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binne die landboufamilie en die breë publiek die sektor met eietydse
plaasgasvryheid kan ervaar.
’n Nuwe rekordbywoningsyfer is tydens die
NAMPO Oesdag
in
2018 aangeteken met meer as 82 817 besoekers. ’n Studie onder
uitstallers deur die bemarkingspan spreek van groot positiwiteit
en die grootste kompliment was die professionele bestuur van die
Oesdag. Buitelandse uitstallers se belangstelling in NAMPO om
sodoende die res van Afrika te bereik, duur voort.
’n Vennootskap met die Bredasdorp Park NPC het die weg gebaan vir
NAMPO Kaap
wat vir die eerste keer aangebied is. Dié streekskou is
uitstekend deur die gemeenskap van Bredasdorp en omgewing
ondersteun en 16 245 besoekers het dit bygewoon. Die beplanning vir
aanstaande jaar se NAMPO Kaap is reeds aan die gang.
Die suksesse van graanprodusente is tydens twee prestigegeleent
hede gevier, naamlik die
Feesdag
en die Graanprodusent van die
Jaar-funksie. Bestaans-, kleinskaalse, potensiële kommersiële en nuwe
era-boere word tydens die Feesdag vir hul bydrae tot voedselsekerheid
vereer. Die
Graanprodusent van die Jaar
-toekennings verleen
erkenning aan die graanprodusente wat met uitnemendheid boer.
Die
Nasie in Gesprek
-platform skep die geleentheid vir openbare
diskoers oor landbou in al sy fasette. Graan SA is ’n vennoot hier
van en het vanjaar deur die NAMPO Oesdag en NAMPO Kaap
meegewerk dat die dialoog weer kan plaasvind.
Ons
SA Graan/Grain
-tydskrif
presteer steeds goed, ten spyte van
heelwat ander publikasies wat swaar trek in die huidige ekonomiese
toestande. Dié graanvaktydskrif en mondstuk van Graan SA se
redaksiespan het ’n beplanningsessie gehad om sy status as leidende
landboutydskrif te verseker en die digitale strategie te versterk.
Graanakademie
Die gradeplegtigheid vir die 2017-groep van die Graanakademie is in
Julie vanjaar by die
Universiteit van die Vrystaat
aangebied. Die pro-
gram, wat ’n inisiatief van Graan SA in vennootskap met Syngenta is, is
’n konkrete belegging in die landbouleiers van die toekoms. Die Graan-
akademie is in 2018 vir die eerste keer in die
Wes-Kaap
aangebied.
Hoërskool Reitz
Deur middel van befondsing deur die Sasol Trust, is Hoërskool
Reitz tans in die proses om
’n presisieboerdery-landbouleerplan
te implementeer. Graan SA se verteenwoordiger op die Sasol Trust
vorm deel van die stuurkomitee om die projek van die grond te kry.
Strategiese fokusarea: Omgewing
Navorsingskonsortiums
Die onderskeie konsortiums se oogmerk is om innovering te gebruik
om die produktiwiteit, winsgewendheid en volhoubaarheid van graan-
en oliesadeprodusente te verbeter en die bedryf en wyer gemeenskap
tot voordeel te strek.
Die koringtelingsplatform het in Oktober vanjaar ’n voortelingspro-
gram by die
Universiteit Stellenbosch
bekend gestel. Die Minister
van Wetenskap en Tegnologie het die inwyding van dié nuwe era
van koringteling – en die bevordering van die ontwikkeling van meer
volhoubare koringkultivars – bygewoon.
Die Departement van Wetenskap en Tegnologie (DWT) het Graan SA
genooi om tydens die
BIO Afrika-konvensie
al die navorsingsprojek
te wat in samewerking met hulle gedoen word, uit te stal.
Sedert die stigting van die Sclerotinia-navorsingsnetwerk sal die
2018/2019-seisoen die eerste wees waarin
Sclerotinia-proewe
aangeplant word.
’n Vroeëwaarskuwingstelsel vir
kommandowurms
in SA is deur
Graan SA geïnisieer en is vanjaar effektief aangewend.
space within which the agricultural family and the broad public can expe-
rience the sector with contemporary farm hospitality.
A new record attendance figure was achieved during
NAMPO
Harvest Day
in 2018, with more than 82 817 visitors. A study done
among exhibitors by the marketing team received extremely positive
feedback, and the biggest compliment was about the professional
management of the Harvest Day. Foreign exhibitors’ interest in
NAMPO as a platform for reaching the rest of Africa continues.
A partnership with the Bredasdorp Park NPC paved the way for
NAMPO Cape
, which was presented for the first time. This regional
show received excellent support from the community of Bredasdorp
and the surrounding area and was attended by 16 245 visitors.
Planning for next year’s NAMPO Cape has already started.
The successes of grain producers were celebrated at two prestige
events, namely the
Day of Celebration
and the Grain Producer of the
Year function. Subsistence, smallholder, potential commercial and new
era farmers are honoured for their contribution to food security during
the Day of Celebration. The
Grain Producer of the Year
awards
provide recognition to the grain producers who farm with excellence.
The
Nation in Conversation
platform creates an opportunity for
public discourse on all facets of agriculture. Grain SA is a partner in
this and through the NAMPO Harvest Day and NAMPO Cape this
year helped to present the dialogue again.
Our
SA Graan/Grain
magazine
is still performing well, despite the
fact that a number of other publications are experiencing difficulties
in the current economic conditions. The editorial team of this grain
journal and mouthpiece of Grain SA had a planning session to
ensure its status as the leading agricultural magazine and reinforce
its digital strategy.
Grain Academy
The graduation ceremony for the 2017 group of Grain Academy
graduates was held at the
University of the Free State
in July this
year. The programme, which is an initiative of Grain SA in partnership
with Syngenta, is a concrete investment in the agricultural leaders of
the future. The Grain Academy was presented in the
Western Cape
for
the first time in 2018.
Reitz High School
Through funding by the Sasol Trust, the Reitz High School is currently
implementing
a precision farming agriculture curriculum
. Grain
SA’s representative on the Sasol Trust is a member of the steering
committee to get the project off the ground.
Strategic focus area: Environment
Research consortiums
The aim of the various consortiums is to use innovation to improve
the productivity, profitability and sustainability of grain and oilseeds
producers and benefit the industry and wider community.
In October this year the wheat breeding platform introduced a pre-
breeding programme at the
Stellenbosch University
. The Minister
of Science and Technology attended the inauguration of this new
era in wheat breeding and the promotion of the development of more
sustainable wheat cultivars.
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) invited Grain SA
to exhibit all the research projects conducted in collaboration with
them at the
BIO Africa Convention
.
The 2018/2019 season will be the first in which
Sclerotinia trials
will
be planted since the Sclerotinia research network was established.
An early-warning system for
army worms
in SA was initiated by
Grain SA and was employed effectively this year.
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TERUGBLIK EN STRATEGIESE OOGMERKE
Chief Executive Officer’s
REVIEW AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES