(SWADE), a quasi-government agency responsible for the development of LUSIP; and
Technoserve Swaziland Limited, a development NGO with experience in entrepreneurial and
youth development. The projects also include capacity building, support to youth education and
the development local educational establishments.
Ubombo was also recently awarded €400 000 to implement a replant and capacity building
programme among its existing small and medium-sized growers through the Solidaridad Farmer
Support Programme. The project has been built around the establishment of a revolving loan
fund for replanting that provides low-cost finance for various components of the process, in order
to encourage vulnerable farmers to replant their fields and reduce the debt burden. It has also
been agreed that this project will be incorporated into the EU funded projects as part of the own
contribution.
Tanzania
The Kilombero Charitable Community Trust (KCCT) continues to operate as a medium for funds
for social development in the Kilombero area some 12 years after conception. Originally funded
through a Trust farm, which now has been incorporated into the estate, the KCCT now relies on
donations from Kilombero Sugar Company (KSC) and donor funding. Due to the market
constraints during recent years, funding from KSC has been difficult and the Trust has had to
focus efforts considerably on external funding sources.
In 2013 the Trust was also awarded €400 000 from the Solidaridad Farmer Support Programme
to implement a capacity building project for the existing outgrowers linked to the proposed EU
irrigation pilot scheme. The capacity programme focuses on civic education of the farmers related
to irrigation development and on technical agricultural, sustainable management systems,
business and organisational management skills. The capacity building component being
implemented by the Trust is progressing well using a range of external experts who are training
and developing the extension officers and the leadership of cane growing associations.
Zambia
Zambia Sugar’s recently announced expansion project, which includes the construction of a new
white sugar refinery, has provided continued impetus for the smallholder cane sector at
Mazabuka. The increased cane supply required for the factory is to come primarily from area
expansions of which the smallholder development at Manyonyo, involving some 145 individual
growers, is a major part. This scheme is a community development project incorporating all
existing land users/owners within its boundaries, with all members benefiting equally from cane
proceeds. It is the third smallholder sugar cane outgrower scheme at Nakambala. Initiated by the
government of Zambia with financial support from the African Development Bank and the Finnish
Government, the Manyonyo scheme has 595 hectares of land under cane. The development of
commercially sustainable smallholder outgrowers is a key objective of Zambia Sugar which
continues to facilitate the financial empowerment of these growers.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT
In general, Illovo receives limited financial assistance from governments, as noted above in South Africa
and Zambia, and in our other countries of operation in the form of tax relief/credits, subsidies, investment
grants, research and development grants, awards and financial assistance from export credit agencies
or financial incentives.
ASSURANCE
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