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A: ROUTINE INFORMATION

Date: Day:
Name of School:
Student surname and name:
Student number:
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Subject:
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Duration of lesson:

B: SPECIFIC AIMS

C: LESSON OBJECTIVES
1. KNOWLEDGE

2. SKILLS
 3. VALUES/ATTITUDES

D: APPROACH/TEACHING STRATEGY:

E: RESOURCES:

F: LESSON PHASES:
1. INTRODUCTION

2. DEVELOPMENT
THE MAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AFRICA
Main products produced for the home market and export market
 Cattle
 Maize
 Sugar cane
Home Market/ Domestic market
Here goods are produced and sold within South Africa.
Export Market
Here goods are produced for selling in other countries.

Cattle farming
 One of the main types of livestock farming.
 Takes place in the grassland regions across South Africa.
 Need generally constant rainfall over 400mm per year.
 Main areas of cattle farming are the eastern and northeast parts of South Africa.
 Infrastructure e.g., abattoirs and feedlots greatly influence where beef production takes place.

Factors favouring beef farming in South Africa

 Markets are both home and export.
 Well-developed commercial farmers.
 Labour supply.
 A large area of grassland regions.
 Good infrastructure.
Factors hindering beef farming in South Africa
 Droughts resulting in huge losses could result in more imports.
  A large number of communal subsistence farmers whose production is low.
 Diseases e.g., foot and mouth disease.
 Increasing cost of farming.
 Lack of institutional support, market access, and information for communal farmers.
Importance of beef farming
 Source of food supply to many South Africans.
 Creates employment.
 Serves as a raw material for manufactured products such as leather and food products.
 Exports earn foreign exchange.
 It encourages the development of other industries by using their products e.g., water tanks and
livestock trailers.
Beef crisis
 South Africa’s consumption is greater than its production.
 If we don’t find the solution, we may have to increase imports.
 We could invest more into our communal farmers in order to increase their production and
make them more commercially orientated.
 More emphasis on emerging beef cattle farmers.
Maize farming
 Maize is farmed extensively and commercially on many farms.
 Main areas are both Northwest, Mpumalanga, and Kwazulu-Natal.
 Maize is the most important crop grown in South Africa.
 Production is higher than other crops.
 Maize relies on warm weather.
Factors favouring maize farming in South Africa
 Market both home and export markets.
 Well-developed commercial farmers.
 Labour supply.
 Good infrastructure e.g., transport systems, silos.
 Warm temperatures over a large part of South Africa.
Factors hindering maize farming in South Africa
 Drought resulting in huge losses and could result in more imports.
 A large number of subsistence farmers whose production is low.
 Pests e.g., armyworms
 Increasing costs of farming.
 Fluctuating prices.
Importance of maize
 Staple diet of South Africans.
 Creates employment.
 Serves as a raw material for manufactured products such as paper, paint, textiles, medicine, and
food products.
 Exports earn foreign exchange.
 It encourages the development of other industries by using their products e.g., fertilizer and
farm equipment.
Sugar cane
 Sugar cane is grown extensively in South Africa.
 Both large-scale and small-scale farmers grow sugar cane.
 Main areas are Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.
 Grows well in tropical and subtropical climates.
 Sugar cane is exported and not imported.
Factors favouring sugar cane in South Africa
 Market both home and export markets.
 Well-developed commercial farmers.
 Labour supply.
  Good infrastructure e.g., transport systems, mills.
 Sunny frost-free areas in the eastern part of South Africa.
Factors hindering sugar cane farming in South Africa
 Droughts result in huge losses and could result in fewer exports.
 Pests e.g., grasshoppers.
 Increasing cost of farming.
 Fluctuating prices.
 Sugar cane is grown as a single crop in the fields (monoculture).
Importance of sugar cane
 Creates employment.
 Serves as a raw material for manufactured products such as cakes and chocolates.
 Consumed by most South Africans.
 Exports ears foreign exchange.
 It encourages the development of other industries by using their products e.g., fertilizers and
farm equipment.

3. CONSOLIDATION/LESSON CONCLUSION

G: LEARNER ACTIVITY
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to the Lesson Plan)
DBE PAST PAPER
FIGURE 3.5: BEEF FARMING
2020 AND BEYOND: A VISION FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN BEEF INDUSTRY
By Lloyd Philips, 7 December 2017
In 2016 South Africa became a net red meat exporter for the first time, supplying mainly the cheap beef market. In 2016
global red meat exports amounted to 9, 44 million tons. Brazil led the way, exporting 1,85 million tons or 19,6% of the total.
South Africa ranked 15th at 60 000 tons, or 0,64%, of the world total.

The recent drought showed how crucial it was for the country’s beef industry to stop focusing on exporting only cheap beef.
By exporting higher quality beef, our industry can protect itself from shocks that result in reduced profits. It must be noted,
however, that with the current high beef price in South Africa, the country will be unable to compete against the likes of Brazil
and other top beef exporters.

(Adapted from https://www.farmersweekly.com.za/agribusinesses/ 2020-beyond-vision-sa-beef-industry/)

QUESTIONS

3.5 Refer to FIGURE 3.5, an extract on South Africa’s beef industry.

3.5.1 Which country had the highest exportation of beef in 2016? (1)
3.5.2 Quote evidence from the extract that suggests that the beef industry is growing in South Africa. (2)
3.5.3 Refer to the statement below.
By exporting higher quality beef, our industry can protect itself from the shock that results in reduced
profits.
a. Why does the exportation of low-quality beef reduce profits? (2)
b. Write four (4) majors that can be introduced in improving beef industries. (4)
3.5.4 Write two (2) factors preventing South Africa from being competitive with other top beef exporters. (4)
(TOTAL: 13)
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
3.5.1. Brazil
3.5.2. ‘South Africa became a net red meat exporter for the first time’
3.5.3. a. Make less money as poor-quality beef does not fetch high prices.
Countries buy less because of poor quality.
 b. Industrial beef cattle farming.
Regular vaccination to prevent diseases.
Regular health checks of cattle.
Free-range farming improves the quality of beef.
Accelerate the process of land reform.
Improved pasturage and feeding will result in higher cattle.
3.5.4. Water shortages reduce stock members.
Low government subsidies push up prices.
Stock theft reduces the amount of stock.
Veld fires reduce natural grazing and therefore stock.
Price fluctuation reduces profit.
The poor exchange rate reduces profit for beef farmers.

H: CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED DURING PLANNING OF LESSON

 During the starting part and introduction of the lesson plan, a lot of time was consumed (time
management)
 selecting the appropriate learning materials
 determining the assessment.
 Structuring the lesson plan
 Adaptations

I: REFERENCES