48
49
6 000
5 000
4 000
3 000
2 000
1 000
0
Number of members/
Aantal lede
Graph 1: Grain SA members
Grafiek 1: Graan SA-lede
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Paid-up
Opbetaal
Not paid-up
Nie-opbetaal
Total members
Totale lede
Farmer Development division
Afdeling Ontwikkelende Landbou
N
a nog ’n jaar kan ons met trots verslag doen dat talle
ontwikkelende produsente by die goeie somergewas-
produksieseisoen gebaat het. Die vorige jaar was moeilik
as gevolg van die droogtes wat in die westelike dele van die
land ervaar is – produsente het in geloof weer geplant met die
hoop dat die volgende seisoen beter sal wees. Ons vier hierdie
produsente se suksesse saam met hulle!
Soos in die afgelope paar jaar is ons program deur die Mielietrust,
Wintergraantrust, Olie- en Proteïensade-ontwikkelingstrust, Sor-
ghumtrust, AgriSETA en LNR befonds. Ons is van hulle afhanklik, en
is dankbaar vir hulle goedhartige en deurlopende steun.
Diemissie van ons program: “Om swart kommersiële produsente
met kapasiteit te ontwikkel en tot huishoudelike en nasionale
voedselsekerheid by te dra deur die optimale gebruik van die
natuurlike hulpbronne wat tot elke produsent se beskikking is,” is
steeds relevant in hierdie veranderende tye. Aanvanklik het ons
probeer om almal tot die omvang van kommersiële boerdery
te laat uitbrei. In Suid-Afrika het ons egter ander realiteite – soos
produsente wat net tot ’n paar hektaar grond in kommunale
gebiede toegang het. Dit impliseer nie dat die produsent nie
kommersiële opbrengste op elke hektaar kan verkry nie. Ons
benadering is daarom om produsente te help om die grond tot
hulle beskikking optimaal te gebruik.
Met ons moderne, Westerse lewenswyse lyk dit asof ons
boerdery van voedselsekerheid geskei het – ons beskou
boerdery as ’n besigheid waar ons ons produkte verkoop,
geld kry en dan koop wat ons nodig het. Vir bestaansboere
is dit anders – hulle produseer stapelvoedsel vir hulle gesinne
en verkoop dan die surplus. Op hierdie manier dra hulle tot
huishoudelike en nasionale voedselsekerheid by. Die waarde
van hierdie soort voedselproduksie moenie onderskat word
nie – dit is nie net die waarde van die graan wat tel nie,
maar ook die geldbesparingsfaktor (geld wat baie skaars
is). Hoe meer afgeleë die gebied, hoe hoër is die koste van
die stapelvoedsel (as gevolg van vervoerkoste, en ook die
opportunisme van die sakelui van die landelike gebiede). Die
waarde van die graan vir die huishouding is dus baie hoër – dit
skakel om na ’n besparing wat die duurste terughouprys is.
Die fokus van ons program is in wese die bemagtiging van
mense deur opleiding en vaardigheidsontwikkeling. Ons
dra deur verskillende projekte, opplaas-ondersteuning aan
individuele produsente en deur die
Pula Imvula
-tydskrif inligting
en vaardighede aan die produsentlede van ons program oor.
Ons ondersteun ons produsente vanuit tien kantore regoor die
land. Hulle is in Bloemfontein, Ladybrand, Lichtenburg, Belfast,
A
fter another year we are pleased to be able to report
that many developing farmers benefited from the
good summer crop production season. The previous
year was a tough one due to the droughts experienced in
the western parts of the country – farmers are great believers,
however, and they planted again, hoping for a better season.
We celebrate their successes with these farmers!
Like in the past few years, our programme was funded by
the Maize Trust, Winter Cereal Trust, Oil and Protein Seeds
Development Trust, Sorghum Trust, AgriSETA and ARC. We are
dependent on them, and are grateful for their generous and
ongoing support.
The mission of our programme: “To develop capacitated
black commercial farmers and to contribute to household and
national food security through the optimal use of the natural
resources available to each farmer,” continues to be relevant
even in these changing times. Initially we tried to get everyone
to develop to the extent of commercial farming. However, in
South Africa we have other realities – such as farmers having
access to only a few hectares of land in communal areas. This
does not imply that the farmer cannot achieve commercial
yields on each hectare. Our approach is therefore to help
farmers to utilise the land available to them optimally.
