Essential oils, organic vegetables and ingredients for trendy desserts are some of the niche items being produced in a project that is breathing life into small-scale farming communities in KwaZulu-Natal.
Taken over from Oxfam, which started it, it forms part of the provincial department of economic development and tourism's programme to bring small-scale farmers in traditional areas into agricultural production for high-return niche markets, many of them overseas.
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Small KwaZulu-Natal farmers aim big
Niche markets for small farmers: from Mail and Guardian Online:
