We represent the interests of black developing and commercial grain farmers in South Africa

SAGRA has 12 key focus commodities

By focusing on the commodities below, we aim to:

  • Organise small-scale and developing commercial grain farmers in South Africa.
  • Promote, drive and create a platform for effective and impactful development for all small-scale and developing grain farmers in South Africa.

How SAGRA helps its farmers:

SAGRA equips the farmers for success by ensuring they fully participate in key programs which help in enhancing the capacity and skills of its farmers to move from subsistence farming to more commercial farmers that impact the nation in securing its food security.

The following programs are in place for the farmers:

  1. Syndicate Groups: These groups provide timeous information to farmers about developments within the farming community, these groups especially help grain farmers.
  2. Commercialisation & Enterprise Development Programme: This is one of our core programmes that ensure the development of African farmers in order for them to start commercialization of their farming activities.
  3. Training & Capacity building programmes: Capacitate the African farmers with new technologies for enhancement of the farming enterprises and businesses. This is especially important in terms of building the farmer's overall effectiveness and yields in the crop being planted, and this can only be done through the enhancement of critical farming skills which are brought about by SAGRA Professional Mentors who take the time to teach each and every one of our farmers.
  4. Agro-processing: Capacitate African farmers with new technologies for the enhancement of farming enterprises and businesses. This will also include full participation in the integrated value chains which will enhance African farmer standings within food security of the country.
  5. Agro-logistics and mechanisation solutions: Providing agro-logistics solutions is one of the core principles in agriculture in order to have an effective system of material flow, from the sources of origin of agricultural production to the end-users. Providing mechanisation solutions is part of our core in ensuring our farmers get the assistance they require in ploughing, planting, seedbed, spraying and other core agri-mechanisation processes.

 

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Winter Projects

Winter Projects include wheat, barley, oats, canary, and triticale which are some of the most cultivated crops in the world. While yield and quality are determined by the combination of environment and farm management, winter crops, in general, have a high yield, due to the ability to use winter moisture for growth.

We provide support as follows:

  1. Soil correction, crop insurance and mentorship
  2. Direct production inputs
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Maize Projects

Maize projects are part of our main projects for our farmers, which constitute a mixture of white and yellow maize. Maize is the most widely produced crop in the world. This cereal is grown in at least 164 countries around the world with a total production of more than 1 billion metric tons in 2013.

We provide support as follows:

  1. Soil correction, crop insurance and mentorship
  2. Direct production inputs
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Oil seed Projects

Oil seed Projects are part of our major crops by farmers. Oil seeds are expected to play an increasing role in the future food supply. Even though the species are diverse, interestingly there are many varieties which possess a potential for food production. Various seeds are generally rich in lipids and provide the major part of the oil and fat needs of the population. 

Major conventional edible vegetable oils and fats produced worldwide are generally provided by cotton, soy, sunflower, rapeseed, peanut, palm kernel, and cocoa seeds using traditional and industrial processes.

We provide support as follows:

  1. Soil correction, crop insurance and mentorship
  2. Direct production inputs