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ander rolspelers in die bedryf te ontmoet – en kry by hierdie
geleenthede baie inligting en blootstelling.
In die meer gekommersialiseerde gebiede word proefnemings
deur die verskillende insetverskaffers en LNR-geaffilieerdes
geplant waar boeredae spesifiek vir die ontwikkelende
produsente gereël kan word. In hierdie gebiede word daar
meer klem op die verskille tussen kultivars en die impak van
die verskillende plantpopulasies geplaas. Hierdie dae stel
produsente aan inligting bloot en stel hulle in staat om ’n
ondersteuningstelsel te vestig.
Die totaal van die boeredae wat in hierdie tydperk gehou is,
is soos volg:
Farmer development
ontwikkelende Landbou
Vennootskappe
Daar is talle rolspelers in die graanbedryf en dit is belangrik
dat daar ’n goeie werksverhouding tussen hulle is. Landbou-
ontwikkeling as veld is omvangryk en dit is belangrik om toegang
tot inligting en steun te kry. Graan SA se ontwikkelingsprogram
sal nie vir altyd voortduur nie, en dit is belangrik dat hierdie
produsente hulle eie netwerke met die verskillende rolspelers
in die bedryf moet ontwikkel sodat hulle op eie stoom as
kommersiële produsente kan voortgaan.
Op nasionale vlak het ons ’n goeie verhouding met ’n aantal
amptenare in die Departement van Landelike Ontwikkeling en
Grondhervorming (die DG, Mdu Shabane, mnre Bonginkosi Zulu,
EdwinMoshabeleenMalibongweGcwabe, om’npaar tenoem).
Op provinsiale vlak het ons goeie verhoudinge met mnre Steven
Modise en Orapeleng Mocumi (Vrystaat) David Mashiloane
(Noordwes) en Xolani Mashabane (Mpumalanga). Ons is onlangs
deur die Departement van Landbou, Bosbou en Visserye in die
Oos-Kaap en Mpumalanga genader, wat aangedui het dat hulle
nouer met ons wil saamwerk. Ons sien daarna uit om ’n goeie
werksverhouding met hierdie departemente te handhaaf, aan-
gesien ons ’n gemeenskaplike visie deel, al het ons verskillende
take om uit te voer om ons doelwitte te bereik.
Produksielenings bly ’n uitdaging vir die ontwikkelende sektor.
Ons werk saam met personeel van Omnia, Eerste Nasionale
Bank, NWK, Senwes en VKB, Humansdorp Koöperasie asook die
Land Bank, om leningsbefondsing vir produsente te fasiliteer.
Die uitdagings waarvoor ons te staan kom ten opsigte van
produksiefinansiering sluit die gebrek aan aanvullende sekuriteit
in (dit is ’n uitdaging op kommunale en gehuurde grond),
insetversekering is feitlik onmoontlik om te kry, aangesien die
produsente nie ’n vyfjaargeskiedenis op die grond het nie,
en die koste van kontrakteurs om die landerye te bewerk,
maak die gewasproduksie te duur. Dit is daarom moeilik om
die verlangde vlak van transformasie in die sektor te verkry.
Saaiboerdery is duur en buiten op die baie lae vlakke, het
produsente lenings nodig om te kan produseer.
Ons het ’n uitstekende verhouding met talle van die insetver-
skaffingsmaatskappye, veral Monsanto en Omnia, wat ons
Provinsie
Getal boeredae Teenwoordig
Oos-Kaap
29
1 480
Vrystaat
18
953
KwaZulu-Natal
10
839
Mpumalanga
13
794
Noordwes
9
457
Wes-Kaap
4
70
83
4 593
Province
Number of
farmer days
Attendees
Eastern Cape
29
1 480
Free State
18
953
KwaZulu-Natal
10
839
Mpumalanga
13
794
North West
9
457
Western Cape
4
70
83
4 593
role-players in the industry – and the farmers gain much
information and exposure on these occasions.
In the more commercialised areas trials are planted by the
various input supply companies and ARC affiliates where
farmer days can be arranged specifically for the developing
farmers. In these areas more emphasis is placed on the
differences between cultivars and the impact of the different
plant populations. These days expose farmers to information
and enable them to establish a support system.
The total farmer days held during this period was as follows:
Partnerships
There are many role-players in the grain industry and it is
important for a good working relationship to exist between
them. The field of agricultural development is very wide and it
is important to access information and support. The Grain SA
development programme will not continue forever and it is
important for these farmers to develop their own networks
with the different role-players in the industry so that they can
continue as commercial farmers on their own.
On a national level we have a good relationship with a number
of officials in the Department of Rural Development and Land
Reform (the DG, Mdu Shabane, Messrs Bonginkosi Zulu, Edwin
Moshabele and Malibongwe Gcwabe, to mention a few).
At provincial level we have good relations with Messrs Steven
Modise and Orapeleng Mocumi (Free State), David Mashiloane
(North West) and Xolani Mashabane (Mpumalanga). Recently
we were approached by the Departments of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga,
who indicated that they would like to work with us more closely.
We look forward to maintaining a good working relationship with
these departments, as we share a common vision even though
we have different tasks to perform in order to achieve our goals.
Production loans remain a challenge for the developing
sector. We have been working with personnel from Omnia,
First National Bank, NWK, Senwes and VKB, Humansdorp
Co-Operative and the Land Bank in order to facilitate loan
funding for farmers. The challenges that we face with regard
to production financing include the lack of collateral to use
as security (this is a challenge on communal and leased
land), input insurance is almost impossible to access as the
farmers do not have a five-year history on the land, and
the cost of using contractors to work the fields makes crop
production too expensive. It is therefore difficult to attain the
desired level of transformation in the sector. Crop farming
is expensive and except at the very low levels, the farmers
require loans in order to produce.
