Transform the agricultural sector, new Agribusiness Development Agency board members urged

Durban — KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development MEC Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa has urged the newly appointed Agribusiness Development Agency’s (ADA) board members to have the agency’s interests at heart.Board members were recently appointed to ADA’s offices in Pietermaritzburg.The ADA acts as project manager for Ntingwe Tea Estate situated in Nkandla and Makhathini Irrigation Scheme found in Jozini.The KZN government created the ADA to support the development of emergent black commercial farmers and agribusiness entrepreneurs.Its objective is to redress the…