Supporting Women Farmers in Botswana
In Botswana, Unitech Farming provides training and support to youth and female farmers, most of whom are smallholders operating on a couple of acres or less. Pearl Gaone Ranna is a mother, a farmer, a social entrepreneur, and a visionary. At the age of 26, she convened the first-ever women in farming expo held in Botswana, drawing participants from across Southern Africa to network and discuss the barriers and opportunities they face in their respective countries. She is the founder and managing director of Unitech. Ranna is excited, in part, because the program is being launched in the village where she was raised. She fell in love with farming as a teenager helping on her mother’s farm. She says her father wanted her to set her sights higher than being a farmer. Indeed, she did. She intends to transform the agricultural sector for all women.
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