Die Suider-Afrika Agri Inisiatief (Saai) is ’n landboubelangenetwerk vir boere deur boere, wat daartoe verbind is om die regte, waardes, ideale en behoeftes van familieboere in die primêre produksiesektor te beskerm en te bevorder
Familieboere is ‘n noodsaaklike deel van landelike gemeenskappe wat kos en stabiliteit voorsien. Nietemin staar hulle nuwe uitdagings in die gesig, insluitend klimaatsverandering, korporatiewe oorname en regeringsinmenging. Die Suidelike Afrikaanse Landbou Inisiatief (Saai) is geskep om die regte van familieboere te beskerm en te bevorder. Saai fokus op beleidsbeïnvloeding, strategiese oplossings en vennootskappe om kwessies soos armoede, honger, geslagsgelykheid, verantwoordelike produksie en klimaataksie aan te spreek. Die organisasie beklemtoon ook die belangrikheid van onderwys, gesondheid, energie en toegang tot water vir boere.
Saai streef daarna om landelike gemeenskappe te bewaar, verstedeliking te beveg en volhoubare landboupraktyke te skep.
The Southern African Agri Initiative (Saai) is an agricultural interest network for farmers by farmers, which is committed to the protection and promotion of the rights, values, ideals and needs of family farmers in the primary produce sector.
Farmers must overcome a plethora of challenges, including land reform, safety risks, limiting trade measures, climate change and a lack of agricultural development, training, energy, resources, water, rural infrastructure, technology and access to finance. As an interest group it is the duty of SAAI to play an active role in the execution of active strategic solutions for this and other agricultural problems and not to merely rest on the hope of policy influence.
Saai – as a vehicle to strive for this goal – is not a traditional agricultural union, but rather a network based on cooperation and the application of modern technology and pure principles.
Theo de Jager