In our modern, Western lifestyle we seem to have separated
farming from food security – we see farming as a business
where we sell our produce, get money and then buy what
we need. The situation is different for subsistence farmers
– they produce staple food for their families and then sell
the surplus. In this way, they contribute to household as well
as to national food security. The value of this type of food
production should not be underestimated – it is not just the
value of the grain that counts, but also the money-saving
factor (money that is very scarce). The more isolated the
area, the higher is the cost of the staple food (because of
transport costs, and also the opportunism of the businessmen
from the rural areas). The value of the grain to the household
is much greater – it translates into a saving at the most
expensive retaining price.
The focus of our programme is essentially human
empowerment through training and skills development. We
transfer information and skills to the farmer members of our
programme through various projects, on-farm support to
individual farmers and through the
Pula Imvula
magazine.
We support our farmers from ten offices across the country. They
are situated in Bloemfontein, Ladybrand, Lichtenburg, Belfast,
Almost half the levy (46%) is spent on research and
development. 21% is used to support the Executive functions
and include affiliation fees with other institutions. 2% is paid to
those Grain SA branches that support branch structures, while
12% is employed for the collection of the levy – this includes the
5% commission of the collection agents. Image building and
marketing use 17% to promote the image of agriculture and
accomplish the necessary lobbying activities.
Grain SA feels strongly that the employment of the funds should
be driven by and to the benefit of the members who represent
the organisation.
Member statistics
Grain SA
During the 2013/2014 Congress year R11,7 million were collected
via the levy – the highest amount in history. Paid-up members
numbered 2 409, while there was a total of 5 516 members
(see
Graph 1
).
Grain SA’s focus is to add value to producers’ farming activities,
to exploit export markets and influence the input and production
environment to ensure the sustainability of grain production.
One of the biggest challenges is to reserve certain benefits that
producers enjoy currently, and benefits that are negotiated in
future, exclusively for fully paid-up members in order to increase
the percentage of contributing producers. This will strengthen
the voice of grain producers in South Africa.
Grain SA thanks every member for their contribution to an
organisation that plays a critical role in the sustainability of grain
production in South Africa!
Byna die helfte (46%) van die heffing word spandeer aan
navorsing en ontwikkeling. 21% word aangewend om die
hoofbestuursfunksies te ondersteun en sluit affiliasiegelde by
ander instansies in. 2% word uitbetaal aan dié Graan SA-takke
wat takstrukture ondersteun, terwyl 12% aangewend word
om die heffing in te vorder, wat die 5% kommissie van die
invorderingsagente insluit. Beeldbou en bemarking beslaan
17% wat aangewend word om landbou se beeld te bevorder
en die nodige gunswerwingsaksies te bewerkstellig.
Graan SA voel sterk daaroor dat die aanwending van die
fondse gedryf moet word deur en tot voordeel van die lede
wat die organisasie verteenwoordig.
Ledestatistieke
Graan SA
Gedurende die 2013/2014 Kongresjaar is R11,7 miljoen se heffing
ingevorder – die hoogste in die geskiedenis. 2 409 lede was
opbetaal, terwyl die totale lede 5 516 beloop het (sien
Grafiek 1
).
Graan SA se fokus is om waarde tot produsente se boerdery
toe te voeg, die ontginning van uitvoermarkte en om die
inset- en produksie-omgewing te beïnvloed ten einde die
volhoubaarheid van produsente se boerderye te verseker. Een
van die grootste uitdagings is om sekere van die voordele wat
produsente tans geniet, en in die toekoms voordele te beding,
eksklusief vir volopbetaalde lede ten einde die persentasie
bydraende produsente te verhoog. Dit sal die graanprodusent
van Suid-Afrika se stem versterk.
Graan SA bedank alle lede vir hul bydrae tot ‘n organisasie wat
‘n kritiese rol speel in die volhoubaarheid van graanproduksie
in Suid-Afrika!
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Bemarking
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