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perhaps not quite as good as the previous one. The table below shows
the number of farmers and the hectares they have planted to date.
die vorige een nie. Die tabel hieronder toon die getal boere en die
getal hektare wat hulle tot dusver geplant het.
Within the context of the different land tenure systems in South
Africa, there are black farmers on communal land (former homelands
which cover 18 million ha of land), hired private land, commonage land,
own land as well as land which has been redistributed or restituted
through the various reform programmes of the DRDAR.
The Farmer Development Programme of Grain SA has in the
region of 9 500 black farmer members who all have access to some
arable land – detailed information on each farmer is captured on the
Grain SA data base. These farmers are divided into different catego-
ries: Subsistence (under 10 ha of arable land), smallholder farmers
(from 10,5 ha to 100 ha of arable land), the potential commercial
farmers (>100 ha arable land) and the new era commercial farmers
(producing more than 250 tons per year).
This project is aimed at assisting the subsistence farmers
in the communal areas of Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and the
Eastern Cape
to use the arable land that is available to them using
the most modern, efficient and effective production practices so that
each cultivated hectare produces the optimal yield possible in that
area. The support to the farmers includes
training and mentoring
as
well as access to
subsidised production inputs
where the
farmers
will do the farming themselves
. The smaller farmers (starting at the
subsistence level) use hand labour to plant their lands – small hand-
held planters and knapsack sprayers are adequate to do the job. It is
quite possible for these farmers to progress from the subsistence level
to commercial production if they learn to use the correct inputs with
modern production practices.
Through this initiative we are assisting small scale farmers to use
the land that is available to them more productively. In the first year the
farmers plant 1 ha, which increases every year with 0,5 ha until they
reach the maximum of 10 ha. They then leave this programme and
graduate to the smallholder farmer level where they need tractors and
larger implements.
Binne die konteks van die verskillende grondbesitstelsels in Suid-
Afrika is daar swart boere op kommunale grond (voormalige tuislande
wat 18 miljoen ha grond beslaan), gehuurde privaat grond, dorpsgrond,
eie grond en grond wat deur die DLOLH se verskillende hervormings
programme herverdeel of teruggegee is.
Graan SA se Landbou-ontwikkelingsprogram het ongeveer 9 500 swart
boere as lede wat almal toegang tot bewerkbare grond het – gedetailleerde
inligting oor elke boer word in die Graan SA-databasis vasgelê. Hierdie
boere word in verskillende kategorieë verdeel: Bestaansboere (minder
as 10 ha bewerkbare grond), kleinskaalse boere (vanaf 10,5 ha tot
100 ha bewerkbare grond), die potensiële kommersiële boere (>100
ha bewerkbare grond) en die nuwe era-boere (wat meer as 250 ton per
jaar produseer).
Hierdie projek is daarop gemik om die bestaansboere in die
kommunale gebiede van Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal en die
Oos-Kaap
te help om die bewerkbare grond wat tot hulle beskikking is,
te gebruik om die modernste, doeltreffendste en effektiefste produksie-
praktyke toe te pas sodat elke bewerkte hektaar die optimale opbrengs
wat vir daardie gebied moontlik is, kan produseer. Die steun aan die
boere sluit in
opleiding en mentorskap
, asook toegang tot
gesubsi-
dieerde produksie-insette
waar die
boere self die boerdery sal
hanteer
. Die kleiner boere (vanaf bestaansvlak) gebruik handearbeid
om hulle landerye aan te plant – klein handplanters en rugsaksproeiers
is voldoende om die werk te doen. Dit is heeltemal moontlik vir hierdie
boere om van die bestaansvlak tot kommersiële vlak te vorder as hulle
leer om die regte insette met moderne produksiepraktyke te gebruik.
Deur hierdie inisiatief help ons kleinskaalse boere om die grond
wat tot hulle beskikking is, meer produktief te bewerk. In die eerste
jaar plant die boere 1 ha, wat elke jaar met 0,5 ha toeneem totdat hulle
die maksimum van 10 ha bereik. Hulle verlaat dan hierdie program en
vorder na die kleinskaalse vlak waar hulle trekkers en groter imple-
mente nodig het.
Jobs Fund
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
Farmers
Boere
ha
Farmers
Boere
ha
Farmers
Boere
ha
Mbombela, Mpumalanga
304
323
364
422,5
399
461
Louwsburg, Mpumalanga
191
246
401
1 020
585
1 076,25
Total
/
Totaal Mpumalanga
495
569
765
1 442,5
984
1 537,25
Louwsburg, KwaZulu-Natal
122
157
71
182
128
236
Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal
421
478
850
1 022,75
743
1 121
Total
/
Totaal KwaZulu-Natal
543
635
921
1 204,75
871
1 357
Kokstad, Eastern Cape
/
Oos-Kaap
221
231
458
466,25
755
842,75
Mthatha, Eastern Cape
/
Oos-Kaap
107
153
538
694
1 031
1 340
Maclear, Eastern Cape
/
Oos-Kaap
209
215
226
231,25
142
139,25
Total Eastern Cape
/
Totaal Oos-Kaap
537
599
1 222
1 391,5
1 928
2 322
Grand total for three provinces
/
Groottotaal vir drie provinsies
1 575
1 803
2 908
4 038,75
3 783
5 216,25
Average yield
/
Gemiddelde opbrengs (t/ha)
1,5
4,2
Increase in yield
/
Styging in opbrengs (%)
280%
Increase in farmers
/
Toename in boere (%)
184,63%
130,09%
Increase in ha
/
Toename in ha (%)
224,00%
129,16%