{"id":1441,"date":"2017-03-01T10:18:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T10:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/daerl\/2017\/03\/01\/dept-unveils-the-search-for-the-province-fenale-entrepreneur-awards-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-03-01T10:18:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T10:18:50","slug":"dept-unveils-the-search-for-the-province-fenale-entrepreneur-awards-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/daerl\/2017\/03\/01\/dept-unveils-the-search-for-the-province-fenale-entrepreneur-awards-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Dept Unveils The Search For The Province Female Entrepreneur Awards 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development have started its search for the province\u2019s best female farmer in the Female Entrepreneur Awards 2017.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The call for the applicants in the competition is set to be heartened by the widespread publicity in an attempt to draw the ever increasing number of participants. Since from the previous years the scope of the competition has expanded in alignment with the new mandate of government to include Fisheries and Forestry sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 Female Entrepreneur Awards Competition 2017 is an annual event to acknowledge the contribution of women to agriculture and poverty eradication. It also seeks to appreciate women who are leaving an indelible mark in the Agricultural Sector.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Entries are awaited in the following categories. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Female Farmworker in the sector<\/li>\n<li>Best subsistence producer<\/li>\n<li>Top Entrepreneur: Smallholder<\/li>\n<li>Top Entrepreneur: Processing<\/li>\n<li>Top Entrepreneur: Export<\/li>\n<li>Top Entrepreneur: Commercial<\/li>\n<li>MEC Special Awards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Youth \u2013 <br \/>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Disabled \u2013 <\/p>\n<p>Former entrants are also encouraged to re-enter this year\u2019s Female Entrepreneur Awards 2017, with past category winners expected to vie for honours in the improved categories.<\/p>\n<p>Female Farmers are also encouraged to visit departmental offices in the five districts of the province for any clarity.The price money will be disclosed towards the run up to the award ceremony, which is will be held in August, during women\u2019s month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development have started its search for the province\u2019s best female farmer in the Female Entrepreneur Awards 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-statements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/daerl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/daerl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/daerl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/daerl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/daerl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/daerl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/daerl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/daerl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/daerl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}