Co-op sees opportunities in new horticultural plant
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
The new Selebi-Phikwe plant processes horticultural produce
Bosa Bosele Horticultural Cooperative Society’s membership has dropped from 50 in 2002 when it was registered to only 15 at present.
The co-operative society has already started negotiations with relevant authorities to make the society a collection point for all the produce from the Bobirwa region as they seek to take advantage of the horticultural processing plant, Napro.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...