Subsistence Farmer of the Year category (0 ha – 10 ha) Teamwork makes the...
November 2016
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain contributor and HELENUS KRUGER, photos
‘If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.’ This African proverb about teamwork sums up the success story of...
Farmer Development Programme partners invest in food security
January 2018
JANE MCPHERSON, manager: Farmer Development, Grain SA
Grain SA has been involved in farmer development since its inception in 1999 and the relevance of this programme has increased over the years.
Because of the political...
Sea change: Lessons organised agriculture should learn
October 2016
JANNIE DE VILLIERS, CEO: Grain SA
The unexpected outcome of the referendum in the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU) showed remarkable similarities with regards to the reasons for the support...
The fulfilment of getting involved
November 2017
JURIE MENTZ, development co-ordinator, Grain SA
While listening in church on Sunday to our pastor’s sermon about making a difference in our community, I started thinking of everybody involved in the Jobs Fund. According...
When Grain SA and the Jobs Fund join hands …and the story of two...
October 2016
JENNY MATHEWS, SA Graan/Grain contributor
It is common knowledge that Grain SA has long been committed to farmer development and assisting previously disadvantaged farmers in the commercialisation process. Another important part of the development programme has...
Sustainability possible through appropriate partnerships
February 2019
DR MARINDA VISSER, manager: Research and Policy Centre, Grain SA
Agricultural innovation is key to solving long-term food security challenges; future sustainability relies on continuous access to new technologies. This requires of South Africa’s...
Subsistence to Abundance – landboubesighede en hul betrokkenheid by opheffing
September 2017
HANLIE DU PLESSIS, SA Graan/Grain medewerker
Die Nasionale Ontwikkelingsplan (NOP), of Visie 2030 soos wat dit ook bekend staan, is daarop gemik om armoede uit te skakel, ongelykheid te verminder en voedselsekerheid teen 2030 te bewerkstellig....
Streeksvergaderings steeds van belang vir ons lede
March 2016
DIRK KOTZÉ, ledebemarking en kommunikasiebeampte: Graan SA
Met die nuwe jaar reeds in volle swang, het die tyd vir die Graan SA-streeksvergaderings wat die Kongres voorafgaan, aangebreek. Die streeksvergaderings het uitsluitlik ten doel om...
Significant progress for smallholders in CA
January 2018
ERNA KRUGER, director, Mahlathini Development Foundation and DR HENDRIK SMITH, conservation agriculture facilitator, Grain SA
One of the main aims of the Conservation Agriculture (CA) Farmer Innovation Programme (FIP), which is implemented by Grain...
Kanolawerkgroepvergadering en Soill-toer gehou
March 2017
LIANA STROEBEL, ontwikkelingskoördineerder: Graan SA
Die Kanolawerkgroep het op 13 Januarie vanjaar hul eerste werkgroepvergadering vir die jaar gehou. Hierdie komitee vergader tweejaarliks en bestaan hoofsaaklik uit produsente vanuit die Suid- en Wes-Kaap, asook...