini. This was exemplified i ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMER-LED ENTERPRISES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The contribution of farmers to the economy continues to be a key investment for Eswatini. This was exemplified i ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-23T15:37:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-23T16:19:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/sm_1695473256.02732.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMER-LED ENTERPRISES\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-23T15:37:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-23T16:19:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises\"},\"wordCount\":241,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/sm_1695473256.02732.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"head lines\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises\",\"name\":\"OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMER-LED ENTERPRISES - Eswatini\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/sm_1695473256.02732.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-23T15:37:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-23T16:19:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The contribution of farmers to the economy continues to be a key investment for Eswatini. This was exemplified i ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/sm_1695473256.02732.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/sm_1695473256.02732.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMER-LED ENTERPRISES\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMER-LED ENTERPRISES\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\",\"name\":\"Eswatini\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMER-LED ENTERPRISES - Eswatini","description":"The contribution of farmers to the economy continues to be a key investment for Eswatini. This was exemplified i ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMER-LED ENTERPRISES","og_description":"The contribution of farmers to the economy continues to be a key investment for Eswatini. This was exemplified i ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises","og_site_name":"Eswatini","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-09-23T15:37:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-23T16:19:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/sm_1695473256.02732.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMER-LED ENTERPRISES","datePublished":"2023-09-23T15:37:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-23T16:19:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises"},"wordCount":241,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/sm_1695473256.02732.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Eswatini","Eswatini"],"articleSection":["all news","economy","head lines"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises","name":"OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMER-LED ENTERPRISES - Eswatini","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/sm_1695473256.02732.jpg","datePublished":"2023-09-23T15:37:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-23T16:19:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The contribution of farmers to the economy continues to be a key investment for Eswatini. This was exemplified i ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/sm_1695473256.02732.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/sm_1695473256.02732.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMER-LED ENTERPRISES"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/opportunities-for-farmer-led-enterprises#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMER-LED ENTERPRISES"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/","name":"Eswatini","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}