Grain SA’s annual Nampo Harvest Day agricultural show, which will be held from 14 to 17 May at Nampo Park near Bothaville, takes place just a week after the South African general election.
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As such, one of the topics during the Nation in Conversation panel discussions presented at the show will be a post-election analysis of South Africa’s future.
Nation in Conversation, a platform where agricultural issues are discussed by thought leaders from various industries, is one of the highlights at Nampo.
This year the panel discussions will feature the following topics: where does South Africa stand in the global agriculture business?; public-private partnerships towards sustainable economic growth; supporting and funding a developing agriculture industry; technology and funding: the role of communal land in agricultural development; reviving the platteland; water: a critical commodity; and a glance into the future: opportunities in agriculture.
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The facilitators of the panel discussions this year will be Roelf Meyer, politician and businessman; Prof Nick Binedell, director of the Gordon Institute of Business Science of the University of Pretoria; Theo Vorster, CEO of Galileo Capital; Leona Archary, deputy director of rural infrastructure and youth development at the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform; Christo van der Rheede, deputy executive director at Agri SA; and Chris Burgess, editor of agricultural magazine Landbouweekblad.
The show will also feature a farmer patents’ competition in which farmers who have invented, designed, or adapted equipment to solve their own practical problems will share their inventions with fellow farmers.
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Practical demonstrations of implements and machinery at the show will allow farmers to view agricultural equipment under full working conditions.
A special women’s programme will also be on offer.