We have an excellent relationship with many of the
input supply companies, particularly Monsanto and
hierdie jaar help met ’n spesiale program vir 1 000 bestaans-
boere op 1 000 hektaar. Ons het ook goeie verhoudings
met verteenwoordigers van Pannar, Pioneer, Agricol,
Laeveld Agrochem, Bayer, Sasol Fertiliser, UAP, verskillende
verskaffers van landboumeganisasie en trekkers, Cedara en
die Glen-landboukollege, die Oos-Kaapse landelike ontwik-
kelingsagentskap, grondboontjieprodusente en -verwerkers en
GFADA (die Graanboerontwikkelingsvereniging).
Met die aanplanting van demonstrasieproewe en die aanbied
van boeredae is die samewerking wat ons kry bemoedigend.
Hierdie jaar was ons gelukkig om mnr Senzeni Zokwana (die
Minister van Landbou, Bosbou en Visserye, asook die LUR van
die Oos-Kaap) by die opening van die Maclear-kantoor te
hê. Ons kon ook ’n vergadering met die Adjunkminister van
Landbou, Bosbou en Visserye, generaal Bheki Cele, reël om
die uitdagings te bespreek wat ontwikkelende produsente in
die gesig staar.
Gevorderde produsenteprogram
Daar is steeds ’n aansienlike gaping tussen die meer gevorderde
ontwikkelende produsente en die kommersiële produsente.
Hierdie jaar het ons ’n nuwe naam geskep vir die gevorderde
produsente wat volle kommersiële status bereik het – nuwe-
era kommersiële produsente, om hulle vordering te moniteer
en hulle suksesse te vier. Al die ontwikkelende produsente kan
nie op dieselfde basiese vlak ondersteun word nie. Deur die
studiegroepe word die beginnerprodusente met inligting en
opleiding gesteun om hulle in produksie te kry en ’n basiese
begrip van die mieliebedryf te kweek. Daar is egter produsente
wat nou verder gevorder het as die soort ondersteuning wat hulle
deur die studiegroepstrukture kry. Hierdie produsente boer reeds
op ’n semi-kommersiële skaal, maar is nie in ’n posisie om in die
kommersiële wêreld heeltemal aan hulle eie genade oorgelaat
te word nie.
Deur hierdie individuele ondersteuningsprogram probeer ons
om die uitstaande kandidate vanuit die studiegroepstelsel te
ondersteun. Hierdie produsente het een-tot-een-ondersteuning
nodig wat boerderybestuur betref en ontvang een jaar se
intensiewe ondersteuning. Elke jaar word ’n nuwe groep
produsente geïdentifiseer en ondersteun, en daarna behoort
hulle outonoom te kan voortgaan, met ’n mate van telefoniese
bystand deur die streeksbeamptes. Wanneer die produsent
meer as 250 ton per jaar produseer en aan die kommersiële
16. DIMAKATSO NYAMBOSE
Office Assistant: Ladybrand
Kantoorassistent: Ladybrand
17. SAM RUITERS
Training Administrator
Opleidingsadministreerder
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Omnia, who are assisting us with a special programme for
1 000 subsistence farmers on 1 000 hectares this year. We also
have good relationships with representatives from Pannar,
Pioneer, Agricol, Laeveld Agrochem, Bayer, Sasol Fertiliser,
UAP, various suppliers of agricultural mechanisation and
tractors, Cedara and Glen College of Agriculture, the Eastern
Cape Rural Development Agency, groundnut farmers
and processors and GFADA (the Grain Farmer Develop-
ment Association).
With the planting of demonstration trials and the hosting of
farmers days, the cooperation that we get is encouraging.
This year we were lucky to have Mr Senzeni Zokwana (the
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries), as well
as the MEC for the Eastern Cape at the opening of the
Maclear office. We were also able to have a meeting with
the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,
General Bheki Cele, to discuss the challenges facing the
developing farmers.
Advanced farmer programme
There is still a considerable gap between the more advanced
developing farmers and the commercial farmers. This year
we coined a new name for the advanced farmers who
have achieved full commercial status – new era commercial
farmers. This was done to monitor their progress and
celebrate their successes. All the developing farmers cannot
be supported at the same basic level. Through the study
groups, the starter farmers are supported with information
and training to get them into production and to cultivate a
basic understanding of the maize industry. However, there
are farmers who are now beyond the type of support that
they get through the study group structures. These farmers
are already farming on a semi-commercial scale, but they
are not in a position to be left entirely to their own devices in
the commercial world.
Through this individual support programme we try to support
the outstanding candidates who have emerged from the
study group system. These farmers need one-on-one support
in terms of production management and receive one year
of intensive support. Every year a new group of farmers will
be identified and supported, and they should then be able
to continue on their own with some telephonic assistance by
the regional officers. When the farmer is producing in excess
Ontwikkelende Landbou (vervolg)
Farmer Development (continued)
18. NONHLANHLA SITHOLE
Office Assistant: Nelspruit
Kantoorassistent: Nelspruit
19. MADELEEN STEYN
Financial and Administrative
Support Clerk
Finansiële en Administratiewe
Ondersteuningsklerk
20. LIANA STROEBEL
Development Coordinator:
Western Cape
Ontwikkelingskoördineerder:
Wes-Kaap
21. DANIE VAN DEN BERG
Development Coordinator:
Bloemfontein
Ontwikkelingskoördineerder:
Bloemfontein
22. DU TOIT VAN DER WESTHUIZEN
Development Coordinator:
Lichtenburg
Ontwikkelingskoördineerder:
Lichtenburg
