telefoon-, selfoon- en fakskoste, huur van kantoortoerusting
en die koördineerder se oornagverblyf in.
Die kantore is soos volg betrokke:
Province
Provinsie
Office
Kantoor
Crops planted
Gewasse aangeplant
Land tenure
Grondbesitreg
North West
Noordwes
Lichtenburg Maize, soybeans, sunflowers
Mielies, sojabone, sonneblom
All types
Alle tipes
North West
Noordwes
Taung
Irrigation maize, wheat, barley, cotton, groundnuts,
lucerne, potatoes
Besproeiingsmielies, koring, gars, katoen, grondbone,
lusern, aartappels
Mostly state land in the Taung irrigation scheme
Meestal staatsgrond in die Taung-beproeiingskema
Free State
Vrystaat
Ladybrand Maize, soybeans, sunflowers, groundnuts, dry beans
Mielies, sojabone, sonneblom, grondbone, droëbone
All types (very little communal land)
Alle tipes (baie min kommunale grond)
Eastern Cape
Oos-Kaap
Mthatha Maize, dry beans
Mielies, droëbone
Mainly communal land
Meestal kommunale grond
Maclear
Maize, dry beans
Mielies, droëbone
Mainly communal land – some PLAS
Meestal kommunale grond – mate van PLAS
Kokstad Maize, dry beans
Mielies, droëbone
Mainly communal land – some PLAS
Meestal kommunale grond – mate van PLAS
KwaZulu-Natal
Dundee Maize, dry beans
Mielies, droëbone
Mainly communal land – some PLAS
Meestal kommunale grond – mate van PLAS
Mpumalanga Louwsburg Maize, dry beans
Mielies, droëbone
Mainly communal land
Meestal kommunale grond
Nelspruit
Maize, dry beans, groundnuts
Mielies, droëbone, grondbone
Mainly communal land
Meestal kommunale grond
Western Cape
Wes-Kaap
Paarl
Wheat, barley, oats, canola
Koring, gars, hawer, kanola
Mostly church land and PLAS
Meestal kerkgrond en PLAS
equipment rental and the costs of overnight stay
for the co-ordinator.
The offices are involved as follows:
Grain sa farmer development programme (continued)
Graan SA ontwikkelende landbouprogram (vervolg)
die herkapitaliseringsproses bedryf die boere die rekeninge
dan op hulle eie. Op hierdie manier bou die boer met
verloop van die projek ‘n bankrekord op.
DATABASIS EN WEBVERSLAGDOENING
Oor die jare heen het ons ‘n geweldige hoeveelheid
inligting ingesamel oor elke boer wat deel van die
ontwikkelingsprogram is. Op hierdie stadium het ons
‘n baie omvattende databasis van alle boere wat
hulle persoonlike inligting, grondtoegang en tipe
besitreg, bates en produksierekords bevat, en ‘n
rekord van die opleidingskursusse wat hulle voltooi
en studiegroepvergaderings wat hulle bygewoon het.
Al die aktiwiteite van die personeel en gekontrakteerde
personeel in die program word daagliks op die webwerf
aangemeld. Dit sluit studiegroepbesoeke, plaasbesoeke,
opleiding, demonstrasieproewe, Boer van die Jaar-
kompetisie, mentorskapverslae en skoolbesoekverslae in.
KANTORE
Daar is tans tien verskillende ontwikkelingskantore wat
met die boere werk. Hierdie kantore verskil effens ten
opsigte van die werk wat hulle doen, aangesien dit
van die gebied, klimaatstoestande, vlak van boerdery,
grondbesitregreëlings en aangeplante gewasse afhang.
Elke kantoor hanteer ‘n sekere kwota werk elke jaar.
Die projekte wat deur die kantore hanteer word,
sluit in die studiegroepdiens, aanplanting van
demonstrasieproewe, boeredae, ontwikkeling van
vennootskappe, die Boer van die Jaar-kompetisie,
die ondersteuning van die gevorderde boere, asook
die tref van reëlings vir die opleidingskursusse.
Die koste van die kantore word tans deur die Mielietrust
en die Wintergraantrust gedra. ‘n Kantoor kos ongeveer
R1 525 000 per jaar.
Hierdie koste sluit personeelkoste vir die ontwikkelings-
koördineerder asook die kantooradministrateur, reiskoste
(gewoonlik ongeveer 4 000 km per maand), kantoorhuur,
the recapitalisation process, the farmers then operate these
accounts on their own. In this way, the farmer builds up a
banking record over the course of the project.
DATABASE AND WEB REPORTING
Over the years we have gathered a huge amount
of information about each farmer who is part of the
development programme. At this stage we have a very
comprehensive database of all farmers that includes their
personal information, land access and tenure type, assets
and production records, as well as a record of the training
courses they have completed and study group meetings
they have attended.
All the activities of all the personnel and contracted
personnel in the programme are reported on the website
on a daily basis. These include study group visits, farm
visits, training, demonstration trials, Farmer of the Year
competition, mentoring reports and school visit reports.
OFFICES
Currently there are ten different development offices
working with the farmers. These offices differ slightly in
terms of the work they are doing as this is dependent on
the area, climatic conditions, level of farming, land tenure
arrangements and crops planted. Each office does a
certain quota of work each year.
The projects that are managed by the offices include the
study group service, planting of demonstration trials, farmers
days, development of partnerships, the Farmer of the Year
competition, the support to the advanced farmers, as well
as the making of arrangements for the training courses.
