To BEE or not to BEE…

[{“type”:”text”,”content”:”The ABCs of Black Economic Empowerment for the Everyday Farmer was Agri SAu2019s first B-BBEE workshop to capacitate and engage with farming enterprises on the practicalities of the AgriBEE Sector Code and the possible ways transformation can be an accelerant for sustainability and growth for the sector. Phil Bowes from VinPro outlined that BEE compliance can benefit the farmer through access to new water sources, access to markets such as preferential trade and retail, access to soft credit and a limited opportunity for grants and its benefits for off-takers who needs 25 to 40 points for procurement depending on their scale.nnNonetheless, the conversation of BEE starts with its scope. Ilse Myburgh-Leendertz from the PPECB reminded us of those enterprises with annual total revenue of between R10 million and R50 million qualify for BEE compliance measurement in terms of the Amended AgriBEE Qualifying Small Enterprise (QSE) Scorecard.”,”position”:0,”id”:”CzbDs9yfykyVCyaT”}]