Our passion for the emerging commercial farmers and mega farmers, in particular, positions our company to be a key enabler in sustainably building resilient agri-businesses in Southern Africa, and to potentially help create the market leaders of tomorrow.
Our diverse leadership is passionate about serving this segment of the market with much-needed access to markets, technical support and facilitate funding with finance institutions. We aspire to supersede the expectations of our clients by adding value given our experience in finance, agriculture value chain, agribusiness development and business operations, and through the provision of advisory services and strategic direction.
To provide all categories of farmers with holistic end to end business solutions suited for them that are innovative and sustainable.
To be a resilient, trusted farmer supporter that provides climate-smart and innovative farmers solutions whilst being profitable.
Our values include the following:
Innovation, authenticity
respect, transparency
and honesty.
Priority on sustainable and climate-smart farming for all our categories of farmers.
Geographical focus areas to maximise yield and crop belts.
Focus on scale, precision, and local multiplier effect.
Innovative farming technology, renewable energy and sustainable irrigation systems.
Focus on aggregation for reducing the cost of production, logistics and enhancing agro-processing opportunities.
Facilitation of technical support, business support and access to funding to fulfil the aggregating contracts.
SE Holdings is internationally providing the following services to its clients :
Aggregates all crops and grains.
Performs agri feasibility studies, needs assessments and market analysis.
Facilitates agribusiness funding for all categories of farmers and for primary, secondary and tertiary agribusinesses.
Performs innovative and entry to new market research studies.
Partners to measure green carbon gases and carbon credit for its clients.
Project manages all its agri projects strategy formulations, implementation and monitoring and evaluation.
Partners to profile small and big livestock and make recommendations to improve quality and overall well-being.
SEH provides emerging commercial farmers, professional farmers with support to create sustainable farming enterprises through non-financial and financial business solutions suited for them that are innovative and sustainable through.
To improve farmer yields and reduce the cost of production SEH provides its network of emerging commercial farmers, professionals, with:
SEH alongside its network of farmers is looking for value adding opportunities to improve farmer profit margin and benefit all its stakeholders.
SEH has a diversified pipeline of equity / partner opportunities that it is assessing for the overall benefit of all its stakeholders.
Farmer training
Crop schedules
Crop management
Farmer technical support
Reporting
Designers of end to end all categories of farmers solutions that meet international quality standards, compliance and quality.
Strategic collaboration with financiers, business development agencies to provide development funds for all categories of farmers in the SE programme.
Providers of business strategy solutions suited to small business growth in an easy to understand manner and facilitating funding.
Create tailor-made sustainable business solution models that retain jobs, enhances participation in the mainstream economy and create real opportunities.
Aligning farmers business support to corporate strategy and contributing to the triple bottom line.
Limpopo | Mpumalanga | North West | Gauteng | KZN | Free State | Western Cape | Eastern Cape | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nr. of farmers 100% Black (496) | 630 (445 ready to plant) | 76 (50 ready to plan) | 37 (20 ready to plant) | 11 (4 Mega Farmers) | 03 (ALL Mega Farmers) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total hectares (5 800) | 3970 | 1600 | 1680 | 1550 | 1400 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Available Infrastructure | Drip irrigation, centre pivots, packhouse, some no infrastructure | Boreholes & pumps, some infrastructure and most no irrigation infrastructure | Boreholes, overhead sprinklers and mostly Pharos | Centre pivots, boreholes, sprinklers | Centre pivots | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Black Youth ownership | 80% | 60% | 23% | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Black women ownership | 70% | 63% | 47% | 33% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Current crop(s) | White Small Beans, White Maize and Tomato | White Small Beans | White Small Beans | White Small Beans | White Small Beans | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Ongoing Contract since 2017 -Mopani Rural Hub-Emerging Commercial Farmer Business Management Support, Input, Infrastructure and Technical Support Funding for 10 Farmers in Limpopo, 4 in KZN, 2 in EC planting – Producing 155 ha of baby corn, marrows, Pan Yellows, Pan Green, Gems, Beads, Ginger, Cocktail tomatoes, tomatoes, and chillies Total Project Value: R10m.
