{"id":1383,"date":"2023-05-15T08:20:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T06:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/?page_id=1383"},"modified":"2023-05-15T09:05:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T07:05:37","slug":"nico-van-niekerk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/?page_id=1383","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Nico van Niekerk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Farming has always been a part of Nico\u2019s life \u2013 growing up in Hartswater in the Northern Cape on a citrus and pecan farm. Nico started his veterinary science degree in 2016 and graduated early 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nico has always had an interest in intensive animal production, choosing this area as an elective during final year at Onderstepoort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After obtaining his veterinary degree, he completed his compulsory community service year in Mkhondo, Mpumalanga, in 2022\/23.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nico participated in C4 Africa&#8217;s mentorship programme in 2022 and was a valuable member of the group. He officially joined the C4 Africa team in March 2023 and a veterinary consultant. Nico has a particular interest in poultry, bovine as well as fish, making him an asset to our team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nico-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1363\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farming has always been a part of Nico\u2019s life \u2013 growing up in Hartswater in the Northern Cape on a citrus and pecan farm. Nico started his veterinary science degree in 2016 and graduated early 2022. Nico has always had an interest in intensive animal production, choosing this area as &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1383","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1396,"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383\/revisions\/1396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}