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Oos-Kaap
51 Studiegroepe 2 199 Geregistreerde lede
Vrystaat
14 Studiegroepe 918 Geregistreerde lede
KwaZulu-Natal
14 Studiegroepe 1 391 Geregistreerde lede
Mpumalanga
24 Studiegroepe 1 327 Geregistreerde lede
Noordwes
24 Studiegroepe 924 Geregistreerde lede
Wes-Kaap
6 Studiegroepe 55 Geregistreerde lede
133 Studiegroepe 6 814 Geregistreerde lede
Eastern Cape 51 Study groups 2 199 Registered members
Free State
14 Study groups
918 Registered members
KwaZulu-Natal
14 Study groups 1 391 Registered members
Mpumalanga
24 Study groups 1 327 Registered members
North West
24 Study groups
924 Registered members
Western Cape 6 Study groups
55 Registered members
133 Study groups 6 814 Registered members
1. JANE MCPHERSON
Manager: Farmer Development
Bestuurder: Ontwikkelende
Landbou
2. Sally-ann Constable
Office Assistant: Maclear
Kantoorassistent: Maclear
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Nelspruit, Louwsburg, Kokstad, Mthatha, Maclear en die Paarl.
Elkeen van hierdie kantore handel elke jaar ’n “kwota” van
aktiwiteite af. Op hierdie stadium bedien ons 4 664 lede deur
die studiegroepe.
Ontwikkelende Landbou (vervolg)
Farmer Development (continued)
Die daarstelling en diens van studiegroepe is eintlik die
toetreepunt van ons ontwikkelingsprogram. Daar is duisende
mense in Suid-Afrika wat toegang tot verskillende groottes
bewerkbare grond het, en deur die studiegroepe stel ons hulle
aan die tipe produksiepraktyke bloot wat hulle in staat stel om
die grond wat hulle beskikbaar het, optimaal te benut. Hoewel
ons 6 814 lede op rekord het, is almal nie elke jaar ten volle
opbetaald nie. Daar is 4 300 opbetaalde lede.
Die streke in Suid-Afrika verskil baie – voor 1994 was daar tuisland-
gebiede waar die stelsel van grondeiendomsreg kommunaal
was (deur die staat besit en deur die stamowerheid bestuur).
Daar is selfs vandag nog talle produsente in die voormalige
tuislandgebiede wat kos vir hulleself produseer. Ontvangers van
grond deur middel van herverspreiding en restitusie het gewoonlik
groter stukke grond vir produksie beskikbaar.
Ons glo steeds dat ons deur ons program aan huishoudelike
sowel as nasionale voedselsekerheid aandag moet skenk – alle
grond in Suid-Afrika moet produktief gebruik word. “Moenie
elke dag oordeel op grond van die oes wat jy behaal nie, maar
op grond van die saad wat jy plant.” (Robert Louis Stevenson).
Deur maandelikse vergaderings met die lede van studie-
groepe stel ons hulle aan inligting van regoor die hele
graansektor en boerderybestuur bloot, sowel as die beginsels
van bewaringslandbou.
Demonstrasieproewe
In die minder-gekommersialiseerde gebiede moet demonstra-
sieproewe gedoen word sodat ontwikkelende produsente die
Nelspruit, Louwsburg, Kokstad, Mthatha, Maclear and Paarl.
Each of these offices achieves a “quota” of activities each
year. At this stage, we are servicing 4 664 members through the
study groups.
The establishment and servicing of study groups is really the en-
try point to our development programme. There are thousands
of people in South Africa who have access to arable land of dif-
ferent sizes, and through the study groups we expose them to
the type of production practices that will enable them to make
optimal use of the land they have available. Although we have
6 814 members on record, not all are fully paid up each year.
There are 4 300 paid-up members.
The regions in South Africa differ a lot – prior to 1994 there
were the homeland areas where the system of land tenure
was communal (owned by the state and managed by the
tribal authority). Even today there are still many farmers in the
former homeland areas who produce food for themselves.
Recipients of land through redistribution and restitution
usually have larger tracts of land available for production.
We continue to believe that through our programme we need to
address household food security as well as national food security
– all land in South Africa should be used productively. “Don’t
judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that
you plant.” (Robert Louis Stevenson).
Through monthly meetings with the members of study groups,
we expose them to information about the entire grain sector
as well as the principles of conservation agriculture.
Demonstration trials
In the less commercialised areas it is necessary to have
demonstration trials so that the developing farmers can see the
9. LAWRENCE LUTHANGO
Development Coordinator:
Mthatha
Ontwikkelingskoördineerder:
Mthatha
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resultate van goeie produksiepraktyke kan sien. Die produsente
kan die praktyke ervaar en dan op hulle eie grond toepas.
