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How did you become involved in agriculture?

My love for agriculture started at the age of 10, when I used donkeys to plough the fields, with a one-furrow plough, in my rural village near Rustenburg in North West. I did so for an elderly, entrepreneurial man called Ntate Seloko.

Has the journey into agriculture been worth it?

Back in high school, people told me I was wasting my talents when they realised I was working towards a career in agriculture. But I’ve always been drawn to agriculture; for me, it’s not just a career, but something of a calling, I suppose.

Once I understood the mechanics of agriculture and the positive impact it has on society, I knew it was the way

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