Engineering - Agricultural Infrastructure

Funders:
Department of Water Affairs , Department of Agriculture (KZN), Flemish International Co-operation Agency, Goldfields, Harmony, Alfred Nzo District Municipality, Anglo American Chairman's Fund, National, Anglo Platinum, Northam Platinum, Development Agency, Rand Mutual Assurance.

Description
Small Holder Farmers in communal areas are faced with considerable infrastructural back-logs and under investment. In response, Lima , through its interactions with communities and their leadership, identify a number of projects that require implementation. Lima assists individual farmers and groups to leverage funding through a combination of grants and loans, as well as project design and construction supervision.

Lima 's team of five agricultural engineers, six civil technicians and 8 foremen provide design, costing, project management and supervision services. Work itself is undertaken by local contractors who are given the necessary training and supervision. Lima implements the following infrastructure:

Labour based roads	Irrigation schemes
Fencing	Poultry houses
Hatcheries	Nurseries
Animal handling facilities	Sanitation
Conservation works	Rainwater harvesting
Rural housing	Labour based roads
Irrigation schemes

Impact
A total of 200 individual farmers and 2 000 community members have benefitted from agricultural infrastructure valued at over R 20 million from Lima in 2010. In addition over 100 contractors employing more and 1 000 people have been trained and employed during the year.

Areas Of Implementation
KwaZulu-Natal , Eastern Cape , Mpumalanga and Limpopo