Ons was weer gelukkig om deur talle insetverskaffingsmaatskap-
pye met demonstrasieproewe bygestaan te word. Hierdie
maatskappye verskaf nie net die saad, kunsmis en chemikalieë
nie, maar help ook met die aanplanting en bestuur van die
proewe, en deel hulle kennis met die produsente in die gebiede.
Hierdie jaar het ons die volgende proewe aangeplant:
Demonstrasieproewe is ’n goeie manier om aan kleinskaalprodu-
sente die voordele van die korrekte metodes te illustreer. Waar
ontwikkelende produsente tussen die kommersiële produsen-
te werk, soos in die Vrystaat en Noordwes, is dit nie nodig om
demonstrasieproewe aan te plant nie, aangesien die produsente
goeie kommersiële graanproduksiepraktyke kan sien. In die
verafgeleë landelike gebiedemoet proewe geplant word omdie
produsente te wys wat in hulle gebied se unieke omstandighede
moontlik is – omdat produsente gewoonlik so gewoond is aan
die plaaslike praktyke dat hulle nie die potensiaal van die gebied
raaksien, of diebehoeftehet omdiepraktyke teverander nie. Deur
die produsente se eie toerusting te gebruik en die aanplantings
langs hulle landerye te doen, word hulle gemotiveer om hulle
produksiepraktyke aan te pas om beter resultate te verkry.
Boeredae
Ten einde die produsente met hulle ontwikkeling na kommersiële
produksie te help, moet hulle blootgestel word aan demon-
strasies om met die praktiese aspekte van gewasproduksie
vertroud te raak.
Wanneer die terreine vir die demonstrasieproewe bepaal
word, is dit baie belangrik dat die ontwikkelende produsente
in daardie streek blootgestel word aan al die aspekte van
die plant en versorging van gewasse wat daar verbou gaan
word. Die boeredae bied ’n geleentheid aan die produsente
om ander produsente, insetverskaffingsmaatskappye en al die
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Vrystaat
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KwaZulu-Natal
5
Mpumalanga
15
Wes-Kaap
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Eastern Cape
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Free State
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KwaZulu-Natal
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Mpumalanga
15
Western Cape
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results of goodproduction practices. The farmers can experience
the practices and then apply them to their own land.
We have again been fortunate to be assisted by many
input supply companies with the establishment of the
demonstration trials. These companies not only provide the
seed, fertiliser and chemicals, but also assist with the planting
and management of the trials, and share their knowledge
with the farmers in the areas.
This year we planted the following trials:
Demonstration trials are a good way of showing small-scale
farmers the benefits of correct methods. Where developing
farmers work among the commercial farmers, as is the case
in the Free State and North West, there is no need to plant
demonstration trials as the farmers see good commercial grain
production practices. In the more rural areas, trials have to
be planted to show the farmers what is possible under their
area’s unique conditions – because farmers usually grow
so accustomed to the local practices that they do not see
the potential of the area or the need to change the current
practices. By using the farmers’ own equipment and planting
the trials next to their fields, they are motivated to modify their
production practices to achieve better results.
Farmer days
In order to assist the farmers in their development towards
commercial production, they need to be exposed to
demonstrations where they can become familiar with the
practical aspects of crop production.
Once the sites for the demonstration trials have been
established, it is very important for the developing farmers
in that region to be exposed to all the aspects of planting
and tending to the crops that are to be planted on those
sites. The farmer days offer an opportunity for the farmers to
meet other farmers, input supply companies and all other
3. Luthando Diko
Office Assistant: Kokstad
Kantoorassistent: Kokstad
4. NAAS GOUWS
Development Coordinator: Belfast
Ontwikkelingskoördineerder:
Belfast
5. IAN HOUSEHAM
Development Coordinator: Kokstad
Ontwikkelingskoördineerder:
Kokstad
6. DR WILLIE KOTZÉ
Operations Manager
Bedryfsbestuurder
7. JOHAN KRIEL
Development Coordinator:
Ladybrand
Ontwikkelingskoördineerder:
Ladybrand
8. LANDI KRUGER
Data Administrator and Economist
Data Administreerder en Ekonoom
10. JURIE MENTZ
Development Coordinator: Vryheid
Ontwikkelingskoördineerder: Vryheid
11. LEBOGANG MOGATLANYANE
Office Assistant: Lichtenburg
Kantoorassistent: Lichtenburg
12. CWAYITA MPOTYI
Office Assistant: Mthatha
Kantoorassistent: Mthatha
13. JERRY MTHOMBOTHI
Development Coordinator:
Nelspruit
Ontwikkelingskoördineerder:
Nelspruit
14. Vusi Ngesi
Development Coordinator:
Maclear
Ontwikkelingskoördineerder:
Maclear
15. SYDWELL NKOSI
Office Assistant: Vryheid
Kantoorassistent: Vryheid