Total Project Value R100m to roll it out to Mpumalanga, and KZN. Up to 141 farmers were identified for the programme. Key Project Partners to the Projects include FNB farmer’s Development and Kagiso Trust (Tyala Impact Fund) – (2017 To date)
Adhoc sub-contracted to Tysys for business support, technical support and access to market services. EXXARO ED Farmers is based in Giyani and Lephalale for fresh produce. (current)
Contracted to assist in developing Emerging Commercial Farmer business case and funding memos for Barloworld Imbewu Fund (current)
300 MICRO AGRI ENTERPRISES ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA – conducted over 300 initial assessments and supported over 50 farmers through the WDB Rural Women Development Program on Food Security and Nutrition Program Produce Tomatoes, butternut, watermelons, okra, chilies, green peppers and green beans, chickens, rabbits, goats, and piggery – (2008 to 2015)
Strategic partner for soil, water and weather analysis, tests and recommendations, crop and soil health support, training, development and technical advice to SEH network of farmers, overall advice on suitable irrigation and mechanization solutions as well as land rehabilitation for agriculture development
Ongoing since 2015 Providing technical support, entry to market studies and partnership opportunities to Agri and Textile Sectors in more than 10 prefectures in Japan supporting over 30 women-owned businesses and fresh produce markets. (2015 to date)
THE IMPACT CATALYST IS A COLLABORATION INSTITUTION- ANGLO AMERICAN, CSIR, EXXARO AND OTHERS for collective impact. – ongoing since June 2021. In the delivery of socio-economic development. Be a catalyst for the development and implementation. of large-scale initiatives. We provide agri-prefeasibility studies, market analysis, training and development, facilitation of funding and offtake contracts to emerging farmers in the mining communities as per Impact Catalyst. 76 Farmers in Tshikondeni
Sub-contracted to complete an Market Insight Study for Agro Inputs machinery in Angola for a leading international global commodity merchant and sustainable supply chain management company that operates in over 40 major commodity-producing countries worldwide and support farmers to produce and trade coffee, cotton, edible nuts, spices and a selection of other agricultural products – complete
Entry to Market Study for the leading international global commodity merchant and sustainable supply chain management company and Local insights to provide insight into where the client should be expanding to and why and how they should be expanding with a focus on smallholder machinery, agrochemicals and seeds in that order of priority in Nigeria- still in progress.
Smart Farming with technology solutions – using hydroponics and tunnels technology to plant more than 20 crops in support of the fish canning facility that will be commissioned –projected scoped and approved. SE waiting to break the ground with identified Mauritanian technical partner – in progress
At post-credit phase on this cannabis plant project worth $13m, that has an export licence and medicinal approval certificates – close to financial close
JICA contracted SE Holdings to provide farmer’s Development Training and Report using Kaizen principles adopted for the South African environment.
As part of the Spar Enterprise and Supplier Development program, SE Holdings will be assisting Spar and its Suppliers and Enterprises in their supply value chain with facilitating funding, coordinating non-financial support and agri-business growth. Spar has provided us with a list of farmers to engage for the potential funding with potential development funder(s).
Agri SETA training for SE staff and its farmers
Assistance on preparation and booking for all GLOBAL GAP.
Crop Minimum Residue Level Testing and Tracking –GLOBAL GAP.
Logistic planning from farm to drop off point as per Off-take Specification.
Currently aggregating Emerging Commercial Farmers in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and North West for white small beans, white maize, groundnuts, sorghum, and wheat off takes supported more than 67 Emerging Commercial Farmers in Limpopo (Nwanedi and Mojaji) and provided them Business Management Support, Input, Infrastructure and Technical Support Funding Produce : Tomatoes, butternut, watermelons, okra, chillies, green peppers and green beans, secured offtakes for all food commodities beneficiated by Tigerbrands – blank cheque offtake (2009 to date)