The National Agricultural Marketing Council explained that emerging producers in South Africa were finding it difficult to integrate into the formal supply chains and to enter the export markets. This was mainly due to a lack of marketing infrastructure, lack of market knowledge, lack of volumes, and limited understanding of the highly sophisticated export environment. NAMC had thus developed programmes that supported these emerging producers in their endeavours to supply markets. These include the Red Meat Development Scheme, the Grain Development Scheme and the Grape Development Scheme.