New Assessment Tool Consolidated2

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PROJECT INFORMATION

TOOL

STANDARDISING THE APPROACH

2013/2014


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PROJECTInformation

FOR OFFICE USE ONLYApplication received: Applicant notified of outcome:Date: Date:Name: Name:Signature: Signature:

1.1 Name of project

...

1.2 Contact

person

.

1.3 Tel No . Fax No ...... Cell No

...........

1.4 Postal Address

GOVERNANCE ISSUES: PART AGOVERNANCE ISSUES: PART A

2.1 Name of the land holding

entity.

2.2 How many farms were acquired..

.

2.3 Total number of hectares restored

.

Project Name Province District Local

Municipality

CONTACT DETAILS

ABOUT THE LAND HOLDING ENTITY


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AgriSETA Land Reform

2.4 Through which programme of Rural Development or Land Reform

was the land acquired? Cross relevant box:

2.5 If restitution, is the land claim finalized?

2.6 If not finalized, how many properties are outstanding?

..

2.7 Estimated outstanding hectaresthereof................................................................................

ABOUT THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE LEGAL ENTITY

3.1 Number of members in governance structure of the legal

entity..

3.2 What portfolios is the governing structure comprised of?

...

.

3.3 When were the members of the governing structure

elected?......................................................

3.4 What is their term of office?

...................................................................

3.5 When is the legal entity due for election of the new leadership?

..

3.6 How many of the people on the governing structure are?

3.7 Does the governing structure have a fulltime

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Wome

n

Youth People with

disability

Restitution Redistributi Tenure

Yes No

Own/


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3.8 If no where do they operate

from.

3.9 Did the members of the governing structure receive any form of

training since elected? Tick what is relevant from the table below:

3.10 If the answer to 3.9 is yes, give details of the training provider and

the funder thereof..

GENERAL ISSUES ABOUT THE LAND HOLDING ENTITY

4.1 Is there a constitution

4.2 If yes were the beneficiaries involved in the drafting

thereof.

4.3 If the answer to 4.2 is no, explain how it was

developed..........................................................

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Leadership/corp

orate

governance

Finance

management

General

management

Production/tech

nical

(agricultural)

Negotiation and

conflict

management

Bookkeeping Human

Resource

management

Yes No


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4.4 If the answer to 4.1 is no, explain what governs the existence of the

legal entity

.....

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4.5 Is there a land use plan giving details of the intended use of the

acquired land?

4.6 If yes, were the beneficiaries involved in the drafting thereof

4.7 If the answer to 4.5 is no, explain what informs the current use of

the acquired land..

4.8 Is there a beneficiation plan in place to inform how the benefits

accrued from the land filters to all beneficiaries or

4.9 If no, explain how beneficiation isaddressed.

............................................................................................................

...........................................


Yes No

Yes No

Ye No


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4.10 Is there a communication strategy for both internal (with beneficiaries)

and external communication (all external stakeholders)

4.11 Are there policies and procedures guiding the day to day operations

of the legal entity?

4.12 If yes, specify such policies (e.g. assets management, HR, finance)

.

FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE LEGAL ENTITY

5.1 Does the legal entity have an independent bookkeeper?

5.2 Are regular financial statements produced?

5.3 Are there regular audited financial reports produced?

ENTERPRISE ISSUES: PART B

AGRICULTURE ENTERPRISE/S ON ACQUIRED LAND

6.1 List agriculture enterprises found on acquired land

Enterprise 1 . Enterprise 2

.


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Yes No

Ye No

Yes No

Yes No

NoYes


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6.2 Through what management arrangements are the enterprise/s

managed (partnership, external management services, self management by the members of the governingstructure, managed by a member of the land holding entity who is not serving on the governing structure)


.


.


.

6.3 Do you have business plan/s for enterprise/s listed above?

6.4 If yes, is/are the plan/s being followed

(explain).....................................................................................

............................................................................................................

........................................

............................................................................................................

........................................

6.5 If no, what informs the production activities

(explain).......................................................................

............................................................................................................

........................................

6.6 Are there funds available to fund all the production and related

requirements

6.7 If yes, what are the amount and the source (use the table below in giving your

answer)

Enterprise Amount

available

Grant funding

from DRDLR

Loan (specify

the source)

Funding from

Dept of

Other funding

(specify)


Ye No

Yes No


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AgricultureEnterprise 1

Enterprise 2Enterprise 3Enterprise 4Enterprise 5

Enterprise 6

6.8 If the answer to 6.6 is no, please explain how the production is

funded.................................... ....................................................................

..............................................................................

6.9 Do you have all required infrastructure necessary for your business(boreholes, roads, earth dams, electricity, and

related).....................................................................................................

.........................................

............................................................................................................

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6.10 What is the overall employment on agricultural enterprise/s?

Beneficiaries

External employees

6.11 Out of the total employed, give a breakdown in terms of the

following:

MANAGEMENT (General management, section management, and

supervision)Women Youth People with disability Men (above the age of 35)

TECHNICAL (Labourers on all production units, administration, and

general work)Women Youth People with disability Men (above the age of 35)

6.12 Did any of the employees of the enterprise/s receive training in thepast 2 years?

6.13 If yes, please indicate the number of people, and the training

received using the table below:

Production/Fa

rm

Management

and

marketing

Human

Resource

Animal

production

Plant

production

Mixed

production

Diesel

mechanics,

electrical and

related

technicalstudies

Bookkeeping Others

(please

specify

others)


Ye No

Management Technical


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6.14 If the answer to 6.12 is yes, give details of the training provider and

the funder

thereof............................................................................................

............................................

6.15 How often does management report to Governance structure?

..

6.16 How is this reporting done?

6.17 Reliance on

Technical

Support & other

advice?

(None 0, Some - 1,

Adequate - 2)


Institution Organisati

onal

structurin

g

Busine

ss

skills

Technica

l

capacity

Project

sustaina

bility

Finance

Dept Agric

Co-operative

Commercial bank

Local suppliers

Commodity

organisation

Study Group

Fellow Farmer

CommercialFarmerIndustry

Specialist

Mentor

NGO

Other


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6.18 Have you had, or currently have, the services of a mentor?

6.19 If yes, details of mentor intervention

.

..

.

..

.

..

.

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6.20 If yes, how successful has the mentorship arrangement been?

7. General comments/Training

needs: ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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...........................................8. Any other additionalinformation:...................................................................................................

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Yes No

Very Adequate

Not


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Witnesses: ....................................................................................................................................


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