Grain SA Annual Report 2022

Farmer Development Programme

PROGRAMME BACKGROUND

n a world radically challenged by a disastrous pandemic with a tentacle-like, far-reaching

negative impact on world economies and employment opportunities and ensuing hard-

ship, the prioritisation of sustainable agricultural development has never been more

important. While there are a great number of subsistence producers enrolled in the pro-

gramme, the greater strategic focus is on taking the new era of commercial producers towards

full commercialisation.

With commercialisation becoming more important and a more targeted strategic focus point of the

development programme, we are continuously in search of partners that are well aligned to ensure

the sustainability of the development initiatives for which millions of rands are spent annually. By

working together, the Farmer Development Programme and its collaborators are effectively providing

the developing farming community with a broad range of information relating to best practices and

the latest technologies.

At the same time, we offer mentorship and advisory services to producers through key communication

platforms such as study group meetings, individual producer mentoring, the Pula/Imvula magazine,

training courses and other activities like trials and producer days. The mission of the Farmer Develop-

ment Programme is to contribute towards increasing capacity and building resilience in the broader

developing producer sector towards sustainable, profitable farming units, regardless of scale.

The mission of the Farmer Development Programme is to:

Develop and capacitate sustainable grain farming enterprises in South Africa.

Ensure increased access to sustainable funding for producers.

Ensure the commercial viability of advanced producers towards self-sustainability.

Increase hectares under grain production under the custodianship of emerging producers.

Support the inclusion of both young producers and female producers in the grain sector.

Ensure the employment of good agricultural practices on all agricultural land under production.

Increase the emerging producer contribution to national food security.

Support the diversification of grain farming enterprises.

The mission of the programme is to develop capacitated and sustainable grain producers and to

contribute to household and national food security through the optimal use of the land available

to each producer.

FARMER DEVELOPMENT

SHIFTED

STRATEGIC FOCUS

commercialisation

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