What SA farmers can learn from Kenya’s smallholders
The reopening of restaurants and the hospitality industry under Level 2 of the COVID-19 national lockdown, as announced recently by President Cyril Ramaphosa, should be good news for small-scale farmers who have seen lockdown measures decimate demand while the pandemic continues to compound the challenges they face. Persistent challenges, such as limited access to markets and finance, and a lack of production, business and networking skills, pale in comparison to complete market standstill, which some farmers, who serve the hospitality industry,
