Desert Green.

11/07/2018

To all aspiring and budding Agri-Preneurs - its hard out here for a pimp especially in the Agri-tech space. 😎😅

Most members of DesertGreen are still employed full time and we end up working at night or over weekends. 🤓👨‍🌾👩‍🌾👩‍💼👨‍💼👨‍🔬

In this picture you see the scientists having a heated debate over unit conversions, Avogadro's law and some deep soil chemistry. 👨‍🔬🔬📐🖋️

We are currently designing the algorithms for the soil module of our DesertGreen app.

Watch this space peepz. We will turn all rural youth into successful farmers.

08/07/2018

Desert Green under re-construction.

We are building a mobile tech solution that is going to revolutionize the small scale farming space.

31/01/2018

"We always look to identify businesses that have vision and demonstrate long-term sustainability, among other judging criteria. We are satisfied that Desert Green has a future and will do great things in South Africa.” says the Chairperson of GSEA.

A big shout out to University of Pretoria Business Incubation and GSEA Global for the opportunity to show off the great future plans we have for the country and Africa as a whole.

We hope Canada🇨🇦 is ready in April.

Entrepreneurs’ Organisation (EO) crowns Tukkies student South African champion of the Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards.

04/10/2017

Let's talk a little bit about Conservation Agriculture 🤗
Traditional agriculture techniques which include mono-cropping and heavy tillage (ploughing of the soil) have resulted in severe degradation of the soil.

The biggest form of soil degradation is erosion but other forms exist such as salinization, soil pollution and fertility decline

Conservation Agriculture through its various elements can reduce erosion through the use of mulching (leaving residue on the ground) and permanent cover crops. This makes sure that the soil is always covered and protected from erosion. Imagine what a nice, moist and warm home we are creating or maintaining for all the gazillions of organisms that live in the soil and are responsible for maintaining its health. 🌿🕷️🐌🐛🐜🐞

Another important element of CA is crop rotation and intercropping. Different plants can be planted side-by-side so that the soil doesn't suffer from one crop soaking up all the soil nutrients. Some plants such as soybeans are known as legumes and they store extra nitrogen to release at a later stage. When maize is planted with a legume, it can enjoy the extra nutrition.

Remember guys, God is Nature. If you love God then you must love Nature. 😍

04/10/2017

Africa has the 10 youngest nations in the world. The median Nigerian age is 14,8 years😯

Almost 30% of 785 million people who do not have enough food to eat are in Africa.

Agriculture is not seen as a glamorous or lucrative field by African youth. A farmer is someone like their parents, doing back-breaking work in the fields and having next to nothing to show for it.

According to NEPAD, around 330 million youth in Africa will join the workforce by 2025 but unfortunately, there won’t be enough opportunities for everyone. For this reason, entrepreneurship is being encouraged. Agriculture is the only sector with the capacity to employ a larger population of the working force. By 2014 an estimated 60 percent of Africa’s labour force was employed in the agriculture sector. Africa has 33 million small-scale farms and most job prospects are expected to come from here. With the proper government assistance and continued investment into the sector, the World Bank believes that agribusiness could be worth one trillion dollars by 2030.🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

There are approximately 200 000+ taxis in operation in the country, mostly saturated in townships and rural areas as inter-modal connecting transport mediums for a majority of South Africa’s workforce, attracting more and more of the majority under-privileged and opportunity-ridden young people, mostly black youth, saturated in the townships and rural areas, as well as those that migrate to the cities in search of a better future. The phenomenon of secondary needs dominating in the bulk of economic contribution is not unique to South Africa, or Africa for that matter. Even in the western developed countries like the United States, they have more lawyers than they do farmers, and have more dry cleaners than they have farming and Agro-processing units.

04/10/2017

WOmen are a dominant force in African farming. Makes sense since we have always been the gatherers. Gog' Zikode and Gog' Phumelele are exactly the types of farmers targets.

That's me, taking some notes from these ladies as I will be conducting soil quality tests on their plots. I would like to see just how great is at restoring soil health.

04/08/2017

There are approximately 200 000+ taxis in operation in the country, mostly saturated in townships and rural areas as inter-modal connecting transport mediums for a majority of South Africa’s workforce, attracting more and more of the majority under-privileged and opportunity-ridden young people, mostly black youth, saturated in the townships and rural areas, as well as those that migrate to the cities in search of a better future. The phenomenon of secondary needs dominating in the bulk of economic contribution is not unique to South Africa, or Africa for that matter. Even in the western developed countries like the United States, they have more lawyers than they do farmers, and have more dry cleaners than they have farming and Agro-processing units.

01/08/2017

27/05/2017

A snapshot of what we about....

26/05/2017

Yesterday at the 4th talk

Mr Rivo Mhlari, CEO and co-founder of Rikatek

We are becoming perfect entrepreneurs so that we can truly make an impact and work towards alleviating food insecurity.