Agriculture, Aquaculture by Kriek Bekker

2017

Kriek Bekker

Agriculture, Aquaculture

Matthew 14:17 - 19

17 “We have here only five loaves of

bread and two fish,” they answered.18 “Bring them here to me,” he

said. 19 And he directed the people to sit

down on the grass. Taking the five

loaves and the two fish and looking up

to heaven, he gave thanks and broke

the loaves.

#tks17

Partnering for Kingdom Impact

in Africa – Feed the Many

• Every 8 seconds, a child dies of hunger somewhere in the world.

• 50% or 2bn tons food produced around the world never makes it on to a plate.

• 50% of food bought in first world countries are thrown away.

• 550bn cubic metres of water is wasted globally in growing crops.

– The demand for water in food production could reach 10–13 trillion cubic metres a year by 2050.

– This is 2.5 to 3.5 times greater than the total human use of fresh water today.

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Partnering in Food Production -

A collaboration between Nigeria and SA

• Nigeria has 180m people.

• 50% of your food

produced goes to waste.

• Opportunity! Nigeria can feed

the entire West Africa.

• What are the challenges?

• How can we collaborate?

Challenges

• Lack of Capital

• High Input Costs

• Bad Infrastructures (Roads,

Transport, Harvesting, Cold Chain

Facilities and Cold Chain

Management)

• Epileptic Power Supply

• Lack of Extension

Services

• Inadequate Industry

Knowledge

• No Marketing or Promotion Skills

• Inadequate Recordkeeping

• Non Market Competitive Labour Costs

• Inadequate water moving Infrastructure; water Pollution problems

So how do we move from

here to here?

From Here to Here?

Transforming Society gives

us a Framework for Engaging

• Identifies Spheres of Society.

• Understands Assets.

• Recognizes “giants” or social ills

in each nation, society, city or

town.

• Lays out a deliberate strategy for

engagement.

It takes a Network to bring

about Transformation

Investors

Four Key Elements to

Transformation:

Foundational Principles for

Transformation

• There must be a calling to transformation, a higher purpose.

• Personal agendas / aspirations must support the higher purpose.

• Investment capital must be broad, and sufficient.

– Financial, political, moral / spiritual, leadership

• Initiatives must be risk-

proofed.

– Politically, financially,

relationally, tribally.

• Opposition must be dealt

with fairly and clearly.

• Transparency,

measurability,

accountability must be

instituted.

#tks17

Can we transform society for Kingdom

purposes and feed Nigeria? Yes we can!

2017

Kriek Bekker

Agriculture, Aquaculture