The Rural Action Committee (TRAC)

Project details
Partner(s): The successor to the Transvaal Rural Action Committee, The Rural Action Committee (TRAC) provides assistance to emerging faming communities of rural Mpumalanga Province. In its capacity as a land rights and rural development NGO, TRAC partners with state, civil society and community based organizations to help underprivileged communities with sustainable livelihoods. TRAC intervention assists these rural communities to live within the means of available land and natural resources. More information on TRAC is available on their website http:www.trac.org.za Our Involvement: In line with TRAC’s sustainable development operations, SAIE provides the requisite business skills training towards the implementation of community empowerment projects. SAIE’s AgriPlanner helps emerging farmers affiliated to TRAC with agribusiness skills. In this project, the chain of capacity support begins with the SAIE AgriPlanner training delivered to 13 TRAC facilitators who will in turn train 700 small-scale and emerging farmers in the community. Additional supervised input and field support from SAIE is scheduled for the duration of the project cycle and two additional trainings as well as follow-up support sessions. Project Progress: TRAC received 7 AgriPlanner kits and 700 AgriPlanner workbooks in 2006, with 3 staff members and 10 project members trained in AgriPlanner. The organisation experienced funding difficulties during 2006. Since then, SAIE has been working directly with the TRAC projects. TRAC itself started implementation during 2007, and has been working with 44 gardeners in the Piet Retief area. One of the projects - MLAC - has been working with 220 of its members. MLAC lost its AgriPlanner to fire as a result of training by candlelight - SAIE replaced the programme. Another project - Mathebula - operates as a cooperative with 37 members cultivating 8,8 ha of land with a variety of crops.
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	Product: Agri Planner
	Location: Mpumalanga Project Completion:

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