Currently the costs of the offices are borne by the
Maize Trust and the Winter Cereal Trust. The cost of
an office is in the region of R1 525 000 per year.
This cost includes the personnel cost for the development
co-ordinator as well as the office administrator, the cost
of travelling (usually in the region of 4 000 km per month),
office rental, telephone, cellphone and fax, office
The different offices all service a slightly different farmer
client base, which is why the detailed work load of each
office differs from that of the others. The exact details of
the number of farmers, study group services, etc.
can be negotiated to meet the requirements of the
specific office sponsorship.
GRAIN SA SCHOOLS PROGRAMME
In recent years, children have become very far re-
moved from agriculture and they have lost the
connection between farming and the food we eat
or the clothes we wear. It is essential that we make
children aware of the value of agriculture as a source
of food and fibre, as a major role-player in the economy,
as an employer and as a career choice. More than half
the population in Africa is under the age of 20. Children
are the current consumers, future consumers and the
next generation of workers. The sooner we can make
them aware of agriculture in general, and the maize
industry in particular, the sooner they will understand
the importance of agriculture.
Through this programme, we engage facilitators to present
DVDs at schools throughout South Africa. At this stage they
have six different DVDs to show during the visits they make
to Grade 9 learners during the first three terms of the year.
The reason for the visits to the Grade 9 learners is that they
have to choose their subjects for matric at the end of this
grade. The project is currently funded by the Maize Trust,
the Winter Cereal Trust and the AgriSETA.
The budget for the current schools programme (300 schools
per term, reaching 50 000 learners per term) is R1,4 million.
This works out at approximately R4 600 per school per
year, or R28 per learner per year (for all three visits). It is
customary for a facilitator to visit ten schools in a period of
one week, which means that a contribution of R46 000 per
Study
groups
Studie-
groepe
Current number
of study group
members
Huidige getal
studiegroep-
lede
Demonstra-
tion trials
Demonstra-
sieproewe
Farmers
days
Boere-
dae
Farmer of the Year
Boer van die Jaar
Advanced
farmers
Gevorderde
boere
Average arable
land per study
group member
Gemiddelde
bewerkbare grond
per studiegroeplid
1. Lichtenburg
10
582
0
10 New era and smallholder farmers
Nuwe-era en kleinskaalse boere
28
76
2. Taung
10
97
0
3 Smallholder farmers
Kleinskaalse boere
Too soon to count
Te gou om te tel
10 (irrigation)
10 (besproeiing)
3. Ladybrand
14
584
0
10 New era and smallholder farmers
Nuwe-era en kleinskaalse boere
31
75
4. Nelspruit
20
1 174
10
10 Subsistence and smallholder farmers
Bestaans- en kleinskaalse boere
7
5
5. Louwsburg
14
810
10
10 All levels
Alle vlakke
20
10
6. Dundee
14
717
10
10 All levels
Alle vlakke
26
10
7. Kokstad
14
905
10
10 All levels
Alle vlakke
11
7
8. Maclear
14
724
10
10 All levels
Alle vlakke
13
9
9. Mthatha
20
861
10
10 Subsistence and smallholder farmers
Bestaans- en kleinskaalse boere
10
5
10. Paarl
7
71
3
3 New era
Nuwe-era
8
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Die onderskeie kantore diens elkeen ‘n effens ander
boerekliëntebasis, en daarom verskil die gedetailleerde
werkslading van elke kantoor. Die presiese besonderhede
oor die getal boere en studiegroepdienste, ensovoorts
kan beding word om by die betrokke kantoorborgskap
se vereistes te pas.
GRAAN SA SKOLEPROGRAM
Die afgelope jare het kinders van landbou verwyderd
geraak en die verband verloor tussen boerdery en die
kos wat ons eet of klere wat ons dra. Dit is noodsaaklik
dat ons kinders bewus moet wees van die waarde
van landbou as ‘n bron van voedsel en vesel, as ‘n
belangrike rolspeler in die ekonomie, as ‘n werkgewer
en as ‘n loopbaankeuse. Meer as die helfte van die
bevolking in Afrika is jonger as 20 jaar. Kinders is die
huidige verbruikers, verbruikers van die toekoms, en die
volgende geslag werkers. Hoe gouer ons hulle bewus kan
maak van die waarde van landbou in die algemeen, en
veral van die mieliebedryf, hoe gouer kan ons hulle laat
verstaan hoe belangrik dit is.
Deur hierdie program gebruik ons fasiliteerders om DVD’s
by skole regoor Suid-Afrika te vertoon. Op hierdie stadium
het hulle ses verskillende DVD’s wat vertoon word tydens
besoeke wat in die eerste drie kwartale van die jaar aan
die graad 9-leerders gemaak word. Die rede vir die besoeke
aan die graad 9-leerders is dat hulle aan die einde van
hierdie graad hulle vakkeuses vir matriek moet maak. Die
projek word tans deur die Mielietrust, Wintergraantrust en
die AgriSETA befonds.
Die begroting vir die huidige skoleprogram (300 skole
per kwartaal, wat 50 000 leerders per kwartaal bereik)
is R1,4 miljoen. Dit is ongeveer R4 600 per skool per jaar
of R28 per leerder per jaar (vir al drie besoeke). ‘n Fa-
siliteerder besoek gewoonlik tien skole per week, wat
Farmer development division
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