Sandile Ntamane of Land Bank highlighted some of the progress made in blended finance. He said Land Bank is running a pilot project where they are testing an aggregation model. Basically, they grouped together smallholder farmers planting the same crop in an area to fund them as a group. Land Bank has secured a market with several processors and retailers as a way to support these smallholder farmers.
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Our African Farming Financial and related Production Matters Workshop today is proudly sponsored by:
RMIS | AFGRI | Afrivet | John Deere Financial | Land Bank | Ford SA
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Live from our Bergville workshop – Bright Mashiyane
Live from our Bergville workshop – Sylvester Lubambo, AFGRI
Live from our Bergville workshop – Craig Carter, RMIS
Live from our Bergville workshop – Bongani Duma, Afrivet
Live from our Bergville workshop – Dumisani Maqubani, SA Cane Growers’ Association
