Grain Guide 2018

Databank of empowerment models In order to look at land reform from a different angle, he and his team started tracking successes in land reform last year and capturing them in a databank. The web page was introduced to the public in November 2016 and contains previously published articles on land reform that is largely driven by the private sector and is extremely successful. The databank can save the producers who want to become actively involved in land reform the ‘school fees’. The articles included in the data bank involve projects that work and that can be described as sustainable land reform. This databank is quite extensive, with successes in various commodities – from mangoes to sheep. A variety of methods of shareholding and financing are also described and can provide producers with clear guidelines for their own projects. According to Mr Christo van der Rheede, deputy executive director of Agri SA, uncertainty about the government’s policy and major ‘political noise’ are the reasons why land reform is experienced as negative. The databank with articles is available at http://www.agrisa.co.za/sustainable-growth/ and includes success stories like that of Cedar Citrus in Citrusdal in the Western Cape. This project was established by ALG Estates and a total of 36 farmworkers benefit from the project. ALG Estates made 40 ha of land available and donated 36 000 citrus trees. Scan this QR code to view examples in the databank. This is what the web page of the databank looks like. Producers will benefit from the databank by gaining knowledge on the variety of financing mechanisms that are already being used to make the projects successful and sustainable. Many other projects that involve large businesses and even schools are contained in the databank. Valerie Cilliers, SA Graan/Grain contributor 9 Relevant