Agri-business

The Drivers of Change Award has been established by the Southern Africa Trust, in partnership with the Mail & Guardian newspaper, to hold up living examples of innovative practices, inclusive attitudes and effective processes that build social trust and create the best conditions to make a real and lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty.

The award recognises individuals or organisations from across the southern Africa region that are making a real impact, especially in developing effective public policies and strategies, to overcome poverty.

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On 11-12 June, The ComMark Trust brought together over 50 Southern African and global leaders in the fields of monitoring & evaluation; international development; and specialists from labour-itensive manufacturing, tourism, agribusiness, policy-making and other sectors. read more...

The ComMark Trust would like to congratulate Mr. V G Gijana, Mr. V Ngqusa and Mr. M C Quta for outstanding leadership and the promotion of economic development through the ComMark/WBHO Umzimvubu Red Meat Project.

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The purpose of the Eastern Cape Red Meat Project (ECRMP) is to enable communal and emerging farmers to participate more fully in formal red meat markets. Toward this goal ComMark has drafted two new Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) and the Eastern Cape Department of Agriculture (ECDA). As ComMark, the ARC and the ECDA share strategic interests in the promotion and development of emerging and communal cattle farmers in the Eastern Cape, these partnerships make development sense.

South Africa’s second commercial-scale certified organic cotton crop has just been harvested at three commercial farmer field trial sites in Limpopo and one in the Marble Hall area in Mpumalanga. Eleven small-scale farmers in the Nonakeng area also participated in the field trials this year. This second harvest of organically grown cotton in South Africa puts us a step closer to our goal. read more...

Dr. Xolile Ngetu will look you straight in the eye and tell you, “It is what people have been wanting all these years.” He says that if ComMark could have been around 50 years ago development in the Eastern Cape would be in a different place now. read more...