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Peter Edwards

This award is made to a land-user in the area of the annual Congress in recognition of the sound application and practice of the principles of range and forage science and conservation.

File 2012 Call for Nominations for the Peter Edwards Award
Nominations for the Peter Edwards Award (to be presented on the evening of 19 July 2012 at the Annual Congress) are due by 25 May 2012. Only farmers in the province of the Western Cape are eligible this year. Feel free to download the call for nominations and distribute further.
File Peter Edwards Award Nomination Form
 
Page Background of the Peter Edwards Trophy
The trophy, first presented in 1981, commemorates Peter Edwards, an internationally recognised pasture scientist who was born in the Eastern Cape.
News Item Peter Edwards Award 2012
Kotie van den Berg of the farm Beeldhouersfontein near Murraysburg received the Peter Edwards Award for the Best Conservation Farmer. The award was presented in recognition of his sound application and practice of the principles of range and forage science and conservation.
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Objective

The aim of the award is to recognise top farmers in different areas of southern Africa, and thereby encourage the wise use of natural resources.

Criteria
  • Potential recipients will be identified by the Congress Organising Committee each year.
  • The recipient need not be a member of the GSSA but should be encouraged to join.
  • Considerations when identifying potential candidates might include the following:
    • The recipient should be utilising veld (range and/or pasture for domestic livestock production and/or game farming.
    • Farming practices should include, as far as possible, sound cultural and management practices which are recommended to ensure the optimum economic utilisation, conservation and reclamation of natural resources.
    • Contribution to his/her community by way of participation and leadership in study groups, soil conservation committees, organised agriculture, etc.
  • Where a group is identified to receive the award, for example, a study group or soil conservation committee or a tribal authority or a community making use of communal land, the leader in such a group would receive the award on behalf of such a group.
  • These will be short-listed and farms or land-units will be visited by an adjudication panel comprising members of the Organising Committee and local advisory personnel.
  • The top land-user will be identified by Council (as per Constitution).
  • It is mandatory that this award be made every year.