THE MAIZE TRUST
Leon du Plessis
L&L Agricultural Services
Administrators
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BACKGROUND TO TRUST
• LONG NEGOTIATIONS ON CLOSURE OF CONTROL BOARDS
IN MID 1990’S
• FINALLY A FIRM AGREEMENT BETWEEN MAIZE INDUSTRY
AND GOVERNMENT
• TRUST FORMED IN 1998 – CONSENSUS ON DEED,
OBJECTIVES AND COMPOSITION OF TRUSTEES
•LATER MAP ACT ALLOWED ALSO SECTION 21 COMPANIES
AND OTHER ENTITIES AND NOT ONLY TRUSTS
• MAIZE BOARD ASSETS TRANSFERRED TO AND UTILISED
BY MAIZE TRUST FOR BENEFIT OF INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE
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OPERATIONS OF TRUST
THREE OBJECTIVES:
1. PRODUCTION AND MARKET RESEARCH
2. MARKET INFORMATION –
COLLECTION/DISSEMINATION
3. TRANSFORMATION AND MARKET ACCESS
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OPERATIONS OF TRUST
• CAREFUL BALANCE OF FUNDING BETWEEN
DIFFERENT INDUSTRY REQUIREMENTS
• FUNDING TESTED AND EVALUATED OVER
NEARLY 15 YEARS OF TRUST’S EXISTENCE
• TRUST UTILISES INVESTMENT INCOME ONLY:
THERE IS NO LEVIES ON MAIZE
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FUNDING MODEL AND EXPENSES
Administration
8.8%
Research
Projects
37.2%
Market
Information
20.6%
Available Funds
R51 million
annually = 100%
Bursaries &
Other
1.4%
Transformation
Initiatives
32.0%
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FUNDING MODEL AND EXPENSES
Conservation
Agriculture
R6.0 million = 31.6%
Research Projects
R19.0 million = 37.2%
Production Research
R5.0 million = 26.3%
Mycotoxin Research
R4.5 million = 23.7%
Crop Quality Projects
R3.5 million = 18.4%
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FUNDING MODEL AND EXPENSES
Training
R5.0 million = 30.7%
Transformation Initiatives
R16.3 million = 32.0%
Farmer of the Year
R0.25 million = 1.6%
Study Groups/Support
Service
R4.7 million = 28.8%
Communication & Trial
Plots
R3.9 million = 23.9 %
GFADA Projects
R2.5 million = 15.0%
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TRANSFORMATION BREAKDOWN
BLACK EMERGING FARMER TRAINING:
• DONE BY MORE THAN ONE SERVICE
PROVIDER
• PROVIDERS HAVE DIFFERENT
APPROACHES TO TRAINING
• ACCREDITED TRAINING COURSES
• FOLLOW-UP PROGRAMMES TO ASSIST
FARMERS
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STUDY GROUPS/SUPPORT SERVICES:
• EMERGING FARMER STUDY GROUPS ARE
FORMED AND SUPPORTED (3607 MEMBERS)
• REGULAR MEETINGS HELD AND TRANSFER
OF INFORMATION DONE
• STUDY GROUPS EXIST ON NATIONAL BASIS
• FARMERS ASSISTED ON PRODUCTION AND
MARKETING MATTERS
• 58 MEMBERS IN 250 TON CLUB AND 120
BLACK ADVANCED FARMERS
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TRANSFORMATION BREAKDOWN
COMMUNICATION /TRIAL PLOTS:
• TRIAL PLOTS ON NATIONAL BASIS IN MAJOR
MAIZE PRODUCING AREAS
• REGULAR RADIO PROGRAMMES AND
NEWSLETTERS TO EMERGING FARMERS
• COMMUNICATIONS IN RELEVANT
LANGUAGES IN ALL REGIONS
• INFORMATION PROVIDED ON PRODUCTION
AND MARKETING MATTERS
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TRANSFORMATION BREAKDOWN
GFADA PROJECTS:
• MAIN FOCUS ON SOIL CORRECTION,
INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND MENTORSHIP
• AIM TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND TO ALLOW
PROPER CROP ROTATION
• FORMED IN 2008 BY GRAIN TRUSTS AND
INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS
• 3RD ROUND OF SUBMISSIONS CONSIDERED
IN FEBRUARY 2012
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TRANSFORMATION BREAKDOWN
FARMER OF THE YEAR:
• ANNUAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF BLACK
FARMER OF THE YEAR
• WELL SUPPORTED BY EMERGING FARMERS
• ANNUAL WINNER SERVES AS INSPIRATION
TO OTHER FARMERS
• PAST WINNERS WERE EXPOSED TO
INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES
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QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU
THE END
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