1. PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES CONDITIONAL GRANTS AND EQUITABLE SHARE PLANS AND PROGRESS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
PRESENTER: MS ELDER MTSHIZA
Date: 21 SEPTEMBER 2016

2. Presentation Outline National Development Plan : vision 2030
Grant Purpose
Policy imperatives
Programmes funded through conditional grants
Programme allocations
CASP allocations and expenditure at Q1
Ilima/Letsema allocation and expenditure at Q1
Planned activities aligned to APAP
Fetsa Tlala readiness plan
Flood and drought Disaster reports
Extension Recovery Plan
Revitalization of Colleges of agriculture
Land Care allocation and expenditure at Q1
Land Care progress report

3. National Development Plan: Vision 2030
Chapter 6: An integrated and inclusive rural economy
Grow the economy and increase jobs by expanding irrigated agriculture
Water use efficiency
New irrigation schemes
Pick and support those industries and regions with the highest potential
Focus on value chains and hence agro - processing
Job creation
Growing the rural economy
Land Reform is key
Develop strategies that give new entrants access to value chains
Find creative combinations between opportunities, e.g.
Support successful communal farmers –security of tenure
Collaboration between commercial and land reform beneficiaries

4. Grant Purpose
CASP
To provide effective agricultural support services, promote and facilitate agricultural development by targeting beneficiaries of land reform’s restitution and redistribution; and other black producers who have acquired land through private means and are engaged in value-adding enterprises domestically, or involved in export.
To address damage to infrastructure caused by floods. (since 2012)
ILIMA/LETSEMA
To assist vulnerable South African farming communities to achieve an increase in agricultural production and invest in infrastructure that unlocks agricultural production. i.e. Revitalization of irrigation schemes
LAND CARE
To enhance a sustainable conservation of natural resources through community based participatory approach, create job opportunities through expanded public works programme model (EPWP), to improve food security and well being of society as guided by six indivisible principles.

5. Policy imperatives informing investments in 2016/17
Create 1 million jobs (National Development Plan: vision 2030)
Put 1 million hectares of unutilised land under production by 2019 (Fetsa Tlala)
Support smallholder producers by 2019 (New Growth Path)
Expand 1.5 million hectares under irrigation by (NDP: 2030 Vision)
Ensure food security for all (Act 108 of 1996, Constitutional Mandate)
Ensure sustainable use of natural resources
Grow agricultural contribution to the GDP - driven by the Revitalization of Agriculture and Agro-processing Value Chains (RAAVC – 9 point plan) – through operationalization of the Agriculture Policy Action Plan.

6. Programmes/ initiatives supported through grant funding
Fetsa Tlala (end hunger) initiative
Extension Recovery Plan
Farmer Training and capacity development
Agricultural Colleges Revitalization
Flood disasters (recovery work)
Land Care
Kaonafatso ya dikgomo
Red Meat Development Programme (NAMC)
SIP 11
Irrigation scheme development
Agri-parks
Food security initiatives
Revitalization of Agriculture and Agro-processing Value Chains

7. Programmes Allocation in 2016/17
Province
CASP
Ilima/Letsema
Land Care
Equitable Share
R'000
Eastern Cape
63 876
10 632
Free State
59 447
5 506
Gauteng
85 079
26 061
4 802
65 525
KwaZulu-Natal
55 000
Limpopo
10 438
21 136
Mpumalanga
49 136
6 208
43 301
Northern Cape
55 050
9 320
North West
59 448
7 621
36 951
Western Cape
50 593
4 106
30 100
Unallocated  - - 
Total
69 265

8. Conditional grants expenditure in Q1 of 2016/17
Programme
Total Allocation
Transfer in Q1
Expenditure in Q1
% Spent
R'000
CASP
73.8
Ilima/Letsema
83 627
40 777
48.8%
Land Care
69 265
6 927
6 114
88.3
Total
68.7
Funds are allocated to provinces in four tranches
Monitoring of projects and programmes is conducted on quarterly basis by both DAFF and PDA
Funds are 100% aligned to APAP and RAAVC

9. PRIORITY COMMODITIES FOR GAUTENG IN LINE WITH APAP
Planned CASP activities aligned to APAP
PRIORITY COMMODITIES FOR GAUTENG IN LINE WITH APAP
Poultry Integrated Value Chain
Aquaculture
Red Meat Value Chain
Investment: R339 million + R9 million piggery
Planned projects: 115
Jobs: 1 021
Farmers: 7 135
Provinces: all nine
Activities:
25 stock and irrigation dams
6 stock water structures
70 handling facilities
4 dipping tanks
14 piggery
Sheep structure
1 feedlot
Investment: R146 million Planned projects: 68
Jobs: 268
Farmers: 315
Provinces: all nine
Activities:
44 poultry structures
One year old chicks (inputs)
medicines
Investment: R44 million Planned projects: 8
Jobs: 124
Farmers: 438
Provinces: FS, LP, MP, EC, NW, WC
Activities:
6 aquatic nursery structures
Processing facility
Capacity building and inputs

