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DUNDEE REGIONAL FARMER DEVELOPMENT
The Dundee Provincial Development Office is managed by development manager Graeme Engelbrecht.
The office is situated centrally to the grain producers of northern KwaZulu-Natal. The map below high-
lights the footprint of this office.
The Dundee Development Office currently hosts 26 study groups with a total attendance
of 670 producers.
103 meetings have been held in the reporting period.
A total attendance register of 1 139 attendees is recorded.
KOKSTAD REGIONAL FARMER DEVELOPMENT
Luke Collier is the regional development manager based in Kokstad. Agricultural potential here is high
and could create many much-needed jobs and secure food sovereignty in the region.
The Kokstad Development Office currently hosts 30 study groups.
157 meetings have been held in the reporting period.
A total attendance register of 2 864 attendees is recorded.
LOUWSBURG REGIONAL FARMER DEVELOPMENT
Jurie Mentz manages the Louwsburg Regional Development Office, which services producers
distributed from Louwsburg and Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal to as far north as Bronkhorstspruit and
Middelburg in Mpumalanga.
The Louwsburg Development Office currently hosts 14 study groups.
37 meetings have been held in the reporting period.
A total attendance register of 1 307 attendees is recorded.
MACLEAR REGIONAL FARMER DEVELOPMENT
Maclear is in the Eastern Cape, where agriculture is an important livelihood activity for many rural
citizens. The Maclear Farmer Development Office services an extensive area and manages study
groups, training and mentorship to producers from Elliot and Cala to Mount Fletcher and Maclear,
along the foothills of the Drakensberg escarpment.
Agricultural potential around Maclear is high, and furthermore has the potential to create many much-
needed jobs as well as secure food sovereignty in the region.
The Maclear Development Office currently hosts 13 study groups.
49 meetings have been held in the reporting period.
A total attendance register of 887 attendees is recorded.
MTHATHA REGIONAL FARMER DEVELOPMENT
Here agriculture is an important livelihood activity for many rural dwellers. The office services an
extensive area and manages study groups, training and mentorship to producers distributed from the
south near East London and Willowvale to as far as Queenstown and Cofimvaba and Mthatha.
The Mthatha Regional Development Office currently oversees 30 study groups.
There have been 437 encounters with these producers in the reporting period.
A total attendance register of 2 462 attendees is recorded.
MBOMBELA REGIONAL FARMER DEVELOPMENT
The Mbombela Farmer Development Office is managed by regional farmer development manager
Jerry Mthombothi. The office services an extensive area of Mpumalanga and into Limpopo. It
manages study groups, training and mentorship to producers distributed from the east of Pretoria
to the Swaziland border and further east to the borders of the Kruger National Park. The farming
activities here are generally on a subsistence and smallholder farming scale but this industry con-
tributes significantly to household food security as well as household income. Agricultural potential
here is high due to favourable rainfall and high-potential soils.
The Mbombela Development Office currently hosts 32 study groups.
122 meetings have been held in the reporting period.
A total attendance register of 1 542 attendees is recorded.
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