Vhukhudo Fresh Produce

19/11/2023

Dear farmers, you don't need a 50-hectare land to be successful in agribusiness, but a good variety, resourcefulness, and a plan!

Always start small!

07/11/2023

Phil Links

05/11/2023

Can you grow guava from leaves?

04/11/2023

Expected feed consumption in layers:
Starter (6 weeks)= 1kg/bird
Grower (12 weeks)=4.6kg/bird
Layer mash(82wks)=48kg/bird
Total feed in (100wks)=53.6kg/bird
Note:This is the minimum consumption

03/11/2023

HERBS TO USE AS ORGANIC PESTICIDES ON YOUR CROPS

Home-made organic pesticides should always be sprayed on crops during the cool part of the day (mornings or late afternoons) to avoid burning of your crops.

1. Garlic - Crush and mix with hot water- cool for 2hrs, then spray to control aphids.

2. Tithonia (Mexican sunflower) - Crush 2kg of leaves, soak in 4 litres of warm water for 2-3hours or in cold water for 2 days. Spray to control caterpillars.

3. Thorn apple (Datura stramonium) - Take 1kg of leaves, fruits and branch stems, - Crush and boil in 4 litres of water for 20 minutes and let it cool. Spray to control scale insects, aphids and leaf miner (Tuta absoluta).

4. Pawpaw leaves - Take 1 kg of green and fresh leaves, - crush and boil in 4litres of water for 20 minutes. Spray to control scale insects, aphids.

5. Wood ash - Get maize combs, burn them and dry the ash. This should be applied around the plants especially the transplanted vegetable seedlings, to control cut worms in fields where cut worms are a problem.

6. Hot pepper - Crush 500 grams of riped hot pepper fruits, mix with 5 litres of water, boil for 20 minutes. Sieve and add another 5 litres of water mixed with 50ml of any mild dish wash (non-detergent) soap - Spray to control ants (termites), aphids, flies, caterpillars.

7. Lantana camara - Get branches and leaves, burn to get the ash- broadcast in the field or affected area to control ants and worms

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03/11/2023

TOMATO POWDER!

We lose a lot of tomatoes every year due to supply exceeding demand. Most of these rot in local farmer's markets.

Sometimes farmers fail to preserve or to transport tomatoes on time due to poor road network.

Farmers lose more than half of total tomatoes produced.

The proposed project here aims to avoid this waste and make good use of excess tomatoes and reduce post harvest losses.

In addition, in times of low supply, consumers resort to tomato concentrates (canned tomatoes, tomato puree etc.) , which are often expensive, imported and processed in a much less organic method.

The project aims, using innovative means, to transform the surplus production of fresh tomatoes into preservable powder, which will then be offered for consumption off season.

Surplus tomato for processing is purchased from farmers markets, farmers or agricultural cooperatives.

👉 Once sliced, the tomatoes are dried using a dryer.
👉They are then crushed using a blender and packed in small sachets.
👉1kg fresh tomatoes yields 50g powder
What you need
👉Tomatoes, Sun/ Solar dryer, Blender, Vacuum sealed packaging, Branding, Market

Consumers only add the powder when cooking. No artificial colourings, additives or preservatives. Tomato powder can last more than a year in storage.

This is business 🙏

24/10/2023

01/06/2023

Visited potato farm

28/05/2023

15/05/2023

Fruits also available 🥑🥜🍏🍋🍐🍍🍌

11/05/2023

As a farmer I have learnt that it’s important to milk your cow while feeding it , you can feed your cow "however" when it comes to milking your neighbor goes behind your back and milk it first. The best way is to milk while feeding.

11/05/2023

Sila

08/05/2023

Empowering young farmers with resources, skills, and markets is crucial for the future of farming.

At Vhukhudo Fresh Produce, we empower and encourage youth to get involved in agriculture to steer growth, reduce poverty & improve food and nutrition security.

08/05/2023

A thriving agriculture sector can absorb a significant proportion of South Africa unemployed youth, but youth participation in the agricultural value chain remains low.

Today, let's share our thoughts on what hinders us from starting an agribusiness

07/05/2023

Did you know 🤔🤔?
The number of rings in a bulb onion indicates the number of weeks it took to mature .
How many weeks did this 👇bulb take to mature?
We've got ready onion seedlings adequate for 2 acres .