10. PRIORITY COMMODITIES FOR GAUTENG IN LINE WITH APAP
Planned CASP activities aligned to APAP
Fruits and Vegetables
PRIORITY COMMODITIES FOR GAUTENG IN LINE WITH APAP
Dairy
Grain production
Investment: R416, 089 million
Planned ha: ha
Jobs: 2 636
Farmers: 1 228
Activities:
Irrigation systems
Hydroponic structures
Fencing
Orchard structures
Packhouses
Storage facilities
Processing facilities
Fertilisers
Investment: R130, 050 million
Planned ha: ha
Jobs: 1 021
Farmers: 7 135
Activities:
Production inputs
Mechanization
Labour (tractor drivers)
Storage facilities
** Provincial equitable share and Ilima allocation not included in this allocation.
Investment: R23 million Planned projects: 6
Jobs; 30
Farmers: 257
Provinces: EC, KZN, LP, NC
Activities:
Dairy structures
Boreholes

11. 2016/17 Fetsa Tlala in Hectares
Commodity EC FS GP
KZN LP MP NC NW WC
Total
Fodder
2 267
230
300
3 097
Chicory
295
Deciduous Fruit
180 7
 59
605
655
1 063
2 510
Grapes 8
100
240
348
Citrus
200 30 33
263
Pineapple
Vegetables
2 931
177 60
 247
5 505
136 25
9 417
Maize
43 800
1 420
2 600
5 940
29 498
15 500
192
23 863
Seed
221
Beans
350
410
3 615 50
4 425
Macademia nuts 80
Peacan nuts
Ground nuts
1 313
Sorghum
5 082
Canola
500
Cotton
Wheat
250
1 910
2 210
Rooibos
150
Sunflower
385
Sugarcane
632
50 433
3 597
2 660
6 786
44 919
17 223
767
24 299
3 446
Fetsa tlala has a total budget of R880, 766 million (R344,098 Ilima, R536,668 CASP)

12. Summary of State of Readiness by Provinces
Targeted Hectares
Beneficiaries
Seeds Ordered (Tons)
Fertilizer Ordered (Tons)
Mechanization Units (Tractors)
Overall Readiness Rating
Business Plan Hectares
Difference in Ha EC
20 084
7 759
62.3%
50 433 FS 41
46.9
394.5 ??
54.1%
3 597 GP
146
20.0
500.4 89
45.0%
2 660
KZN
3 731
201.1
117
49.3%
6 786 LP
37 007
407
91.0%
44 919 MP
7 018
99.1
471.1
1 272
60.8%
17 223 NC
683.0
455
226.1
498.2 11
56.1%
767
84.0 NW
253
17.5
213.0 52
32.9%
24 299 WC 95
194.4
135.0 55
100.0%
3 446
Totals
68 830
9 762
61.3%

13. Number of Households benefiting from Agricultural Food Security Initiatives (backyard food gardens)
Province
Household
Community Gardens
Target 
Reached
Targeted
Eastern Cape
10 000
Free State
10 500
262  0 
Gauteng
12 000
700 65
KwaZulu Natal
20 000
Limpopo
5 100  0 92
Mpumalanga
15 000
1 500
Northern Cape
180 8
North West
Western Cape
1 357
120
106
Total
74 137
1 082
1 763

14. Irrigation schemes (Ilima/letsema)
Province
Irrigation scheme
Activities
Budget allocated R'000
Expenditure at Q1
Northern Cape
Vaalharts (subsurface drainage,
Construction of two Concrete reservoirs, Sub- Surface drainage system, Construction of communal discharge line, Geotechnical Investigation for Vaalharts Revitalization
13 000
KwaZulu Natal
Makhathini
Install Subsurface drainage pipes covering 250ha and urgent repair of main irrigation canal – mainly concrete work, to prevent collapse of damaged sections of the Main Irrigation Canal, enabling irrigation of 2000ha
15 000
4 300
Western Cape
Ebenheiser
Construction of a balancing dam benefiting 153 plots (300ha)
6 083
Total
34 083

15. Farmer Training and Capacity building
Programme
Allocation
R’000
Annual Targeted Farmers
Tar get in Q1
Actual in Q1
Status
Farmer Training
98 767
22 709
3 633
2 603
72%
Mentorship
2 791
447
550
123%
Total
25 500
4 080
3 153
77%

16. Extension Recovery Plan
489 extension officers are targeted to be recruited in 2016/17 and only Eastern Cape province recruited one in quarter one.
2 075 extension officers are targeted for training in 2016/17 and 162 received training in technical skills and generic soft skills (writing, communication skills etc).
Issuing of ICT equipment as well as uniform is ongoing to improve image, visibility and professionalism.

