Farmer development
ontwikkelende Landbou
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produksiestandaarde voldoen, word hulle aan die sorg en steun
van die kommersiële produsente in daardie streek oorhandig ten
einde die integrasie van die swart produsente by die kommersiële
sektor te versnel.
Hieronder volg ’n tabel van die produsente in ons program,
volgens hulle betrokkenheid by die program gekategoriseer.
province
provinsie
Study groups
Studiegroepe
Study group
members
Studiegroeplede
advanced
Farmers
Gevorderde
produsente
recapitalisation
farmers
Herkapitaliserings-
produsente
Eastern Cape/
Oos-Kaap
51
2 199
67
0
Free State/
Vrystaat
14
918
37
26
KwaZulu-Natal
14
1 391
8
0
Mpumalanga
24
1 327
30
1
North West/
Noordwes
24
924
28
123
Western Cape/
Wes-Kaap
6
55
4
0
133
6 814
174
150
of 250 tons per year and meets the commercial production
standards they are handed over to the care and support
of the commercial farmers in that region to fast track the
integration of the black farmers into the commercial sector.
Below is a table of the farmers in our programme, categorised
according to their involvement in the programme.
Course
Kursus
Attendees
Teenwoordig
6 Basic engine repair/
Basiese enjinherstelwerk
46
1 Pivot maintenance/
Spilpuntinstandhouding
17
2 Contractor’s course/
Kontrakteurskursus
44
8 Farming for profit/
Boer vir wins
146
34 Introduction to maize production/
Inleiding tot mielieproduksie
792
8 Introduction to sorghum production/
Inleiding tot sorghumproduksie
134
1 Introduction to sunflower production/
Inleiding tot sonneblomproduksie
15
3 Introduction to wheat – part 1 and 2/
Inleiding tot koring – deel 1 en 2
22
3 Resource assessment and farm planning/
Hulpbronevaluering en plaasbeplanning
49
20 Safety for farmers and farmworkers on farms/
Veiligheid vir produsente en plaaswerkers op plase
254
16 Setting of implements/
Stel van implemente
272
11 Tractor and farm implement maintenance/
Instandhouding van trekkers en plaasimplemente
202
3 Tractor driver course/
Trekkerdrywerkursus
12
10 Tractor maintenance – part 1 and 2/
Trekkerinstandhouding – deel 1 en 2
81
27 Workshop skills/
Werkswinkelvaardighede
229
153
2 315
Over the past ten years we have developed course material
that covers almost all aspects of crop farming, mechanisation
and management. Each of these courses has a manual and
each student is given a copy. The courses usually last five days
and trainers train the students under their own production
circumstances and in the language of their preference
(wherever possible). The manuals are very comprehensive
and the farmers therefore need time to work through all the
information at home.
This year we presented an increased number of courses relating
to safety and the safe use of tools. Each year there is a slightly
different focus, as the needs of the farmers change.
The courses are part of a full support programme – after the
course the farmers are supported through the study group
meetings and visits by advanced farmers to ensure that the
information from the course becomes useful to the farmer.
Pula Imvula
Pula Imvula
(which means rain) is our monthly magazine which
we send out to a large number of recipients. It is distributed as
follows in the following languages:
English
3 140
Afrikaans
480
Sesotho
2 360
Setswana
4 310
Sesotho sa Leboa
1 390
isiZulu
4 520
isiXhosa
3 990
20 190
We have various sponsors for
Pula Imvula
– each month eight
pages are sponsored by the Maize Trust, four additional pages
are sponsored in March, June, September and December by
the Winter Cereal Trust, and a further four pages are sponsored
by the Oil and Protein Seeds Development Trust in January,
April, July and October. We also have an expanded English
version with an additional eight pages that are sponsored
commercially by Pannar, Monsanto, Jupidex, Profert and
Northmec. The purpose of the expanded English
Pula Imvula
is to include articles of a more technical nature for the more
advanced farmers (who are proficient in English).
Oor die afgelope tien jaar het ons kursusmateriaal ontwikkel
wat feitlik alle aspekte van saaiboerdery, meganisering en
bestuur dek. Elkeen van hierdie kursusse het ’n handleiding en
elke student ontvang sy eie kopie. Die kursusse duur gewoonlik
vyf dae, en opleiers lei die studente onder hulle eie produksie-
omstandighede en (waar moontlik) in die taal van hulle keuse
op. Die handleidings is baie omvattend en die produsente het
dus tyd nodig om tuis deur al die inligting te werk.
Hierdie jaar het ons ’n groter getal kursusse ten opsigte van
veiligheid en die veilige gebruik van gereedskap aangebied.
Daar is elke jaar ’n effens ander fokus, aangesien die produsente
se behoeftes verander.
Die kursusse is deel van ’n volledige ondersteuningsprogram – na
die kursus word die produsente deur middel van studiegroepver-
gaderings en besoeke deur gevorderde produsente ondersteun
om te verseker dat die inligting van die kursus vir die produsent
nuttig word.
