BY KWANELE TSABEDZE
MBABANE – The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade Manqoba Khumalo yesterday officially opened a workshop on feedlot management and cattle grazing.
COMFWB Chairperson Thandi Motsa making her remarks during the official opening of a feedlot management and cattle grazing workshop.
The workshop was organised for members of the COMESA Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) Eswatini Chapter. The workshop was organised to help members of the organisation further develop their share of participation in the beef production value chain, focusing on individual women who sell to abattoirs.
Speaking at the launch, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade Manqoba Khumalo noted the benefits of incorporating the gender variable in developing the value chain. He was represented by the Minister of Economic Planning and Development, Dr Tambo Gina.
Minister Dr Thambo Gina (representing Minister Manqoba Khumalo) making his remarks during the official opening of a feedlot management and cattle grazing workshop.
“Levels of agricultural production in developing economies largely depend on gender. In Eswatini, beef cattle farming is traditionally attributed to the male gender, enhancing productive superiority for males and widening rural gender-based disparities,” said the Minister.
“Levels of agricultural production in developing economies largely depend on gender. In Eswatini, beef cattle farming is traditionally attributed to the male gender, enhancing productive superiority for males and widening rural gender-based disparities,” added the Minister.
Workshop participants follow proceedings during the official opening of a feedlot management and cattle grazing workshop.
“Furthermore, female farmers in developing countries, not much less Eswatini, are confronted by a unique set of challenges that undermine their productivity. Incorporation of the gender variable allows for recommendations in support of inclusive rural economic development,” further noted the Minister.
COMFWB has received over E3M funding directed to a Technical Assistant Facility on the beef production value chain from COMESA and the EU. The project will target COMFWB members in the beef value chain who are expected to increase the number of women individually selling to abattoirs.
