CITRUS FARMER BUILDS ON HIS FATHER’S LEGACY
Easy Farm is a commercial operation producing citrus and bananas in Tshivhilwi village near Thohoyando, at the foot of the southern slopes of the Soutpansberg in Limpopo.
Lavhengwa Nemaorani, son of the late Israel Nemaorani, legendary farmer and businessman, runs the farm today.
Lavhengwa, who took over the reins from his father before Israel passed away in 2019, says they plant 90ha to citrus, which is exported mainly to Europe. “We also grow 20ha of bananas for the local market and 7ha of mangoes, which we sell to Westfalia at Duiwelskloof for drying.”
FROM BIG-CITY BUSINESS TO CITRUS AND BANANAS
Israel started farming vegetables on a small scale on the 202ha farm in the 1990s. In 1994 he was granted full title to the land, and he
