Phidibi Organic Farmers Primary Cooperative
| Business Location: | Rural area - Villages |
| Province | Limpopo |
| Branch: | Vhembe |
| Business Start Date: | 2010-05-19 |
| Busniess Type: | Co-operative |
Business Dynamics and Challenges
Business Activities:
They specialise in organic crop production such as cabbage, butternut, spinach and mustard spinach (mutshaina)
Challenges/Needs:
• Lack of capacity building skills due to high dependance on indigenous knowledge in managing the cooperative business
• Lack of an operational business plan to unlock and access funding opportunities.
• Inadequate machinery and equipment to operationalize the business
Intervention Insights and Results
Intervention Details:
• Access to capacity building programmes
• Business plan Development
• Access to funding
• Marketing and Promotional Materials
• Business plan Development
• Access to funding
• Marketing and Promotional Materials
Outcome Details:
The coop was trained on Basic business skills, cooperative governance, and costing and pricing. They were assisted to develop a business plan which was submitted for CDSP funding. The cooperative was funded by SEDFA through the CDSP grant funding an amount of R1 166 945,00. This fund was utilised in obtaining the following:
- Tractor with implements
- Borehole with implement
- Irrigation System
- Fencing
- Fertilizers and Pesticides
They were also assisted with signage. All these resulted in then increasing their employee headcount and having an increased turnover
- Tractor with implements
- Borehole with implement
- Irrigation System
- Fencing
- Fertilizers and Pesticides
They were also assisted with signage. All these resulted in then increasing their employee headcount and having an increased turnover
Client Feedback
Client Comments:
This is a continuation of a great journey between SEDFA and us. Because of your amazing support, we are proud to be associated with SEDFA
