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was formed through a BEE partnership between Mayibuye Ndlovu Development Trust
and Sundays River Citrus Company (SRCC)
Why Buy our Compost?
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Mayibuye Ndlovu Compost is a joint business venture between Mayibuye
Ndlovu Development Trust (MNDT) and Sundays River Citrus
Company (SRCC).
| The Mayibuye Ndlovu initiative was established in 1993 as a forum
to plan and implement conservation-based community development projects, with
the active support of the South African National Parks (SANParks).
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The goal of Mayibuye Ndlovu Development Trust is thus to enhance the capacity
and well-being of its local people and promote their sense of ownership of the
local assets through the long term and fair distribution of tangible economic
benefits.
SRCC is a company that has been around since 1924 and is the largest
single packer and exporter of citrus fruit in the Southern hemisphere.
This undertaking is a direct response to the MNDT and SRCC's concern about the
extensive alien bush in the area, which contributes to the deteriorating state
of the Sundays River system and productive soil in the valley. MNDT assists
with the harvesting of Alien vegetation in the Sundays River Valley, deliver
raw material to SRCC who in turn manufactures the compost for distribution to
citrus farmers and commercial buyers in the area.
The long-term objective of the project will be to eradicate the surrounding
rivers of alien vegetation, provide much needed employment on a permanent basis
and make quality compost for our soils.
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The compost is made using the Controlled Microbial method developed by Dr
Pfeifer. Alien vegetation is cut and chipped and delivered to the composting
site where special care is taken to ensure a quality product that is monitored
from start to finish
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Windrows are built using the wood chips, triticale or sorghum that is grown on
the site, clay and manure.
Temperatures are measured daily, which then result in a turn or no-turn
decision.
Water is added and kept at about 50% moisture content.
We have a compost tea brewer on site to increase the microbial content in the
compost with our own brew.
Tests on the tea are exceptionally good.
This compost is used extensively in The Sundays River Valley on Citrus orchards
and on vegetables because of the high nutrient values and the exceptionally
high beneficial microbial activity. Laboratory analysis confirms the integrity
of our compost and we guarantee that it is pathogen and weed free.
All our compost is certified as organic by Ecocert.
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N:P:K (3:1:4) -General analysis
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Moisture -40%
max
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Organic material -75%
We guarentee that this product is pathogen and
weed free!
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Compost is an essential element to conditioning soil. Adding the essential
beneficial microbes will ensure that earthworm activity either returns or
increase in the soil, which indicates that your soils are high in nutrients
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Improve the fertility and organic matter content in your soils, which will
reduce irrigation requirements
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Improve soil structure. Safely use with any vegetable crops as all pathogens
are eliminated
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Compost can encourage strong root formation, drought resistance, and drainage
to ensure surface remains playable
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This diversification and development of the agricultural market by supplying
locally produced organic compost, will ensure that the citrus industry is able
to meet the stringent entry level requirements of international markets for
quality standards, particularly in support of the demand for organic produce.
Improving infrastructure within the region by procuring tangible assets such as
trucks, chippers and front-end loaders, ensures that the local community is
able to bridge the gap between the second and first economies.
This increase in turnover will result in the overall improvement and upliftment
of the farming sector and communities in the region and additional jobs will be
created, both direct and indirect.
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Mayibuye Ndlovu Development Trust consist of eight impoverished communities in
and around the Sundays River Valley Municipal area, namely Addo (Nomathamsanqa
& Valencia), Kirkwood (Moses Madiba & joe Slovo), Enon, Bersheba,
Paterson and Colchester which are situated in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan
Municipality.
MNDT manages several community upliftment programmes which include a Student
Assistance initiative aimed at enabling previously disadvantage pupils to
become part of economic activities by empowering them with tertiary education.
MNDT is currently assisting 6 students from Bersig and 1 from Valencia to study
at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth. In
partnership with the Wilderness Foundation, MNDT is also enabling local
community members to venture into new careers within the Hospitality, Eco
tourism & Conservation Industries through extensive training programmes.
From a social responsibility perspective, SRCC has taken on a challenge of land
reform and black economic empowerment with the launch of a public, private
partnership. Through this, SRCC with the active support of government and its
growers, aims to transfer at least 30% of the productive land currently
delivering to SRCC into the hands of previously disadvantaged individuals witin
the next 4 years.
