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Practical training in agriculture, business and mindset, from short courses to 12-month programmes.
Agricultural training for Africa's next growers
Grow your future
Personalised, practical agricultural training for agripreneurs, agricultural students and workers, with help towards funding, land and mentoring.
- Certificate on completion
- Practicals on working farms
- An EARN company
How will you grow?
Start with a practical short course, online from anywhere.
Learning, Earning, Owning
One Path, Two Outcomes: Employment in Agriculture or Farm Ownership
Leads to employment
Earning
Specialist and Graduate Programmes
Twelve months of specialist training or hands-on work experience that prepares graduates for work in commercial agriculture.
Leads to farm ownership
Owning
Agripreneur Programme
Twelve months that end with the agripreneur's own agribusiness on allocated land: independent agribusinesses that employ others. Graduates have created more than 150 jobs.
Exxaro founding cohort, Lephalale. Ten agripreneurs completed in 2020 and still run their own farms on Exxaro-leased land, six years on.
Start with a course
Book a Short Course Online, or Apply for a 12-Month Programme
Our 360° model
Seven Pillars of Training and Support, From Selection to Market
Training doesn't stop at the classroom. Support runs from the day you're selected to the day you sell into a market.
- Candidate Selection & Assessment
- Modern Training Centres with Advanced Farming Technologies
- Capacity Development & Skills Building
- Professional Training & Career Growth
- Provision of Practical Tools & Resources
- Accelerate Post-transition Land Access Placement
- Market Linkages & Employment Opportunities
Our Massive Transformative Purpose
Our purpose
To develop Africa's youth into successful agripreneurs, building profitable, sustainable agribusinesses that secure food supplies, create jobs and drive shared prosperity.
2034
Our vision: Africa as the best place in the world to grow food.
12-month programmes
Deep Training for a Career or a Business in Agriculture
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ADP · 12 monthsAgripreneur Development Programme
A 36-month journey: twelve months of training across Activate and Accelerate, then a 24-month Post-Accelerate Transition running your own agribusiness on allocated land.
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ASDP · 12 monthsAgriculture Specialists Training Programme
Twelve months of specialist training across six divisions, from soil, climate and water to business commercialisation and marketing.
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GDP · 12 monthsAgriculture Graduate Development Programme
Twelve months of hands-on work experience for graduates, with modules in commercial crop production, marketing and sales, and engineering, plus mentorship.
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Not ready for 12 months? Start with a short course and learn online from your first week.
Impact in the field
Training happens where food is grown: in tunnels, in open fields and on EARN's farms.
Track record
Results, Agripreneur and Graduate Stories and the Partners Behind Them
- Social funding secured, 2019 to 2026
- R30 million+
- Agripreneurs trained to date
- 50
- Jobs created by agripreneur graduates
- 150+
- Provinces active: Limpopo, Gauteng, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga
- 4
- Corporate funders backing the programme
- 4
Exxaro founding cohort
Lephalale, 2019 to 2020
Ten agripreneurs completed the programme in 2020 and settled on Exxaro-leased farmland. Six years on, their enterprises still operate and create jobs in the Lephalale farming community.
Nedbank and Lesedi Power
Three provinces, 2024 to 2025
26 candidates from Gauteng, the Northern Cape and Mpumalanga trained with full accommodation and stipend support. All are now in the Post-Accelerate Transition, building enterprises and creating jobs.
Eskom Komati cohort
Komati, 2025 to 2026
15 candidates, sponsored by Eskom Komati CSI through the Josudan Foundation NPC. In August 2026 eight agripreneurs began their Post-Accelerate Transition at EARN's commercial farm while permanent land is secured in Komati.
From farm to shelf
Pick n Pay
Agripreneurs' produce reaches Pick n Pay through AG Horticulture, the EARN group's market aggregation platform: trained to produce, and connected to reliable commercial buyers.
Our values
What Guides Every Course, Programme and Partnership
Innovation
Digital tools and smart farming methods that prepare the next generation to lead Africa's agriculture.
Sustainability and Regeneration
Climate-smart, regenerative practice that protects the land and keeps farms profitable.
Community-Driven Impact
We grow together with communities, landowners and partners, for a fair and inclusive future in agriculture.
Empowerment through Knowledge
Mentorship and practical training that give people the skills to build agribusinesses that last.
Start today
Your first course is a few taps away. Your farm business can follow.
Not sure where to start? Ask us anything or call +27 12 669 3012.