Our farmers have the ability to provide food for sub-Saharan Africa. But government has to make conditions for farmers more attractive. Retaining our skilled producers is crucial for food security.
If your industry organisation is not delivering value, get to the heart of the problem, and fix the leadership and management. As a farmer, it’s part of your job.
Transformation through share-equity schemes seems the best way of empowering people.
The following case illustrates the limits of the tax authority’s powers in winding up proceedings.
Regardless of your farming method, take the ‘law of the land’, add some modernity, and you’ll farm forever.
To measure the performance of your business, you need a target. Get yourself one by benchmarking against the best in the business.
Official statistics aside, there seems to be a wide gulf between farmers who are doing well and those who are not. What are successful farmers doing right?
Imagine musicians in an orchestra trying to make music without music sheets! But we expect members of a business team to perform without any clear written objectives. It makes no...
Caring for farm workers, the environment and one’s finances are all key to farming sustainably. In future, however, these factors will be even more crucial.
Recent Appeals Court rulings highlight the problems of ‘dumping’.
Improve your bottom line by developing clear objectives for managers and employees, and monitoring how these are achieved.
Save yourself tax hassles by ensuring that a clear distinction is made between ‘income’ and ‘capital’ in any agreement you sign with other parties.
