Livingland - Episode 09
1,863 views · Published 5 February 2014 · 24:18 · Indexed 27 October 2026
Channel: SABC Education Shows · 2014 · Education
We discover an alternative and highly productive way to produce food through fish farming at a cooperative in the Sekhukhune district in Limpopo. Due to the relative scarcity of water in our country, fresh water fish culture is limited by the supply of suitable water. Growing fresh water fish, however, holds the promise of a dependable source of high quality food. The Phetwane Irrigation Cooperative is a 48 hectare farm near Marble Hall. The farmers use a semi-intensive method of aquaculture. This means there is a certain degree of intervention by feeding the fish and improving the water quality through a partial water exchange from time to time. This improves the quantity and quality of the fish. The first harvest of the ponds has produced an encouraging yield of healthy fish. In the same episode, we also visit another project in the Sekhukhune area, were the Ikageng Ga Masha Cooperative farms on 380 hectares of land under irrigation. The cooperative grows maize, potatoes and wheat. It receives training from the Tompi Agricultural College, as part of an ongoing skills development programme. The cooperative has an agreement with Simba Chips for its potato crop.
