Entlango Primary Agricultural Cooperative

LED BY: Kumbulani Yekani

MAIN CHALLENGES FACED BY THE COMMUNITY: poverty, unemployment.

MAIN ACTIVITIES: Hydroponic farming, community development, income generation.

Entlango started in 2007 as a small farming project aimed at helping fifteen young people learn how to farm. Since those early years, the organization has now grown into a successful hydroponic farming project. The project generates an average monthly income of R28 000.00, from selling tomatoes, spinach, beetroot, cabbages and cauliflower.
The LDA has also forged strong relationships with local supermarkets and wholesalers such as the Boxer Superstore, Nicks Superstore, Saverite and Spar Supermarket. They are now in the process of establishing new markets for their produce in King William’s Town, Alice, Fort Beaufort and East London.