KZN Agriculture & Rural Development - Vegetable Production in KwaZulu-Natal

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Climatic Requirements
Expected Yields
Fertilizers
Importance of Quality and Presentation
Investigation of Growth Problems
Length of Growing Period
Marketing
Planning
Plant Establishment
Plant Nutrition
Plant Populations & Plant Spacings
Principles of Weed, Pest & Disease Management
Seasonal Variation in Prices
Soil Preparation
Successional Cropping
Water Requirements and Irrigation
Weed Control

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MEC
Mrs T.P. Madlopha-Mthethwa, MPL

Acting HOD Mr Z.N. Dlamini

HOD
Mr Z.N. Dlamini

Vision

An inclusive, sustainable and radically transformed agricultural sector that builds thriving communities in balance with nature.

Mission

To advance sound agricultural practices that stimulates comprehensive economic growth, food security and advancement of rural communities.

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Fresh Produce Market Analysis Report: Quarter 1 of 2024

Public Tool for Reporting Agricultural Incidents

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KZN DARD appoints Jerry Mfusi to lead ADA

With extensive experience in public administration, particularly as former Acting Head of Department at...

KZN DARD UGP Funding Opportunity

Press briefing on Foot and Mouth outbreak in KZN

Departmental Projects

Unemployed Agriculture Graduates Youth Programme

Improving Genetics in Communal Breeding Herd and Communal Grazing Schemes

Food Security and the impact of Food Inflation

Communal Investment and Infrastructure Programme

Agricultural Development Interventions

Agricultural Construction Unit

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16
April
2025

KZN DARD appoints Jerry Mfusi to lead ADA

With extensive experience in public administration, particularly as former Acting Head of Department at the KZN Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Jerry Mfusi brings a wealth of knowledge poised...

11
April
2025

Farmer Support and Food Security Programmes remain key priorities in the KZN Province

In efforts to boost youth empowerment and Agricultural growth, the National Minister of Agriculture, Mr John Steenhuisen and Deputy Minister Nokuzola Capa, together with the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and...

25
March
2025

Cedara College Of Agriculture 2025 Graduation

Cedara College Students shine as they Graduate! Cedara College of Agriculture hosted its graduation ceremony at the Centenary Complex in Cedara on the 28th March 2025. This graduation ceremony...

25
March
2025

Owen Sithole College of Agriculture 2025 Graduation

On Tuesday, 25 March 2025, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development MEC Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa conferred qualifications to students who have successfully completed their degree, diplomas and various learnerships...

21
March
2025

MEC meets with the SA Human Rights Commission

On the eve of South Africa's Human Rights Day commemoration on Friday 21 March 2025, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) undertook a special visit to the leadership of the...

13
March
2025

KZN Provincial Government attends 69th UN-CSW session

The Honourable MEC Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa formed part of the delegation of the KwaZulu-Natal Government that attended the 69th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN-CSW) event on the...

07
March
2025

Foot-and-Mouth Disease Press Briefing

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development led by MEC Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, confirms positive cases of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in Newcastle under Amajuba District, after a press briefing held...

25
February
2025

kaMadlopha-Mthethwa takes Agriculture to the Townships

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ms Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, has urged organisations providing care for children, the elderly and people with disabilities to engage in self-sustainable agricultural activities. kaMadlopha-Mthethwa...

21
February
2025

Steenhuisen, KaMadlopha-Mthethwa meet the AmaZulu King over FMD in KZN

KwaZulu-Natal Agriculture and Rural Development MEC Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa joined her national counterpart John Steenhuisen in a meeting with AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini on Friday 21 February 2025 at eMashobeni Royal...

15
February
2025

Agricultural plant of Marula hailed as a beacon of hope

We are revitalizing our cultural diversity as part of the uMthayi Marula Festival/uMkhosi wamaGanu at the eMfihlweni Royal Residence and Sportfield. Hundreds of local women from the uMkhanyakude District presented...

14
February
2025

Matric Class of 2024 applauded

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, the Honourable Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, delivered a keynote address at the Inkosi uMtubatuba Mayoral Excellence Awards, held at Inkosi Mzondeni Civic Centre, KwaMsane, on...

10
February
2025

MEC addresses concerned farmers

The MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development continued to promote equitable access to agricultural resources for previously disadvantaged farmers across the Province on Monday, the 10th February 2024. During a...

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Together we have made KZN a better province to live in

Together we have made KZN a better province to live in

Together we have made KZN a better province to live in

Together we have made KZN a better province to live in

Together we have made KZN a better province to live in

MECMrs T.P. Madlopha-Mthethwa, MPL

HODMr Z.N. Dlamini

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MEC
Mrs T.P. Madlopha-Mthethwa, MPL

HOD
Mr Z.N. Dlamini