Leona Archary, Director at Bigen Africa talks about South Africa’s agriculture sector and the ambitions of industry and government. Leona also serves as Interim CEO of the South African Agricultural Development Agency (AGDA) which is a private sector-led initiative that is mobilising funding and support to the smallholder and black commercial farming sector through improved partnership models across the agricultural value chain.
“We are finding a lot of commitment from the commercial farming sector to grow and develop the emerging black farmers in our country, and I think the impact in the years to come is going to be substantial in terms of the number of jobs that we can contribute to the economy” - Leona Archary, Interim CEO of the South African Agriculture Development Agency (AGDA)
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