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WHAT ARE WE DOING AND WHY? (continued)
WAT DOEN ONS EN WAAROM? (vervolg)
PULA IMVULA
The Pula Imvula is an on-going project that is very well received by readers at all levels. We continue to
source relevant articles from various writers and include them at the time of year when the information is
useful to the farmers. Currently more than 22 000 copies are distributed monthly.
During this year we investigated the possibility of expanding the English version of the Pula Imvula
with articles from the SA Graan/Grain magazine, as well as other relevant articles, which are more
scientific. We received permission from the Maize Trust before embarking on this project and we are
pleased to say that it was launched during May at the NAMPO Harvest Day and we have managed to
secure funding until September 2014. This expanded English Pula Imvula is being circulated to more
government employees in the DARD, as well as the farmers who are able to manage the English. We
appreciate the sponsorship offered by Jupidex, Monsanto, Pannar and Profert.
SCHOOLS PROGRAMME
The Schools Programme has continued to grow and prosper over the four years since we started this
format with the support from the AgriSETA, the Winter Cereal Trust and the Maize Trust. The responses
of learners and teachers alike are always positive and we wish that we could do even more to excite the
children about agriculture – food, fibre and life!
We would like to express our most sincere thanks to the AgriSETA, the Maize Trust and the Winter
Cereal Trust for making this lovely programme possible. We believe that we are touching lives in some
small way and giving a few people hope for their future.
It is essential that we encourage children to be aware of the value of agriculture as a source of food
and fibre, a major role-player in the economy, as an employer and as a career choice. More than half
PULA IMVULA
Pula Imvula is ’n deurlopende projek wat deur lesers op alle vlakke baie goed ontvang word. Ons gaan
voort om relevante artikels by verskillende skrywers aan te vra en sluit dit in op dié tyd van die jaar
wanneer die inligting vir die boere van waarde is. Meer as 22 000 kopieë word tans maandeliks versprei.
Gedurende hierdie jaar het ons die moontlikheid ondersoek om die Engelse weergawe van Pula Imvula
uit te brei met artikels uit die SA Graan/Grain-tydskrif asook met ander tersaaklike artikels wat meer
wetenskaplik is. Ons het toestemming van die Mielietrust ontvang voordat ons met hierdie projek begin
het en is bly om te sê dat dit in Mei tydens die NAMPO Oesdag bekend gestel is en dat ons dit reggekry
het om tot in September 2014 befondsing te verkry. Hierdie uitgebreide Engelse Pula Imvula word aan
meer staatswerknemers in die DLLO versprei asook aan die boere wat in staat is om die Engels te
hanteer. Ons waardeer die borgskap wat deur Jupidex, Monsanto, Pannar en Profert verskaf word.
This expanded
English Pula Imvula
is being circulated
to more government
employees in the
DARD, as well as
the farmers who
are able to manage
the English.