To facilitate and increase on this trade, the department will increase access to valuable production and processing infrastructure for local products. This will also include diversification of export products through the creation of organisations which will help smallholder farmers access markets and build links with the formal sector value chains. The department has launched accredited co-operative learning materials for agricultural co- operatives. Training in this regard is commencing this month and is conducted by 63 facilitators in all nine provinces, aiming to comprehensively train 250 co-operatives in this financial year.