Kule mpelasonto esiphuma kuyo abadayisi basemgwaqeni eMgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal bathole usizo abebengalulindele: i-AgriCool, i-agri startup, kanye namavolontiya athile abephume nawo emigwaqweni njengengxenye yohlelo lwe-Adopt-an-Informal Trader, esiza abadayisi ukuthi bazidayise futhi bacwiliswe emanzini. eqinisweni lansuku zonke lalabo bahlinzeki bemikhiqizo emisha ebalulekile ekuvikelekeni kokudla eNingizimu Afrika.
Laba bahwebi babedayisa imikhiqizo emisha - inqwaba yamaklabishi, isipinashi notamatisi - ababeyithengelwe yi-AgriCool ngalolo suku ekuseni kumlimi, njengoba yenza njalo ekuseni. Ukuthengisa kweqe ngo-300% ezinsukwini ezimbili abazichithe nabathengisi basemgwaqweni.
Okunye abakufundayo, kanye nenhlangano yaseMgungundlovu Economic Development Agency (UMEDA) kanye nososayensi bezenhlalakahle baseNyuvesi yaseFreyistata ababamemile, ukuthi ukuhweba ngemikhiqizo esanda kuzalwa kungaba yingozi. Abahwebi bakuthola kunzima ukuzulazula kumaphemithi namalayisensi futhi bahweba ngokwesaba ukuthi iziphathimandla zizobaphuca izimpahla zabo.
Ukuthengisa isivuno sabo obala, bengavikelekile elangeni nasemvuleni, kungenye into ekhathazayo - futhi into u-Agricool avele wayilungisa ngokushesha kumhwebi ophumelele ngempelasonto, uShereen Mohammed odayise amakhanda eklabishi angaphezu kuka-325 ngempelasonto, wamnika isipho. i-gazebo enkulu kanye nesihlalo somqondisi esikhululekile. "Ngokwengqikithi nje, cabanga ukuthi amanye amakhasimende ethu esuphamakethe amakhulu angathatha amaklabishi angama-300 noma ngaphansi ngosuku," kusho uPalesa Motaung, oyi-Operations manager ku-100% yentsha emnyama i-Agricool, ephawula.
Uphawula ukuthi abahwebi abangekho emthethweni bangabantu ababaluleke kakhulu kodwa abanganakwa kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika, okuyiqembu elibaluleke kakhulu ekulweni nobubha, ukutholakala kokudla kanye nokuthuthukiswa komnotho wendawo. I-Agricool, eyasungulwa yi-CEO uZamokuhle Thwala, ifuna ukulungisa lokhu.
Imodeli yokudiliva yonga abadayisi abangakahleleki ezindlekweni zokuthutha ngebhaluni
I-Agricool ihlinzeka abathengi bayo - kokubili okungakahleleki kanye nabadayisi - imikhiqizo emisha ngangokunokwenzeka (ngezinye izikhathi, uPalesa uthi, emisha kunaleyo etholakala emakethe kamasipala) futhi ngamanani ancintisanayo ngoba athola ngokuqondile equlwini labalimi abasebenza nabo. eduze.
Okukhanga abathengi abangekho emthethweni ukuthi i-Agrikool iletha imifino ngqo ezitobhini zabo zasemgwaqweni futhi manje yenza u-20% wezinto ezithengiswa yi-Agrikool.
“I-Agricool yenza izimpilo zabadayisi bethu zibe lula. Akudingekile ukuba babe semakethe kamasipala ngo-4 ekuseni njengoba sihambisa umkhiqizo wethu lapho bedayisa khona. Lokhu kuphinde kuqede izindleko zokuhamba, ezingafinyelela ku-40% wezindleko zabo zokusebenza,” kuchaza uPalesa.
Banentshisekelo enkulu ochungechungeni lokuhlinzeka ngemifino ezungeze uMgungundlovu futhi babheke ukukhulisa isizinda sabo sokuhlinzeka, njengendlela yokuzivikela ezingozini ezifana nokwehluleka kwezitshalo kodwa futhi bakwazi ukuhlinzeka ngezidingo eziningi zamakhasimende abo. Imakethe engakahleleki, isibonelo, ithanda amaklabishi awo amakhulu ngendlela abangawathola ngayo. Imboni yezihambi ingenye indlela abangathanda ukuyihlola, uthi.
“Kungamampunge ukuthi abalimi abamnyama badonsa kanzima ukuze bathole izimakethe ekubeni iningi labathengi kungabantu abamnyama, kodwa ukuthola imakethe kungenye yezinselelo ezinkulu kubona.”
Umasipala waseMgungundlovu unikeze i-Agricool ukusebenzisa i-packhouse abazoyithuthukisa ngesikhathi besasebenza ngokugunyazwa kokuphepha kokudla nabanye babaphakeli babo.
Ukukhulisa intshisekelo kwezinye imifino
Uphawula isithakazelo esikhulayo kwezinye izitshalo ezifana ne-kale ngohwebo olungekho emthethweni, futhi uthemba ukuthi ngelinye ilanga kuzohlanganisa nemifino yesintu efana ne-imfino (ebuye ibizwe ngokuthi isipinashi sasendle).
“Sizokwenza ucwaningo lwemakethe kubadayisi bethu ukuzwa ukuthi bazoyiphatha yini imifino yesintu. Izakhi zofuzo zalokhu kudla kwendabuko zidinga ukulondolozwa futhi le mifino iqinile, ngakho ijwayele izimo zendawo, kufanele ilinywe kabanzi."
UPalesa uyaphawula: “Ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ukusho ukuthi siphethwe yintsha emnyama ngo-100%. Akulona iqiniso ukuthi intsha emnyama ayinandaba nezolimo kanye nokutholakala kokudla. Eqinisweni, sidinga izingqondo ezintsha ukuze sixazulule izinkinga zokuvikeleka kokudla.”