Enabling community resource security & protected area expansion in a post Covid 19 future Photo Credit: WWF The smallholder farming and informal food trade sectors ground to a halt due to the onset of Covid 19 and the lockdown that followed. Given the importance of these
Seriti Institute Photo Credit: WWF About Seriti Institute Seriti Institute, formed in 2009, is a registered non-profit company and public benefit organization. A Level 1 B-BBEE compliant social enterprise. Seriti works with communities and social partners to support them to reach their goals by delivering innovative,
MAHLATINI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION Credit Mahlatini Development Foundation. Agri-food Systems: Facts and Futures Report Over the past two years the WWF Nedbank Green Trust has funded KwaZulu-Natal-based NGO, Mahlatini Development Foundation’s, project focussing on smallholder farmers in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape to co-develop climate-resilient agriculture for
WORKING WITH SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN 40 VILLAGES Credit Mahlatini Development Foundation. With a Master’s degree in plant virology, Erna Kruger, founder of the KwaZulu-Natal-based NGO, Mahlatini Development Foundation, has devoted her career to advancing small-scale farming and environmental conservation in rural areas. ‘I started the foundation
ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY WITH FOODFORWARD SA The WWF Nedbank Green Trust has partnered with FoodForward SA to address food insecurity while building a long-term approach to reducing food waste on farms. The partnership, which provides for a total grant of R4,7 million to FoodForward SA over three
Smart Food Initiative Photo Credit: WWF The food system, while highly productive, has done more damage to our natural environment than any other human enterprise. Of all activities on earth, the production of food is the largest contributor to biodiversity loss, deforestation, desertification and soil degradation.
