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Behind the producers of crystal sugar, which most of us use on a daily basis, there are thousands of farmers who produce the raw product, sugar cane.There are approximately 35 300 sugar cane growers in South Africa, the majority of whom are small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) and who, collectively, farm 391 483hectares of sugar cane.Sugar cane farms vary in size and subsistence farms average 1.7 hectares while family owned farms average 186 hectares
The creation of unity of purpose across the widely dispersed and diverse communities of cane growers is accommodated within the organisation known as CANEGROWERS, which is the non-racial, apolitical national organisation representing South Africa’s sugar cane growers. CANEGROWERS is a service driven organisation and provides a wide range of services, information and advice with a focus on agricultural economics. In addition, it develops and empowers cane growing communities through the promotion of cane development involving training and information support. |