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Place Category: Agri Enterprises
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Profile
On the banks of the Orange River and on the edges of Upington, lies the settlement
of Lemoendraai from where the 14-member Lemoendraai Agricultural Association ingrained the Lemoendraai Agricultural Cooperative (Pty) Ltd in 2013. The Cooperative has already started reaping from government's vineyard development initiative through the fixing of subsurface drainage and installation of irrigation systems. Thus, guaranteeing their stake in the horticultural industry.In harnessing their contribution to
food security and diversifying their sources of income, Lemoendraai produces high quality cash crops such as Maize and Lucerne that many an urbanite might aerially sight as a kind of green carpet next to the river.Constituted by private plot owners, Lemoendraai Agricultural
Cooperative, mirrors efforts undertaken by the individual members in seeking their own moment in the agricultural sun and with government rewarding them with infrastructure support and provision of mechanization. Land under control of the Cooperative; total of 100 hectares.
- Produce and Markets: White wine grapes (Colombard and Chenin Blanc – 14ha) contracted to Orange River Cellars, Lucerne – local market and Eastern Cape and export to Namibia and with Maize being supplied to local market.
- Objective: Positioning themselves to improve on local, national and international market foothold.
- Government spent: R3, 5 million
Location
On the banks of the Orange River at the edges of Upington
Latitude: 28.395267700
Longitude: 21.2368084000
WEBSITE: http://www.lemoendraaiagri.co.za/Contact
Rudolph Saal - Office Manager
Tel: +27 54 339 0009
Cell: +27 82 342 7450
E-mail: rudolph@lemoendraaiagri.co.za
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