BTech agriculture students impress
If the final exit presentations delivered by the 4th year BTech agricultural management students of the Nelson Mandela University (NMU) George Campus are to be taken as a measure of future success, a number of new innovative agri businesses should blossom in the future.
The class of 2018 impressed with their insightful reports on the topic "My ideal sustainable agri-business". This included feedback on interesting ventures such as high density avocado cropping under shadenetting, container farming, urban rooftop farming, nutrient-film technique hydroponic vegetable production, agroforestry, agritourism, aeroponic potato production, biogas farming and oyster mushroom production.
"Indeed some innovative perspectives on modern agriculture", said Johan Jordaan, an agricultural economist and senior lecturer in agricultural management at the NMU George Campus. "This is part of our teaching philosophy in the Diploma in agricultural management - to instil an entrepreneurial orientation in our students so that they can move beyond the traditional paradigm of agriculture."
The exit presentations were concluded on a high note with a number of academic awards made to students who had excelled in various spheres of their studies in agricultural management.