Ceyanelwa Primary Cooperative
| Business Location: | Urban |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Branch: | Seda Tshwane Branch |
| Business Start Date: | |
| Busniess Type: | Co-operative |
Business Dynamics and Challenges
Business Activities:
Celayelwa Farming Cooperative is a small-scale farming Cooperative operating in Rural Pretoria in a rented farm. The cooperatives members started Poultry farming without receiving any poultry training but based on skills learnt from family members who are in the poultry business. They are quite successful in supplying the domestic market and provide on average 50 chickens a week. The Cooperatives goal is to grow into a successful cooperative that is able to service the commercial market.
Challenges/Needs:
The business had a market for its Poultry products but lacked the necessary skills to produce products that meets the standard and expectations of the commercial consumers. The business also had various other Poultry business related challenges such as a lack of feeding understanding, improper poultry housekeeping, lack of knowledge on vaccinations of Chickens and all these lead to the business having a high mortality rate.
Intervention Insights and Results
Intervention Details:
The entrepreneur visited the Seda Tshwane office where they met the Cooperatives Regional Facilitator. A diagnostic assessment on the business making use of a Small Business Assessment Tool was conducted. The findings of the assessment were clear that Training in Poultry was needed by this business. One of the Members was Sent to Buhle Farming Academy by Seda Tshwane to attend 3 Days basic Poultry Training to enable the cooperative to improve its poultry operations.
Outcome Details:
After the training, the owners implemented the lessons learnt at the course and the result was that the business lowered its chicken mortality rate. This also increased business turnover from R60 000 before the poultry training to R125 000 after the Training. The business was also able to retail their staff complement of 5.
Client Feedback
Client Comments:
SEDA is the cornerstone of our business, we look forward to more assistance.
