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Photographed during the event are, from right to left (back): Cllr Dowelani Nenguda, Ms Eunice Matukane,  Cllr Samuel Munyai and Mr Mashudu Ramalivhana. Seatead in front are Mesdames Joyce Khodoga, Joyce Baloyi, Shonisani Ndou and Rudzani Mulaudzi (who represented Ms Azwinndini Gandini, winner of best female worker.)

Recognition for region's top female farmers

 

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD), in partnership with the Vhembe District Municipality (VDM), began with the celebration of Women’s Month by handing over awards to the top female farmers during a ceremony at the Dzanani Community Hall near Nzhelele last Thursday.

The awards were divided into four categories: best female worker, subsistence producer, top entrepreneur smallholder and top entrepreneur commercial producer.

The winner of each category received R41 000, those in second position R31 000, third positions R21 000 respectively and the overall winner of the competition received R49 000.

The winners are: The best female farmer, Ms Azwinndini Gandini from Thulamela, best subsistence farmer, Ms Joyce Baloyi from Makhado, small holder, Ms Shonisani Ndou from Musina and the commercial and overall winner, Ms Joyce Khodoga from Makhado.

Ms Eunice Matukane from the ARD said the Female Farmer of the year Awards were incepted by the department in 1999 to encourage and increase the participation of women in agricultural activities. Matukane said this annual event commenced at local level of the municipalities, the districts, provincial level and culminated with the National Female Farmer of the Year Awards taking place at the end of Women’s Month.

Speaking during the event, the executive mayor of the VDM, Cllr Dowelani Nenguda, called upon commercial farmers to play a role in the emancipation of women in the agricultural sector.

The overall winner, Ms Joyce Khodoga of Matanda Poultry Farm in Makhado, was overjoyed with the award. She said that she would use the funds she received from the competition to advance her business and help create jobs for jobless people.

 

 

Date:11 August 2019

By: Silas Nduvheni

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