Sefata Poultry Cooperative

Sefata poultry cooperative was established 2002 by 6 youth, 3 women and 3 men in Manyeding village in Kuruman. Department of Agriculture contributed a lot they donated the 25x10m building and R120 000.00 for renovation, they got support also from John Taolo Gaetsewe Municipality, Kgalagadi Charity Trust, Department of Agriculture and Joe Morolong Local Municipality.

They started the cooperative to achieve and to obtain the breed's reputation for a low feed conversion and low production costs, and there is a high demand of best breast meat.

Sefata poultry will, upon commencement of operations, sell a broiler chicken and wastes of these chickens to the local farmers, the wastes are used as feeds for livestock and fertilizer for garden. what will set Sefata poultry apart from competition is their commitment to provide all of these products in one convenient location.

Concerning the pricing they calculate the number of chickens to be sold in a month in order to cover the fixed, variable costs and the minimum profit. They purchase pullets for R4.00 and it cost them R18.50 to raise it, they sell chickens for R40.00.