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Produksienavorsing en -ontwikkeling
Production research and development 28
Grain SA’s strategic research focus (continued)
Wheat
Wheat competitiveness study project
Grain SA, in collaboration with the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC), launched a project
to investigate and identify the factors that affect the competitiveness of wheat producers.
The study shows that macro-factors are the most restrictive environment for wheat producers in South
Africa, while the micro-environment has a somewhat restrictive, but almost neutral impact on the
competitiveness of producers. The meso-environment generally seems to have a neutral impact on
producers’ profitability, but this is also the environment in which possible adjustments to the benefit of
producers can be made. The results and primary restrictive factors on the macro-, micro- and meso-
environments were as follows:
Macro-level – regulations and legislation.
Micro-level – labour and inputs.
Meso-level – cultivars and research.
Sorghum
Training of developing producers for the biofuel plants
At the end of September the Department of Energy announced the implementation dates for the
compulsory blending of biofuel in South Africa’s local petroleum. A certain percentage of production
for the two biofuel plants must come from developing producers and Grain SA consequently trained
developing producers in sorghum production during the past season. Training took place after funds had
been received from the Agricultural Research Council (ARC).
Sunflower/soybeans
Sclerotinia
Sclerotinia in sunflower and soybeans has increased over the past few years. It increases during the
wet seasons in sunflower in particular and yields can be reduced by up to 80%.
Graan sa se strategiese navorsingsfokus (vervolg)
Koring
Koringmededingendheidstudie-projek
Graan SA in samewerking met die Nasionale Landboubemarkingsraad (NLBR) het ‘n projek aangepak ten
einde die faktore wat die mededingendheid van koringsprodusente beïnvloed, te ondersoek en te bepaal.
Die studie toon dat makrofaktore koringprodusente in Suid-Afrika se mees beperkende omgewing
is, terwyl die mikro-omgewing ‘n effense beperkende, maar byna neutrale impak op produsente se
mededingendheid het. Die meso-omgewing blyk oor die algemeen ‘n neutrale impak op produsente
se winsgewendheid te hê, maar is ook die omgewing waar moontlike aanpassings tot voordeel van
produsente gemaak kan word. Die resultate en grootste beperkende faktore op makro-, mikro- en
meso-omgewing was as volg:
Makrovlak – regulasies en wetgewing.
Mikrovlak – arbeid en insette.
Mesovlak – kultivars en navorsing.
Sorghum
Opleiding van ontwikkelende produsente vir die biobrandstofaanlegte
Die implementeringsdatums vanaf die Departement van Energie vir die verpligte inmenging van
biobrandstof in Suid-Afrika se plaaslike petroleum, is einde September afgekondig. ‘n Sekere
persentasie van produksie vir die twee biobrandstofaanlegte moet van ontwikkelende produsente kom
en daarom het Graan SA die afgelope seisoen ontwikkelende produsente in sorghumproduksie opgelei.
Opleiding het plaasgevind nadat fondse deur die Landbounavorsingsraad (LNR) bewillig is.
Sonneblom/sojabone
Sclerotinia
Sclerotinia by sonneblom en sojabone het die afgelope paar jaar toegeneem. Dit neem veral gedurende
die nat seisoene by sonneblom toe en opbrengste kan tot 80% afneem.