Eastern Cape Development Agencies Unveil R113 million Forestry commercialisation drive
May 8, 2016: The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) and Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA) have unveiled a major R113 million forestry commercialisation drive in Mkambati in Flagstaff in the OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape. Backed by a R83...
ECRDA Releases solid 2014/15 Annual results
November 19, 2015: The Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA) today announced that it had spent a total of R51 million in the development of its flagship Mqanduli and Ncora Rural Enterprise Development Hubs (RED) in the 2014/15 financial year. Announcing the...
R46.5 million Emalahleni Rural Enterprise Development (RED) Hub launched
21 May 2015 May 21, 2015: Some 574 landowners from 13 villages in Lady Frere at the Emalahleni Local Municipality are set to generate solid long-term financial returns from a R46.5 million, Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA) commercialisation and...
ECRDA unveils R100 million agro-processing initiatives
December 9, 2014: A total of 996 landowners in the rural towns of Bizana and Lady Frere in the former Transkei are set to reap benefits from a R100 million agro-processing programme being managed by the Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA) over the next three...
ECRDA records 1 727 ton Ncora harvest
December 8, 2014: The Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA) says it harvested a total of 1,727 tons of white maize at an average of three tons per hectare from the 955 hectares (ha) planted in Ncora near Queenstown in the first season of the R91 million...
ECRDA approves R14,7 million in loans to 473 rural businesses in 2013/14
December 5, 2014: Rural development financier, the Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA), says it approved a total of R14,7 million of rural development loans to 473 enterprises in the 2013/14 financial year. Announcing the rural development agency’s 2013/14...
ECRDA rolls out major commercial sheep production drive in Ntabankulu
November, 27, 2014: The Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA) today handed over 80 sheep rams to 95 livestock farmers in a major commercial sheep production drive in the Eastern Cape village of Mnceba in Ntabankulu some two hours from Mthatha. The commercial...
Chris Hani District Municipality cooperatives score big from R91 million agroprocessing initiatives
Ten primary cooperatives in the Ncorha Irrigation Scheme in Cofimvaba have become the first beneficiaries of a R91 million agro-processing initiative managed by the Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA) and the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC).The...
