Smallholder Farmers Cross Visit on Community Engagement in Local Natural Resource management

Smallholder Farmers Cross Visit DAY

Community Engagement in Local Natural

Resource management

Thursday 8th August 2024

Area: Ezibomvini village and Costone village

Time: 09:00 am Phumelele Homestead

Purpose: cross visit day for small holder farmers learning and sharing of community

engagement activities in Local Natural resource management.

Meeng point at Ezibomvini staon before the community hall or Winterton spar at

08:00am for a convoy. Contact person Lungelo Buthelezi at 0632318239 OR Nqobile

Mbokazi at 0724636405. Reminder: bring your hat, walking shoes and water……..

PROGRAMME OUTLINE

Time

Acvity

Descripon

09:00-09:20am

Arrival and introducon

Introducon from both

Organisaon. All

parcipants will introduce

themselves.

09:20am- 09:30am

Opening and Welcome

Prayer and programme

descripon: Thabani

Madondo (MDF)

Welcome: Phumelele

Hlongwane (household

head)

09:30am – 09:45am

Speaker: Samson Phakathi

Descripon of Endangered

wild life trust and main

purpose for their visitaon

09:45am- 10:10am

Speaker: Lungelo Buthelezi

(MDF)/ Erna Kruger (MDF

DIRECTOR)

Progress in smallholder

farmers in Bergville over the

last 5 years

10:15am-11:00am

Speaker: Lungelo Buthelezi

(MDF)/ Mama Mabizela

(Farmer)

Leading the walk about to: -

-Spring protecon

- Alien clearing site

Farmers: descripon of their

work as Ezibomvini learner

group.

11:00am- 11:10am

Speaker: Samson and

kwaMkhize farmers

Overview of the Ezibomvini

area and Quesons

11:10am-11:30am

Speaker: Lungelo (MDF),

Farmers

Leading the walk about to

Phumelele homestead for

eld cropping- CA trial

maize stover for organic

maer and Gardens, tunnel

and farmer centre.

Overview and quesons.

11:30am-12:00am

Field visit to Stulwane

-rehabilitaon sites, Wale

funeral forest, Lantana

clearing, fodder experiment

bales and protein block and

Spring protecon

Vehicles depart for: from

Ezibomvini to Stulwane at

Rehabilitaon sites as the

rst staon

12:00am-12:15am

Introducons all, main

purpose: Nqobile Mbokazi

(MDF) and Nothile Zondi

welcoming

Short introducon and

welcoming. Descripon of

rehabilitaon sites

12:15am 12:40am

Speaker: Farmers (Nothile

and Lizzy) Rehabilitaon site

view, funeral forestry and

Lantana clearing

Overview of the site and

queson from Endangered

wild life trust

12:40am-13:00pm

Field visits to Nothile Zondi

homestead

Vehicles depart to Nothile

and park next to the

homestead roadside

13:00pm- 13:20pm

Speaker: Nothile Zondi

Demonstraon of baler

making and descripon of

fodder experiment feeding

and protein block.

13:20pm-13:30pm

Overview and quesons

Adding informaon on

fodder experiment and

quesons.

13:30pm-13:40pm

Overview water access

Descripon of water access

looking at the mountains

overview of the water

system for village A and

Village B.

13:40pm-13:50pm

Field visit to spring MDF

spring protecon

Vehicles depart to the

spring

13:50pm-14:30pm

Spring water system

Overview the main fenced

spring and tank storage near

to spring 2

14:30pm-15:00pm

Speakers: Erna Kruger,

Samson Phakathi and

farmers.

closure

Report backs, queson and

answers. Vote of thanks

from Both organisaons.

Departure