Pula Imvula
Die
Pula Imvula
(wat reën beteken) is ons maandelikse tydskrif
wat aan ’n groot getal ontvangers uitgestuur word. Dit word
soos volg in die volgende tale versprei:
Engels
3 140
Afrikaans
480
Suid-Sotho
2 360
Tswana
4 310
Noord-Sotho
1 390
Zulu
4 520
Xhosa
3 990
20 190
Ons het verskeie borge vir die
Pula Imvula
– elke maand word
agt bladsye deur die Mielietrust geborg, vier bykomende bladsye
word in Maart, Junie, September en Desember deur die Winter-
graantrust geborg, en ’n verdere vier bladsye in Januarie, April,
Julie en Oktober deur dieOlie- en Proteïensade-ontwikkelingstrust.
Ons het ook ’n uitgebreide Engelse weergawe met ’n byko-
mende agt bladsye wat kommersieel deur Pannar, Monsanto,
Jupidex, Profert en Northmec geborg word. Die doel van die
uitgebreide, Engelse
Pula Imvula
is om meer tegniese artikels vir
die meer gevorderde produsente (wat Engels magtig is) in te sluit.
Ons is reeds die afgelope paar jaar by die Departement van
Landelike Ontwikkeling en Landbouhervorming se herkapita-
liseringsprogram betrokke. Sestien produsente uit die Vrystaat
is nou in hulle vierde jaar, veertien uit Noordwes en een uit
Mpumalanga is in hulle derde jaar hierby betrokke. In die
2012/2013-somerplantseisoen was ons ook deur middel van die
Departement van Landbou, Bosbou en Visserye in Noordwes by
finansiëleondersteuningaan108produsentebetrokke. Aangesien
die seisoen baie laat en baie droog was, het talle van hierdie
produsente oorstaangeld vir die 2013/2014-seisoen gehad.
Die bestuur van produsente se befondsing hou heelwat byko-
mende verantwoordelikheid in. PricewaterhouseCoopers is ons
egter behulpsaam met internet-gebaseerde dokument-bestuur
en rekeningkundige stelsels. Elkeen van hierdie produsente het
ook ’n afsonderlike bankrekening sodat hulle ’n bankrekord
kan opbou met die oog op die toekoms. In die onderskeie
herkapitaliseringsprojekte wat ons bestuur het, was daar twee
verskillende stelsels vir trekker- en implementverkryging – daar
was produsente wat hulle “eie” toerusting kon koop (dit kon
uitsluitlik deur die individuele produsent gebruik word, hoewel
dit nie in hulle naam geregistreer is nie), en dan was daar ander
produsente wat in groepe toerusting moes deel wat aan die
departement behoort. Die laasgenoemde stelsel is nie ideaal
nie, maar met hulp en ondersteuning kon al die produsente dit
volgens plan gebruik. Dit is ’n goedkoper opsie vir die produsente
as die gebruik van kontrakteurs.
Die konsep van herkapitalisering vir ontwikkelende produsente
stel produsente in staat om die regte produksiemetodes te
gebruik, met voldoende fondse om die aanbevole insette te
koop terwyl 'n ervare mentor hulle op 'n daaglikse grondslag
ondersteun. Ongelukkig was die uitbreiding van hierdie program-
me baie stadig, maar ons glo dat dit ’n goeie manier is om die
produsente op hulle voete te kry. Ons sien daarna uit om in die
2014/2015-produksieseisoen nog agt nuwe produsente in die
Vrystaat by te staan.
Opleiding
In hierdie verslagtydperk het ons daarin geslaag omdie volgende
kursusse vir ontwikkelende produsente en die plaaswerkers van
ontwikkelende sowel as kommersiële produsente aan te bied
(Sien
Tabel 1
).
We have been involved in the recapitalisation programme of
the Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform
for the past few years. Sixteen farmers from the Free State are
now in their fourth year, fourteen farmers from the North West
and one from Mpumalanga are in their third year. During
the 2012/2013 summer crop season we were furthermore
involved with the financial support of 108 farmers via the
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in North
West. As the season was very late and dry, many of these
farmers had carry-over money for the 2013/2014 season.
The management of the funding for farmers comes with quite a
lot of additional responsibility. However, wewere fortunate to be
able to use PricewaterhouseCoopers to assist us with internet-
based document management and accounting systems. Each
of these farmers also has a separate bank account so that they
can develop a banking record with a view to the future. In the
various recapitalisation projects that we managed there were
two different systems of tractor and implement procurement
– there were farmers who were allowed to buy their “own”
equipment (this could be used by the individual farmer
exclusively, although it was not registered in their own name),
and then there were other farmers who were grouped together
and had to share equipment belonging to the department.
The latter system is not ideal, but with help and support all the
farmers managed to use it as planned. This is a cheaper option
for the farmers than the use of contractors.
The concept of recapitalisation for developing farmers is a
wonderful idea and enables farmers to implement the correct
production methods while having sufficient funds to buy the
inputs as recommended, and while being supported on a
daily basis by an experienced mentor. Unfortunately the
expansion of these programmes has been very slow, but we
believe this is a good way of getting the farmers on their feet.
We are looking forward to assisting a further eight new farmers
in the Free State in the 2014/2015 production season.
Training
During this reporting period we managed to present the
following courses to developing farmers and the farm workers
of both developing and commercial farmers (See
Table 1
).
Table 1: Courses attended 2013/2014.
Tabel 1: Kursusse bygewoon 2013/2014.
Ontwikkelende Landbou (vervolg)
Farmer Development (continued)
