2021/2022 Research Report: Transformation Projects

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RESEARCH PROJECTS  //  Research Report 2021/2022

Transformation Projects

Projects links

  1. Grain SA Farmer development
  2. Advanced farmer input support
  3. Creating job opportunities in soy planting and micro or macro soy agroprocessing business to warrant food sustainability
  4. Nutritious snack Multimix development for addressing under and over nutrition and promoting small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (smme's) in low income communities

  1. Grain SA Farmer development

    PULA/IMVULA Magazine and Training, Dr S Nngcamphalala
    Grain SA

    The final report is awaited.

  2. Advanced farmer input support

    Dr D Strydom
    Grain SA

    The mission of the project is "To develop capacitated sustainable grain farmers, to assist with financing access and commercialisation of producers".

    Grain SA initially identified producers with a total potential of 1875ha that could be planted under soybeans and 760ha under sunflowers. With the support of other funders most of these producers have access to direct input cost funding on a three-year period.

    OPDT approved financial assistance of:

    • Insurance
    • Soil correction
    • Mentorship
    Requested / Approved Budget of the project
    Ha Unit Cost Total (2021/2022)
    SOYBEANS
    Insurance 1875 R1 000.00 R2 006 250
    Mentorship 1875 R100.00 R200 625
    Total R2 206 875
    Management 7% R154 481
    Grand Total R2 361 356
    SUNFLOWERS
    Insurance 760 R500.00 R406 600
    Lime 760 R1 000.00 R813 200
    Mentorship 760 R100.00 R81 320
    Total R1 301 120
    Management 7% R91 078
    Grand Total R1 392 198
    TOTAL BUDGET
    Insurance R2 412 850
    Lime R813 200
    Mentorship R281 945
    Total R3 507 995
    Management 7% R245 560
    Grand Total R3 753 555

    Other Funds

    Grain SA also applied for funding at other private sector role-players and non-profit organisations regarding possible support in terms of input support and mentorship. In order to support the producer fully, R350/ha is needed for mentorship. These funders also contributed to mentorship in order to make sure that sufficient funding was available.

    Input funding for a total 2675 ha materialised, of which 1905 ha for Soybean has been planted, and 464 pf Sunflower planted (interim hectares) during the last survey.

    Hectares and funds allocated per farmer (2021/22)
    OPDT Soybeans OPDT Sunflower
    Name of Farmer Ha Insurance
    @ R1,000/ha    		 Mentorship
    @ R100/ha    		 Ha Insurance
    @ R500/ha    		 Soil Corr.
    @ R1,000/ha
    KWAZULU-NATAL
    1 Khumalo LRB 50 R50,000 R5,000
    3 Masuku 45 R45,000 R4,500
    5 Mazibuko (have 50ha inputs) 25 R25,000 R2,500
    6 Hlubi 50 R50,000 R5,000
    7 JJ Ngwenya 30 R30,000 R3,000
    EASTERN CAPE
    8 Jeff Hlela (KZN) 50 R50,000 R5,000
    MPUMALANGA
    9 Mkhawuleni Elphus Malinga 50 R50,000 R5,000
    10 Jeremiah Obrey (Nobember) Nkosi 100 R100,000 R10,000
    11 ME (Mandla) Nkosi 50 R50,000 R5,000
    12 Sizwe Ngwenya 50 R50,000 R5,000
    13 Alfred Gondo 50 R50,000 R5,000
    14 Mlotswa MM 50 R50,000 R5,000
    15 Abraham Makhunga 50 R50,000 R5,000
    16 Sibeko 25 R25,000 R2,500
    17 Sibya 50 R50,000 R5,000
    18 Vilakazi 50 R50,000 R5,000
    19 Xolane Gumede 50 R50,000 R5,000
    NORTH-WEST
    20 Lesedi Mokone 60 R60,000 R6,000
    21 Mogonediwa DM 50 R50,000 R5,000
    FREE STATE
    22 Sello Mofokeng 50 R50,000 R5,000
    23 Jonas Mavundla 100 R100,000 R10,000
    24 Paulos Tshabalala 50 R50,000 R5,000
    25 David Thamae 75 R75,000 R7,500
    26 Mosia Paulus (out) 50 R50,000 R5,000
    27 Manenzhe Philemon 150 R150,000 R15,000
    28 Thaele M 50 R50,000 R5,000
    29 MS Mabaso (Lucky) 50 R50,000 R5,000
    30 J Makoele 50 R50,000 R5,000
    31 Matshinini F 50 R50,000 R5,000
    32 Tsotetsi P 50 R50,000 R5,000
    33 FT Mokoena 50 R50,000 R5,000
    34 Jonas Koalepe (was W. Matasane) 95 R95,000 R9,500
    35 Jonas Koalepe (was W. Matasane) 50 R50,000 R5,000
    36 Israel Motlhabane (out) 50 R50,000 R5,000
    NORTH-WEST
    29 GO Serema 100 R50,000 R100,000
    30 Dwaalkraal Trust 130 R65,000 R130,000
    31 Lentswentshipi 100 R50,000 R100,000
    32 Mokaleng 50 R25,000 R50,000
    33 Mokwena 100 R50,000 R100,000
    34 Klerk Melken 100 R50,000 R100,000
    35 Rankatisho 50 R25,000 R50,000
    36 R. Monaisa 60 R30,000 R60,000
    37 Mongane 30 R15,000 R30,000
    FREE STATE
    40 Mohlomi JM 50 R25,000 R50,000
    PLANNED 1905 R1,905,000 R190,500 770 R385,000 R770,000
    Summary
    Input Budget Allocated Provisional Surplus
    Soya insurance 2 006 250.00 1 905 000.00 101 250.00
    Soya mentorship 200 625.00 191 000.00 9 625.00
    Total R2 206 875.00 R2 096 000.00 R110 87500
    Management fee 154 481.25 146 720.00 7 761.25
    Grand total R2 361 356.25 R2 242 720.00 R118 636.25
    Sunflower seed insurance 406 600.00 385 000.00 21 600.00
    Sunflower seed mentorship R81 320.00 R77 000.00 R4 320.00
    Sunflower seed soil corr. R813 200.00 R770 000.00 R43 200.00
    Total R1 301 120.00 R1 232 000.00 R69 120.00
    Management fee 91 078.40 86 240.00 4 838.40
    Grand total R1 392 198.40 R1 318 240.00 R73 958.40
    R3 753 554.65 R3 560 960.00 R192 594.65

