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NMC’S E191 000 STRATEGY TENDER

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MBABANE – Strengths Incorporated has emerged as the best evaluated tenderer to be granted the E191 178 tender to develop a strategic plan for NMC.


National Maize Corporation (NMC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sabelo Msibi disclosed that the company scored 66.6 per cent to come out tops in the tender where there were only three competitors.


The contenders were 360 Degrees Business Solutions, lnstitute of Performance Management and KPMG which closely followed the eventual winner with a total evaluation score of 59.3 per cent.


  It should be mentioned that the price of E191 178 by Strengths Incorporated was the lowest.
The highest was lnstitute of Performance Management E873 905.76.


The intended strategy will be complement forecasts to the effect that some farmers on Eswatini Nation Land (ESNL) in some parts of the country can produce up to 14 tonnes of maize per hectare under rain-fed conditions.


The average yield of maize per hectare is anything between three – six tonnes per hectare.
NMC Marketing and Communications Officer Nokwanda Dlamini- Masuku previously said generally, on average, Swazi farmers produce 2 tonnes per hectare.


“This is way below average. Therefore, competitions such as the National Maize Competition (NAMCOM)  go a long way in ensuring that information on best farming practices is shared among farmers and that farmers remain encouraged and inspired to continue the struggle first towards self-sustenance through maize farming and then towards food security for the country,” said Dlamini – Masuku.


In previous years, during NAMCOM the overall winner signified a certain level of maturity of the farmer in terms of maize production, which provides the reason why this farmer would then be excluded from competitions to follow, as a way of opening up the competition to newcomers to the industry as well as allow the competitors to compete on level ground. 



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