THE chieftain of the Valoyi tribe, Phyllia Lwandlamuni N'wamitwa-Shilubani, is spearheading an initiative to empower emerging farmers through indigenous livestock farming.
Chief N'wamitwa, who is also a farmer, recently received 30 heifers and a bull as part of the Limpopo Independent Development Corporation (IDC) Nguni Cattle Development Trust project.
The project is an empowerment initiative backed by the IDC in partnership with the University of Limpopo and Limpopo department of agriculture.
It aims to reintroduce and increase the Nguni breed of cattle into the province.
The project involves lending farmers a herd of registered Nguni cattle for a period of five years.
The farmers will be expected to breed and multiply the cattle before returning the original cattle, which will then be passed on to other farmers.
Chief N'wamitwa said after returning the original cattle to the trust, she intended distributing the cattle she bred among deserving farmers in her communities.
This would be an attempt to empower the identified farmers to improve the quality of their lives.
She said she decided to participate in this project because Nguni cattle have a high fertility rate, short calving period and long reproductive life span.
"They are resistant to most parasites, and adapt easily to grazing conditions, excessive heat and humidity.
I am quite confident that this project would benefit a lot of the more than 80 000 people in the area of my jurisdiction," N'wamitwa said.
Chieftain's grand plan to empower her poor community
THE chieftain of the Valoyi tribe, Phyllia Lwandlamuni N'wamitwa-Shilubani, is spearheading an initiative to empower emerging farmers through indigenous livestock farming.
Chief N'wamitwa, who is also a farmer, recently received 30 heifers and a bull as part of the Limpopo Independent Development Corporation (IDC) Nguni Cattle Development Trust project.
The project is an empowerment initiative backed by the IDC in partnership with the University of Limpopo and Limpopo department of agriculture.
It aims to reintroduce and increase the Nguni breed of cattle into the province.
The project involves lending farmers a herd of registered Nguni cattle for a period of five years.
The farmers will be expected to breed and multiply the cattle before returning the original cattle, which will then be passed on to other farmers.
Chief N'wamitwa said after returning the original cattle to the trust, she intended distributing the cattle she bred among deserving farmers in her communities.
This would be an attempt to empower the identified farmers to improve the quality of their lives.
She said she decided to participate in this project because Nguni cattle have a high fertility rate, short calving period and long reproductive life span.
"They are resistant to most parasites, and adapt easily to grazing conditions, excessive heat and humidity.
I am quite confident that this project would benefit a lot of the more than 80 000 people in the area of my jurisdiction," N'wamitwa said.
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