Building an enterprise takes many different tasks, from stepping into the shoes of potential customers to designing products or services, to running a marketing campaign. This was one of the key messages for women farmers at SACAU’s Agro-preneurship training in Johannesburg this month.

The three-day training from 27th – 29th September at the Birchwood Hotel was attended by women farmers from SACAU member countries such as Botswana, Malawi, Tanzania, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Seychelles, South Africa and Namibia. The purpose of the training was to equip women farmers with business and entrepreneurship skills.

The women shared their experiences on how they manage their various businesses and the unique products they produce in their small farms.