Other Stakeholders

Member cane growers

These are the first and primary stakeholders as shareholders and financiers of the Association. They are the ultimate authority to which the Office and Executive Committee account. They are also the primary customers for our service offering

Employees

Employees are the second stakeholder as they implement the strategy and plans. Their alignment to the strategy and vision is crucial.

Eswatini Sugar Association (ESA)

ECGA is the other half of ESA. ESA provides services to Millers and Growers by way of regulating the industry, marketing sugar and molasses, cane quality assessment, cane husbandry extension service, among others.

Millers

The 3 millers are the primary partners for ECGA in policy formulation, hosting extension services to growers and they provide cane processing service.

Government

The ECGA falls under the Ministry of Agriculture which is responsible for endorsing/gazetting the levy on recommendation of growers’ Annual General Meeting (AGM). The Ministry also serves as the entry point to other wings of Government and local/external stakeholders.

Customers

Industry customers’ influence is handled through the ESA. Sometimes quality/compliance assessments do extend to direct interaction with growers. Millers are interchangeably customers (cane delivery/supply) and suppliers (processing and extension services).

Product and Service Providers (suppliers)

These provide goods and services required for the Office operations and ECGA ExCo. Suppliers to growers are at times engaged as part of the advocacy and representation roles of the Association.

Public and Civil Society

Most of the small-scale cane growers are operating on land availed and administered by traditional authorities hence, ECGA occasionally has to engage with such authorities on matters that affect growers a s a collective.

Media

The media is recognised as a crucial medium through which ECGA communicates with members, civil society, and the public.

Organised business

The nature of cane growing renders the Office and members as Business people and employers. ECGA represents their members in organised business structures (currently Business Eswatini). Individual members also hold separate membership with employer organizations of their choice.

International players in sugarcane and beet growing

ECGA maintains membership and networks with international growers of feedstock for sugar production. This enables benchmarking and experience sharing. Currently, ECGA is an active member of the World Association of Beet and Sugar Cane Associations (WABCG) and an active participant in International Sugar Organization (ISO) events.

Regulatory institutions

The growing of sugarcane is fully dependent on the use of land, water, petroleum products, fertilizer, pesticides, electricity etc. The environment forms the base for cane production. The Association keeps close engagement with public and quasi-public institutions that regulate the use of these resources (EEC, EEA, ESERA, ERS, etc).