Home Farmer programme results in higher yields and better lives Samson Shuwisa was a finalist in the 2017 Grain SA Smallholder Farmer of the Year competition.

Samson Shuwisa was a finalist in the 2017 Grain SA Smallholder Farmer of the Year competition.

Samson Shuwisa was a finalist in the 2017 Grain SA Smallholder Farmer of the Year competition.

Sizwe Ngwenya achieves 5t/ha with his dryland maize.

From left: Muzi Hlongwana, Enoch Khumalo and Jurie Mentz in front of Khumalo’s bakkie, which he bought with the profits of his maize crop.

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