17. Revitalization of Colleges of Agriculture
Provinces
Specific Deliverables
Colleges
Allocation per College
Eastern Cape
Infrastructure maintained, equipment procured, building repairs, farm land developed, electronic network and laboratory maintained to enhance effective teaching
Fort Cox R
Tsolo
Free State
Glen R
Kwa-Zulu Natal
Cedara R
Owen Sitole R
Limpopo
Madzivhandila R
Tompi Seleka R
North West
Taung R
Potchefstroom R
Western Cape
Elsenburg R
Total
R 70 

18. Flood Disasters
Allocation for floods of 2012 to Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Western Cape – R76, 734 million (MP: R20,326m, LP; R15, 555m and WC: R40,853m)
1 806 farmers to be supported in 2016/17
10 projects in Waterberg district of Limpopo completed in the quarter under review (fencing, pump stations, dam walls, access roads and irrigation equipment.
Repair work on infrastructure in Western Cape is delayed by EIA and farmers who still produce evidence for work completed
In Mpumalanga, repair work and replacement of water pumps and equipping of boreholes on track.

19. LandCare programme approach
Multi-disciplinary approach to address natural resources degradation in a intergrated manner aligned to Government developmental programmes:
Outcomes 4 and 10
National Development Plan
International obligations of United Nation to Combat Dessertification, Convetion on Biological Diversity, United Nations Framework on Climate Change
Sustainable Development Goal‘s for sustainable development agenda.
Advances the Agriculture Policy Action Plan & Revitalization of Agriculture and Agro Processing Value Chain through Climate Smart Conservation Agriculture

20. Percentage of National Landcare Funds Allocation per focus area in 2016/17

21. Progress on Provincial Performance Outputs in Q1 2016/17
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
Objective
TOTAL
Beneficiaries
Number of land users/people benefiting directly or indirectly
Ann Target
31 943
Q1 target
7 634
Q1 Actual
6 161
Soil protection
Number of gabions constructed
1 383
346
308
Ha of cultivated land rehabilitated and or protected
560 30 50
Km of waterways /contours constructed 42 3 14
Rangeland Management
Ha of natural rangeland rehabilitated or protected
6 145
416 40
Ha of Land where bush encroachment is controlled
9 773 20
km of fire belts 4

22. Progress on Provincial Performance Outputs in Q1 2016/17 (2)
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
Objective
TOTAL
Conservation of water resources
Ha of wetlands protected
Ann Target
559
Q1 target
146
Q1 Actual
Number of water sources developed or protected against over-utilization 10 3
Control of weeds and Invader plants
Ha of land where weeds and invader plants are under control
7244
2769
1041
Junior LandCare
Number of youths successfully attending organized Junior LandCare initiatives
21440
1720
1309
Number of household and school food gardens established through Junior LandCare 37 4
LandCare Awareness
Number of awareness campaigns conducted
14298
893
752
To increase the number of people more aware of sustainable use of natural resources
4350
1015
1236

23. Progress on Provincial Performance Outputs in Q1 2016/17 (3)
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
Objective
TOTAL
LandCare capacity building and partnerships
Number of capacity building exercises conducted
Ann Target
147
Q1 target 27
Q1 Actual 29
Number of people with improved capacity and skill levels benefiting from capacity building initiatives
16619
509
515
Number of formal and sustained partnerships with key stakeholders 46 30
Number of Land Care committee established 13 16
Kilometres of fences erected
Kilometres of fence erected in the grazing and arable land
178.2 36
23.9
Kilometres of fences erected for protection of wetlands
Conservation Agriculture
Ha of land under the system of Conservation Agriculture
1152
250 10
Number of Information days conducted to promote Conservation Agriculture 37 2
Number of farmers adopting conservation agriculture system
365
Number of people with improved capacity and skill levels benefiting from capacity building initiatives.
1368 70

24. Landcare Jobs Created During Q1 of 2016/17
Province
APR’16
MAY’16
JUNE’16 Q1
TOTAL
Eastern Cape WO
212
210
197
FTE
17.9
18.45
16.52
52.86
Free State
Gauteng
KwaZulu Natal
245
19.12
22.16
21.69
62.97
Limpopo
Mpumalanga 70
6.13
Northern Cape 36
2.86
2.13
2.2
7.19
North West
Western Cape 13
1.1
1.13 1
3.23
506
504
491
40.97
43.87
41.4
126.24

25. Conclusion
The programmes continue to perform well in achieving the set targets as outlined
Delivering RAAVC targets
Creating jobs
Improving agricultural productivity including Conservation Agriculture, thus mitigating and adapting the sector to climate change by reducing carbon loss and sequestrating carbon.
Funding remains a challenge as limited funds limit achievement of goals – coordination and partnerships with the private sector need to be driven consciously if significant progress is to be achieved. Operation Phakisa may provide solution to this challenge.
Monitoring of approved projects is ongoing and national treasury has availed funds to assist DAFF to increase its capacity and strengthen programme management.

26. IT MAY SEEM IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL IT IS DONE!
THANK YOU
IT MAY SEEM IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL IT IS DONE!