    Feedback on season to date

    Various areas received heavy rainfall during January which affected the planting of Soybeans. Some farmers planted up to where the weather allowed and switched their crop to plant more Sunflower instead. This was however not possible in all regions, especially where there a not any alternative crops like Sunflower to change to. The hectares that materialised will be reported on in the final report.

    Request

    25% of the 2021/22 allocation has been received on 10 December 2021. We would like to request the 75% balance of funds in order to cover the full insurance payments of the farmers, as well as the progressing mentorship that are to be met.

  3. Creating job opportunities in soy planting and micro or macro soy agroprocessing business to warrant food sustainability

    Mr H Davies
    Eden Social Development Foundation

    Department of Agriculture, Land reform and Rural Development – National Landcare Conservation Agriculture (CA) Farming Project

    Eden Social Development Foundation is part of this program and promotes soy planting that incorporates CA Farming Planting Practices. Henry Davies attended the National Conservation Task Force meeting as a representative of ESDF.

    ESDF, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, hosted four CA Farming training workshops and farmers days in the Okhahlamba area. Representatives from Okhahlamba, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Gauteng attended these workshops.

    Soybean Legacy project District Development Model (DDM)

    The Minister of Agriculture pledged to plant 20 000ha under soybeans in the Eastern Cape. ESDF planted 3 trial plots of ±10 ha each in the Eastern Cape.

    Soybean Cultivar Trials

    ESDF together with Mr Mxolisi Mtyobile, a crop scientist from the Department of Agriculture, planted trial plots in conjunction with Annelie de Beer and Lizette Bronkhorst from the Agriculture Research Council.

    Universities

    • Mangosuthu University of Technology

      Professor Xolile Mkhize attended several Soy planting and Soy in Food workshops. She performed nutritional and shelf live testing on the soy yoghurt as well as a sensory analysis the soy yoghurt.

    • Fort Hare University

      ESDF assisted Simamkele Mkutswa, a Master Student, working on his PHD Study “Influence of Soy projects” in communities under guidance of Prof A Mashunge.

    Visits

    • OAC

      Gerhard Keun and Dr Erhard Briedenhann visited Farmers in the Free State, Okhahlamba and Amajuba Districts.

