GreenSourced

About this project

GreenSourced aims to strengthen the emerging horticulture sector in Embalenhle, Mpumalanga, South Africa by combining practical farmer development with water-smart technologies and improved market access. A locally embedded AgriHub at the Middelbult site will demonstrate GreenSource rainwater harvesting and water treatment, BluElephant decentralised wastewater treatment and reuse, and capillary irrigation, integrated with regenerative agriculture, a digital farmer-development platform, a nursery, packhouse and marketplace.During the project, 300 emerging farmers will be mapped and profiled, 200 high potential farmers will receive practical field training, 120 will participate in intensive cohort-based GreenSourced training, and 20 are targeted to progress to pre-commercial farming based on performance, access to land and financing. Local staff and value-chain entrepreneurs will also develop skills in operation, maintenance, aggregation, quality control and market services.The project aims to improve farmer productivity, bankability, market access and resilience to water scarcity while creating sustainable enterprise and employment opportunities. After the subsidy period, the AgriHub is intended to continue as a training, production and market facility and provide a replicable model for productive post-mining land use and local economic development.

Published by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency · Government

Countries

South Africa

Sectors

Water resources conservation (including data collection)Basic drinking water supplyEmployment creationAgricultural developmentAgricultural land resourcesAgricultural extensionAgricultural education/trainingSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SME) developmentFood security policy and administrative management

Focus

Trade development · Main focusClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributes

Funded by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Implemented by

The U Can Company Pty Ltd, Rhiza, Orange Water Works B.V., Jotem water solutions B.V., Twinx B.V.

Accountable

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Published by Netherlands Enterprise Agency to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 14 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27378529-PIC26ZAS01.

No updates yet.