Agriculture Reference
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woolgrowers, poultry producers, timber growers, beef producers and vegetable and fruit
producers (Agricultural Digest, 2005).
Besides Agri South Africa, there is National Farmer's Union (NAFU). The aim of this union
is to promote the interest of farmers from previously disadvantaged farming communities.
To achieve this aim, NAFU as a national organization, encourages participation of farmers
in decision-making in the improvement of agricultural farming. NAFU in partnership with
other broad-based organisations has formed a union aimed at empowering the small-scale
farmers to ensure that they play a meaningful role in promoting agriculture.
In the Eastern Cape Province, the National Department of Agriculture (NDA), Agri South
Africa and NAFU have developed a strategic plan, which concentrates on the objectives,
challenges and opportunities for agricultural development. The main aim is to implement
the community group development strategies, which will focus on the establishment of
livestock improvement schemes and food production strategies.
Table 10.1 demonstrates some of the agricultural schemes in The Eastern Cape Province.
Various institutions are involved for the effectiveness of these schemes and this include
among others, Agri-East Cape, University of Fort Hare, National African Farmers Union
(NAFU), Farm Africa, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), Amatole District
Council and Agricultural Research Council (ARC). These institutions have joined in
order to share some skills on how best they can improve the standard of living of rural
communities (Department of Agriculture, 2003).
Table 10.1. Improvement schemes in the Eastern Cape Province (Department of Agriculture, 2003).
Scheme
Objective
The Eastern Cape communal soil conservation
scheme, Provincial Notice No. 57 of 2001
To promote the creation of certain soil conservation mechanism in order
to maintain and improve the production potential of communal land
and prevent excessive soil loss through erosion
Livestock improvement scheme
Promote proper forage and pastoral risk management and promote
efficient and effective flock / herd management practices
Farmer to farmer support leadership scheme
To improve the production efficiency and management capacity of
emerging farmers
Resource planning scheme
To provide funding for proper identification, planning, utilisation and
conservation of natural resources in order to maintain and improve
the agricultural production potential of communal or farm land to
improve integrated rural planning
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