INSPIRED TO TEACH, DESTINED TO FARM

A mos Njoro dreamt of becoming a teacher but did not have the money to pay for college. This setback turned into a blessing as it put Amos on a path to a successful career in agriculture. His first job was as an extension officer for the former Bophuthatswana government-owned agribusiness, Agrico. He later became a government extension officer in the North West province where he worked until 2001 before joining the giant agribusiness, Senwes, in Klerksdorp.

“I worked for Senwes for four years before Grain SA recruited me to become the provincial project coordinator for their Emerging Grain Farmer Development Programme for North West, Free State and Gauteng provinces,” Amos recalls.

The good work and the success rate of farmers in the Grain SA programme prompted the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD) to ask Amos to help train farmers. In 2010, he applied for a farm to start his own farming business