South Africa

Products:
1. Paprika
2. Birds' eye chili
3. Manketi
4. Moringa
5. Lemongrass
6. Mushrooms
7. Specialty vegetables

Projects:
1. Partnership for Food Industry Development - Natural Proudts (PFID-NP)

2. IITA-Irrigation Support Project

3. Initiative to End Hunger in Africa (IEHA)

Partners:
1. Sun International Hotel
2. University of Zambia (UNZA)
3. Total Land Care (TLC)
4. Nanga Irrigation
5. Msekera Research Station
6. Chitedze Research Station

Promoters:
1. USAID
2. USAID-Southern Africa

South Africa

Products:
1. Rooibos Tea
2. Honeybush Tea
3. Specialty Vegetables and Herbs
4. Small Fruits
5. Mushrooms

Projects:
1. IITA Natural Products Project
2. IITA Horticulture Network
3. Partnership for Food Industry Development (PFID-NP)
4. Limpopo Agribusiness Project
5. Tshwaraganang Hydroponics
6. Doringbaai Greenhouse Project
7. Moroletsoa Mentorship and Technology Transfer Project
8. Haarlem Honeybush Tea Project
9. Oudtshoorn Hydroponics Project
1.. Eden Community Project
11. ALO/IITA Germplasm Projects

Partners:
1. University of Stellenbosch
2. IITA
3. Total Land Care

Promoters:
1. USAID
2. USAID-Southern Africa
3. National Development Authority
4. Department of Economic Development and Tourism
5. Department of Agriculture and Land Reform
6. Limpopo Agribusiness Development Authority

Senegal

Products:
1. Hibiscus (Bissap)
2. Kinkeliba (Healing Tree)

Porjects:
1. Partnership for Food Industry Development (PFID-NP)
2. ASNAPP-Association Education Sante (AES) Hibiscus Project

Partners:
1. Association Education Sante (AES)

Promoters:
1. Government of Senegal
2. USAID

Rwanda

Products:
1. Geranium
2. Lemongrass
3. Eucalyptus
4. Rosemary
5. Manketti

Projects:
1. Ikirezi Natural Products
2. Ikirezi Plantlets Project
3. Essential Oils Project

Partners:
1. World Relief

Promoters:
1. African Development Foundation
2. Ministere de l'Agriculture et de l'Elevage (MINAGRI)
3. USAID/Global Development Alliance (GDA)

Ghana

Products:
1. Griffonia
2. Voacanga
3. Grains of Paradise (GOP)
4. Xylopia
5. Mondia
6. Lippia

Projects:
1. Partnership for Food Industry Development (PFID-NP)
2. Botanical Product Standards Development
3. Capacity Building Program for Botanical Products Association
4. Enterprise Information System and Business Development Project
5. Alternative Livelihood for Forest-Fringe Communities
6. National Educational Campaign for Sustainable Practices in the Botanical Industry
7. Natural Products for Rural Livelihood Improvement

Partners:
1.Trade and Investment Program for a Competitive Export Economy (TIPCEE)
2. Ghana Standards Board
3. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
4. University of Ghana
5. Rural Development and Youth Association (RUDEYA)

Promoters:
1. USAID
2. Trade and Investment Program for a Competitive Export Economy (TIPCEE)
3. Export Development and Investment Fund (EDIF)
4. Forestry Commission
5. Support Program for Enterprise Empowerment and Development (SPEED)
6. InterChurch Organization for Development Cooperation (ICCO-Netherlands)

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South Africa

Tshwaraganang hydroponics: from zero to hero in greenhouse production

Written by Hanson Arthur

Friday, 26 February 2010 10:41

The Tshwaraganang hydroponics project has turned the corner of yet another significant milestone in its quest to create sustainable prosperity for its shareholders. Having achieved almost its entire business plan targets, it came as no surprise when in February 2010, the project recorded a cumulative sales income of R 1 million.

Written by Hanson Arthur
Tshwaraganang The Tshwaraganang hydroponics project in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, one of the mentorship develelopment programs of ASNAPP has posted further increases in income following its restructuring about a year ago. As at June 30 2009, the project had cumulatively achieved R617 067.25 (US$67 148.41) as direct income to its beneficiaries since October 2008 when they began selling produce. For a community that only about a year ago earned almost nothing, this income is a giant step towards worth creation and the elimination of food insecurity from their ranks.
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They attend a greenhouse course in Stellenbosch

Participants Twenty-one stakeholders, including extension workers and farmers have attended a greenhouse course in Stellenbosch, South Africa. As regular yearly course, ASNAPP organized this in partnership with the National Department of Agriculture, Stargrow Citrus Company, Rocklands Willowmore, Elsenburg and Tshwaraganang Hydroponics, all in South Africa.
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Stellenbosch University Signs MoU with KNUST, Ghana

KNUST Delegation

Stellenbosch University, South Africa, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana. This brings the number of African universities with whom SU has institutional agreements to five.

Written by Hanson Arthur

Technical Team

In 2000, the Department of Agriculture and Land Reform, (Northern Cape Province -South Africa) appointed a consultant, Prof Gert Venter to perform a feasibility study for the setup of a greenhouse production unit at Windsorton.

"... it's no sacrifice"

Every morning Janine Kwago wakes up and after bathing and brushing her teeth, she wakes her two children up. She gives them breakfast, walks them to the 'tannie' (auntie) who looks after them, and then she walks to work.

Although re-writing the history of Honeybush cultivation, Evelyn Thysse (or Aunt Evelyn as she is fondly known), is simply on a crusade to uplift her family and her community.

Honeybush tea plantations get sweeter

South Africa is famous for its Rooibos (red bush) tea, yet is ironically less well-known for its Honeybush tea. This unique plant brews a beverage with a delicate aroma of fresh flowers and a tender taste of wild-grown honey.

Into an environment of little or no opportunity, ASNAPP has brought hope, and the chance for the people living in the Oudtshoorn informal settlement to socially and economically uplift themselves.

On August 14 & 16, ASNAPP (Agribusiness in Sustainable Natural African plant Products) in collaboration with TLC (Total Land Care), University of Stellenbosch, and the Rutgers state University of New Jersey/PFID-NP (USA) hosted two workshops that dealt with increasing the quality of Paprika produced by small-holder famers in Malawi and Zambia respectively.

South Africa

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