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THE
GRAIN AND OILSEED INDUSTRY
OF SOUTH AFRICA – A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
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• 61 farmer days were attended by 3 741 farmers.
• Advanced farmers were visited 849 times for one-on-one mentoring.
• 131 radio broadcasts were done by members of personnel.
• 264 000 copies of the
Pula/Imvula
magazine were circulated over twelve months.
• 108 training courses had been held attended by 2 170 farmers and farm workers.
• The Schools Programme, also presented by the Farmer Development section,
had visited 363 schools and reached 53 870 learners. (More detailed information
about the Schools Programme is included in Chapter 7).
THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL BUT THE WORKERS ARE FEW:
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
Over time a number of core business activities have been integrated into the
programme in order to achieve the objectives of farmer development.
Study groups
Servicing farmers in a group is more cost effective than servicing on an individual
basis, and they also learn more from the questions of the other farmers. The study
group system was begun at the outset of organised agriculture’s farmer develop-
ment efforts has continued to be the heartbeat of this programme. This is the first
contact made with the farmers when the team begins to work in a region. Study
group meetings are characterised by relationship building, gathering information
and sharing knowledge.
The monthly
Pula/Imvula
newsletter is distributed here and the regional managers
discussed the issues of importance in the newsletter. At these meetings informa-
tion about seasonal issues and best practice knowledge is transferred. It has been
possible to demonstrate the effective use of tools and teach safety in handling
chemicals and fertilisers. The team has distributed some 4 000 knapsack sprayers
to the most rural farmers who would not have accessed them easily otherwise.
Over the years, as the farmers became more advanced, they expressed the need
for more advanced information while at the same time the progressive farmers as-
sist the less advanced farmers to progress.
Study groups form the foundation of Grain SA’s Developing Agriculture Programme.
MOPITLWE
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Ditlhaelo tsakotlo tsedi
tlwaetswengmommiding
04
Tlholaebile laolamefero
pele lemoragogago jwala
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Leina le le tlotlegwang le
botlhokwago fetamadi
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Molaetsa wa tsholofelo
ka setlha sa leuba
L
euba leamabopheloba rona kamekgwa
e mentsi e e farologaneng ka ntlha ya
goremetsia le selo se se lengbotlhokwa
thata mo ditiragalong tsa rona tse dintsi. Re
tlhokametsi go phela,mme tota le ditshedi le
dimela! Re tlhokametsi gomedisa dijo tse re
di jangebile re tlhokametsigapegoanwa,go
apaya le go tlhapamme tota le go fetlhamo-
tlakase...mme le go ntse go tswelela jaakamo
motshamekongwaditaolamo tiragaloenngwe
e tswelela go laela e e latelang go tswelela fa
rentse re tswelelapele–go fitlhelelakamo teng
ga banka le pelo yamolemirui!
Molemirui – fa a lebelelamasimo a
gagwe o nagana ba lelapa la gagwe,
badiredi ba gagwe lemolatowa
kgwebo ya gagwe
Gone jaanong bontsi ba rona bo setse bo itse
gore lefatshe la rona le khubamisitswe ka
mangole mo maemong a leuba le le maswe
go feta lemogote o omakatsang go feta! Ke
Bala Moteng:
Lekwalo laGrain SA la
balemipotlana
MARCH
2016
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