This project seeks to promote sustainable job creation and the reduction of
poverty levels by employing people from the disadvantaged communities. These
employees will harvest and process the raw material for compost manufacturing.
The community will also benefit in the medium to long term by having access to
agricultural infrastructure such as trucks, front-end loaders and wood
chippers, etc. that are necessary to service the needs of this market.
The final beneficiaries are the unemployed people in and around Addo, who will
benefit from a more competitive citrus industry and a permanent employment
opportunity through the compost processing business. Approximately 80% of the
workforce is only seasonally employed (6 months of the year), while 50% remain
unemployed throughout the year. In some areas, such as Enon and Bersheba,
unemployement is as high as 90%. This project will help reduce poverty
and uplift the living standards of these people.
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The Sundays River Valley plays an important role in the local economy of the
Eastern Cape.The area is characterised by high intensity irrigation farming,
and extensive conservation areas, mainly in the form of the Greater Addo
Elephant National Park. The threat of invasive alien vegetation in the Sundays
River Valley is tremendous and far-reaching.
Failure to address this problem of alien vegetation will culminate in water
runoff whereby flow in the Sundays River Valley will be seriously reduced over
the years, resulting in an increase in saline penetration and destruction of
the fragile marine environment at the estuary.
The projected combination of warmer and drier climatic conditions in Southern
Africa will place a heavier burden on our diminishing fresh water resources in
the future. Most of our groundwater resources are fossil supplies, created
thousands of years ago. With the invasion of alien vegetation, the rate of
extraction and the imbalance between the use and the recharge, has led to water
tables dropping to dangerously low levels.
The recently completed National Spatial Diversity Assessment has also showed
that all of the Eastern Cape rivers emerged as being seriously threatened by
invading alien vegetation. Some areas are now impassable due to alien
vegetation.The potential eco-tourism opportunities are being negated due to the
massive invasion of alien vegetation.Added to this is the huge water loss,
resulting in the Sundays River often being stagnant and her tributaries being
dry.The affect on the fish, insect and bird life is also negatively impacted
upon. Silting up of the ecologically sensitive Sundays River estuary is also
resulting from the spread of alien vegetation in our rivers.
By developing this composting business, Mayibuye Ndlovu Compost revitalises the
economy by availing an opportunity for local Small Micro & Macro
Enterprises (SMME's) and the unemployed to benefit through the removal of alien
vegetation.
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Instead of discarding food scraps, recycle them with the help of worms.
Vermicomposting (worm composting) transforms kitchen wastes and newspaper into
an excellent soil builder, to give you healthier blooms and bigger crops in the
garden. Worm compost boosts nutrients available to plants and enhances soil
structure and drainage.
Using worms to decompose food waste:
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Reduces household garbage disposal costs
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Produces less odor and attracts fewer pests than putting food wastes into a
garbage container
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Keeps hard-to-process organic waste out of the landfill, reducing cost to
taxpayers
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Saves the water and electricity that kitchen sink garbage disposal units
consume
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Produces a free, high quality soil amendment (castings or Vermicompost) and
compost 'tea' for the garden
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Requires little space, labour, or maintenance
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Provides worms for fishing and pet food
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Is a lot of fun, and puts you in control of turning waste into valueable
resources right at home.
Worm compost is made in a container filled with moistened bedding and redworms.
Add your food waste for a period of time, and the worms and micro-organisms
will eventually convert the entire contents into rich compost. This rich
compost is used on the composting site to make compost tea that is applied to
our compost. The combination of the normal compost and vermi-compost in the
brewer adds another dimension to the tea and multiplies the microbial activity
in the compost several fold, giving a rich final product filled with rich
nutrients and microbial activity that is vital to enriching our soils. The
worms are also sold to the farmers to encourage waste recycling and thus saving
our landfill sites of waste that could be used to revitalise depleted soils
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The primary objectives of Mayibuye Ndlovu Compost are the removal of alien
vegetation, sustainable agriculture and the creation of employment, both direct
and indirect.
It is the responsibility of each and every one of us to understand the
importance of good quality compost and how to effectively look after the soil
and the overall environment.
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The compost making process is ongoing so we can guarantee availibility. We
provide top quality compost at very competitive prices.
From R251/m3 or R14.82/20 L bag (including VAT)
Compost can be collected from the compost site.
For Deliveries to Port Elizabeth,Uitenhage & surrounding areas, contact Compost Manager at (042) 2340 469 for a quote
To order mail to : Compost
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