when the sun rises we work hard to deliver MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

STATE OF READINESS FOR THE PLANTING SEASON

PURPOSE Update the Phezukomkhono Mlimi (PKM)/ Fetsa tlala state of readiness for the 2018/19 planting season

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME The purpose of the programme is to increase community food production so as to attain household food security, especially for the poor and vulnerable households through the following: Provide mechanization services and production inputs in support of fetsa tlala or address household food insecurity Implement the special Amakhosi food production programme Provide mechanization services in support of strategic commodities in the province Provide Extension and Advisory Services through demonstrations, farmers ‘ and information days, functional commodity support (study groups) and study groups Provide mentorship and training to the crop producers (land reform) Link crop producers with market

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES PER DISTRICT (inline with APAP) BOHLABELA White maize, dry beans, ground nuts, jugo beans, vegetables, citrus and subtrops EHLANZENI White maize, dry beans, ground nuts, jugo beans, vegetables and subtrops GERT SIBANDE Yellow and white maize, dry beans, soya bean, apples, ground nuts and vegetables NKANGALA Yellow and white maize, dry beans, soya bean, sunflower ground nuts and vegetables

JOB CREATION Job Total Adult Youth Status Male Female Mechanics 16 10 Done Site Keepers 50 29 21 9 Drivers 60 20 (targeted) Still to be done

BENEFICIARY DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Adult Youth People living with disabilities Male Female 889 1646 490 872 16 23

PARTNERSHIPS ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTION Grain SA Support smallholder farmers to increase their maize production through CA Cotton SA Technical support and agricultural training South African Sugar Association (SASA) Technical Support and agricultural training SUBTROP Panaar Seed trials and technical support to farmers Monsato Seed trials and technical support to farmers

PARTNERSHIPS ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTION China Oils and Food Corporation (COFCO) - Noble Resources Market for soya Mpumalanga Economic Growth Agency (MEGA) Buy fresh produce/vegetables from the farmers Agricultural Reseach Council (ARC) Provides technical support to farmers (trials, information and training) DRDLR Land and recapitalization AB in Bev (SAB) Women in Maize (WIM) Infrastructure and soft loans

PARTNERSHIPS ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTION SANPARKS Market, infrastructure and technical support to farmers in Bushbuckridge Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) Help farmers with business plans, financial management training and sourcing grant funding AFGRI Storage, Market and production loans Landbank Loan funding SHEP (Japan International Corporation Agency - JICA initiative) Smallholder horticultural empowerment programme Commercial farmers Technical support

SIGNED 2018/19 APP FETSA TLALA TARGETS PROVINCE SIGNED OFF APP TARGETS QUARTERLY TARGETS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 MPUMALANGA 4 500 91 209 4109

SIGNED 2018/19 APP FETSA TLALA TARGETS CONT … PROVINCE SIGNED OFF APP TARGETS TARGETS PER FARMER CATEGORY Communal (Amakhosi) Smallholder Commercial Total MPUMALANGA 4 500 1 500 2000 1000

2018/19 BUDGET PROGRAMME BUDGET (R,000) EQUITABLE SHARE 10 000   EQUITABLE SHARE 10 000 ILIMA-LETSEMA GRANT 58 419 (5 251 for South African Vulnerability Assessment Committee - SAVAC) = 53 168 TOTAL (PHEZUKOMKHONO MLIMI) 63 419

SUMMARY FOR THE STATE OF READINESS FOR 2018/19 FOR MPUMALANGA Districts Targeted Hectares Beneficiaries Seeds Ordered (Tons) Fertilizers Ordered (Tons) Mechanization Units (Tractors) Working and Minor Repairs Overall Readiness Rating Pesticides (Litres) Business Plan Hectares Difference in Ha  Bohlabela  1035 1599  15  413 15 working 37 minor 70%  1179  1 035  345    Ehlanzeni  990  646  17,9  350 9 working  960  330  Gert Sibande  1 440  1076  31 401 32 working 59 minor  6119 1 440  480  Nkangala  575  23,46  386 34 working 31 minor 1060 1 035  TOTAL  4 500  3 896  181,36  1 648,92 90 working 152 minor  70%  27 736,2  45 000  1 500

Mechanisation units (tractors) COST ESTIMATES District Target ha Seeds ordered Fertilizer ordered Mechanisation units (tractors) Pesticides (litres) Total cost estimate Tons Cost estimate Working & Minor Repairs Litres Cost estimate  Bohlabela  1035  15 1 737 059  413 3 615 122 15 working 37 minor 2 541 187  8 615 1 003 176 8 896 544    Ehlanzeni  990  17,9 3 268 697  349,9 3 157 450  9 working 2 430 701  9 110,2 188 832 9 045 680  Gert Sibande  1440  145 3 547 233  401 3 591 448 32 working 59 minor 3 535 565  8 951 1 498 989 12 173 235 Nkangala  3,46 2 981 049  4,02 3 468 713 34 working 31 minor 1060 167 059 9 158 008 TOTAL  4 500 181,4 11 534 038 1 648,92 13 832 733 90 working 152 minor 11 048 640  27 736,2 2 858 056 39 273 467

TOTAL NUMBER OF TRACTORS TO BE SERVICED BY 15 SEPTEMBER 2018 Make Model Bohlabela Ehlanzeni Gert Sibande Nkangala Landini Global Farm 95   5 Silos 75 2 Silos 90 1 Landpower 125 3 Landpower 130 8865 8500 Power Farm 85 LandPower 145 Massey Ferguson 275 290 440 455 8 470 480 7170 7614 460 475 New Holland 6610 4 8030 9 T56 120 TD110 T6080 TD5 100 TD5 90 TT55 T6050 T6020 6 TD 80 TD 95 TD 90 TM7030 Case JX 95 TOTAL 19 18 50 49

PLANNED HECTARES PER COMMODITIES IN 2018/19 FOR MPUMALANGA BOHLABELA EHLANZENI GERT SIBANDE NKANGALA TOTAL FRUIT   VEGETABLES 197  202,8   192 95,1  686,9 WINE GRAPE COWPEAS MAIZE  803  697  1107 668  3275 WHEAT GROUNDNUTS SORGHUM SOYABEANS  10 43,4  53,4 BEANS  35 90,2  233  128,5 486,7 FODDER COTTON SUNFLOWER 100  100 CHICORY SUGARCANE FORESTRY CASTOR 1 035 990 1 542 4 500

RISKS Risk Mitigation High number of tractor breakages A team of 87 tractor mechanic trainees dispatched to all municipalities to repair and service all broken tractors Short planting season in the highveld Allocate more resources to cover all targeted fields and farms within season

UPDATE ON THE LAST OVERSIGHT BY THE COMMITTEE

AGRI-HUB MKHUHLU

NKOMAZI WEST MAIZE MILL

PHEZUKOMKHONO MLIMI “Turning Mpumalanga Green” THANK YOU