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QSG-Consult International is an independent autonomous consultancy comprising a network of experienced agricultural consultants and practitioners in the interlocking fields of agri-engineering, commercial business, agriculture and socio-economic upliftment collaboration for the benefit of the previously disadvantaged emerging farmers. Our services are accessible to all the role-players and stakeholders within the agricultural industry.
Professional competence, experience, credibility and integrity are the four "building blocks" of effective and insightful consultancies in general, and these are the best practice attributes offered to the Clients of QSG-Consult International by virtue of our synergistic network of agribusiness professionals, some of whom enjoy either national or international recognition, or both, as leaders in their respective fields of expertise. Our Offer To YOU - Our Valued Client We have carefully selected and aligned the best skills available in the industry to ultimately offer a full spectrum of specialist and general business/agricultural competencies to meet the challenges of our Clients' individual and unique project requirements. Our policy makes provision for cost effective work methodologies to offer efficient and effective research and development capabilities in order to deliver superior strategy formulation and operational results to our Client base which includes government institutions, NGO clients, commercial agricultural clients as well as emerging agricultural clients, and of course, industrial and landscaping clients. QSG-Consult International's focus is on sustainable agriculture and best practice project development and management in the broader sense of the word, and which we synchronize with our network of core specialist members and associates in order to deliver highly beneficial consulting and management solutions and services streamlined to the specific needs of agriculture on the African Continent and beyond, wherever and whenever. Our Work Methodology We apply our skills sets within the framework of positional and philosophical guidelines combined with sound best practice in both engineering and business fundamental principles. The "Acid Test" - Sustainability Agriculture has always been, and still is a major driver and key to economic growth worldwide, and currently even more-so in Africa as a result of all the extreme challenges that we face! Therefore, a much greater challenge ahead for ALL professionals actively involved in building a better agricultural future at all levels in the industry, i.e. smallholder and rural community farming, commercial farming and broad-based agribusiness development, regulatory laws and best practice application and monitoring, especially where it involves utilization of available water resources! With the aforementioned in mind, QSG-Consult International considers the concept of viability and sustainability two key drivers that functions in tandem to ensure success for any enterprise, sustainability being the key aspect greatly dependent on the "HUMAN FACTOR!" and the most significant principle upon which to shape a consultancy platform. This is the "Acid Test" against which advice should be measured and interventions applied! Compatibility - The Design Objective QSG-Consult International, propositions that, in our focus on "sustainability", that actual successful project outcomes result from the interaction of strategic design and operational context. Therefore, success or failure is a function of the compatibility, or lack thereof existing between them, thus, problem analysis and recommended solutions are based on compatibility criteria. Quality - Uncompromising ALL our consulting assignments are structured and performed on a cost effective basis to meet acceptable standards of best practice and excellence. Large scale assignments are pier-reviewed from within our network of specialists. |
Noteworthy & Alarming News That Surfaced In 2012!
International Spotlight via OXFAM focused on African Agriculture and the new phenomena referred to as "LAND GRABBING!
All considering, one can say that there is indeed valid grounds for concern in this regard, however, there is also sufficient proof of valid and legitimate development in certain regions of the African Continent, clearly for the benefit of the local people within these regions. Just recently a publication surfaced concerning a major agricultural development on the way in Northern Sudan. This particular development entails a land area 100,000-hectares in extent, earmarked for a major irrigation development mainly for the production of Lucern, a development which upon completion, would cost approximately US$500-Million! The first phase, 12,800-hectares in extent, is already underway. This particular development will make provision for a city that will have residential facilities, shopping facilities, medical facilities, educational facilities etc, and in addition, factories for the production of the Piping and Irrigation equipment requirements for the project are already implemented. Indeed a massive development, the largest ever in the world! Surely, this will have enormous advantages for job creation and provision in the over-all socio-economic upliftment of the peoples in this region - I fail to see a case for "Land-grabbing" in this instance.
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