    • Department of Science and Innovation DSI Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)

      ESDF hosted a 'Soy in Food' Workshop and arranged a visit to Farmers in the Okhahlamba area as well as with "Soy in Food" facilitators in Ladysmith, KwaZula-Natal. DSI and TIA created four videos for their website after their visit.

    • BFAP Roadmap to inclusive Agriculture Transformation

      Professor Ferdi Meyer had field visits with ESDF soy farmers in the Eastern Cape.

    Soy in Food Awareness

    Facilitators

    The facilitators trained 160 women and 42 men in 8 different areas within the Uthukela district, KwaZulu-Natal. This has been the last year for this particular part of the Soy in Food awareness program.

    7 x Soy in Food Training Workshops
    Mpumalanga
    Piet Retief (in conjunction with GrainSA) 39 Female & 44 Male Attendees
    Tonga 21 Female & 17 Male Attendees
    KwaZulu-Natal
    Okhahlamba, Bergville
    (in conjunction with Mangosuthu University of Technology, Durban)    		 66 Female & 36 Male Attendees
    Dannhauser 26 Female & 34 Male Attendees
    Newcastle 55 Female & 19 Male Attendees
    Limpopo
    Newcastle 55 Female & 19 Male Attendees
    Brussels 78 Female & 79 Male Attendees
    Total attendees trained 327 Females & 257 Males
    Seven Planting Training Workshops
    KwaZulu-Natal
    Newcastle 16 Female & 29 Male Attendees
    Dannhauser 6 Female & 9 Male Attendees
    Okhahlamba 15 Female & 21 Male Attendees
    Mpumalanga
    Gert Sibande, Standerton 4 Female & 8 Male Attendees
    Nkomazi, Komatipoort 12 Female & 7 Male Attendees
    Limpopo
    Capricorn, Polokwane 22 Female & 11 Male Attendees
    Eastern Cape
    Zikholizini, Umthatha 25 Female & 15 Male Attendees
    Total attendees trained 100 Females & 100 Males
    Average yield per farmer
    Planting summary 2021-2022
    Farmers Appli­cation
    Ha    		 Planned
    Ha    		 Planted
    Ha    		 Potential Harvested
    Ha    		 Yield
    Ton    		 Income
    R/c
    Free State – 125 125 125 260 2 262 000.00
    Bergville 403 212 260 250 487,8 4 251 276.00
    Depart. Bergville 290 290 266 138,1 1 201 645.00
    Total (1) 403 502 550 516 885,9 R7 714 921.00
    Estcourt 40 42 39 26 12 105 705.00
    Total (2) 40 42 39 26 12 R105 705.00
    Northern Natal
    Dannhauser 100 80 72 70 85 741 265.00
    Newcastle 190 290 265 235 178.4 1 494 879.00
    Utrecht 86 0 0 0 0 0.00
    Total (3) 376 370 337 305 263,4 R2 236 144.00
    Eastern Cape 10 10 10 10 3,245 25 960.00
    Total (4) 10 10 10 10 3,245 R25 960.00
    Mpumalanga 10 10 10 8 0,675 5 400.00
    Total (5) 10 10 10 8 0,675 R5 400.00
    Limpopo 10 10 10,5 10,5 1,788 14 761.00
    Total (6) 10 10 10,5 10,5 1,788 R14 761.00
    Total 849 944,5 956,5 875,5 1167 R10 102 891.00

    Min 0,132 ton/ha (Newcastle)
    Maximum 3,77 ton/ha (Newcastle)
    Yield per hectare is down this season due to extreme wet conditions.

  4. Nutritious snack multimix development for addressing under and over nutrition and promoting small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMME's) in low income communities

    Prof W Oldewage-Theron
    University of the Free State

    The primary goal of this study is twofold, firstly to address the increasing need for an affordable, nutritive snack food by developing a nutrient-dense snack multimix from soy bean, peanut, seeds and baobab powder, secondly to address the double burden of disease (under- and overnutrition) in low-income households through the consumption of the developed snack foods and complementary nutrition education over a three-month period. A secondary goal is to support the soy and oilseeds industry through SMME growth and development.

    A baseline survey was conducted during May 2021 among 250 children and adults in the Vaal region to determine snack preferences. The data have been captured, analysed and an article is being prepared for publication in a scientific journal before the end of July 2022.

    During 2021 ten soy snack food products were formulated. Chemical and sensory analyses, as well as microbiological tests will be concluded in 2022. The nutrition education materials were developed and finalized for the nutrition education programme and consumption study planned for 2022.