1.   ARC Strategic Plan Portfolio Committee Dr Shadrack Moephuli President & CEO 5 June 2007

2. Council Resolution/Mandate
Develop a new ARC Strategy
Review & align resources allocations for delivering on the strategy
Organizational structure
Funding Strategy
Infrastructure etc.
Partnerships & collaboration
Linkages with other R & D players
Submit a plan/proposal to next Council meeting

3. OBJECTIVES OF THE ARC AS PER ACT
To CONDUCT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN ORDER TO:
Promote agriculture & industry;
Contribute to better quality of life;
Facilitate/ensure natural resource conservation

4. Further Policy Mandate Considerations
Government’s National Priority
National Programme of Action
Agriculture Programme of Action (GIJIMA)
Strategic Plan for South African Agriculture (Sector Plan)
National Research & Development Strategy
African Agenda (NEPAD)
Consolidated Science and Technology Plan of Action
Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Plan

5. SETI REVIEW
Management process to identify necessary changes in operations and to implement them;
Weak linkages to sources of knowledge outside ARC
Poor record of disseminating results of own research in international literature;
PG funds as subsidy for commercial agriculture
HR policies and practices out of touch with GMP;
Quality & relevance of outputs from research sometimes questionable

6. National Imperatives, Policy, Core Mandate & Mission Target Markets
1st Economy & 2nd Economy Clients
Minister & Council
Policy, Mandate & Governance
Clients
External Reporting
CUSTOMER VALUE
DEMAND
President/CEO Execution, M & E, Reporting, KRAs, KPIs & PMS, Compliance
1. Generate Customer List
Organizational Capability
2. Group & assign to BDCs
Vision, Mission & Strategic Intent
People – Core & Functional Skills
Technology & Equipment
Systems, Processes, Tools & Materials
Infrastructure
Partnerships & Alliances
Compliance
Internal Reporting
Core Activities
Screening & Testing
Uniqueness
Leveragability
Customer Value
Business Divisions & Clusters (BDC)
Core BDCs & Support BDCs
1. Generate Core Activity List
Strategic Initiatives
Core Competency Driven
2. Group & assign to BDCs
CORE COMPETENCIES
UNIQUENESS & LEVERAGABILITY
Business Planning & Budgeting
Ops/Implementation Planning
Core Mandate & Offerings (P&S)
National Imperatives, Policy, Mission
1. Generate P & S List
2. Group & assign to BDCs
Ancillary & Mandated Services
SUPPLY
Clients
Reporting
PMS, KPIs, KRAs, Compliance
Partners & Target Markets Industry, CSIR, MRC, Universities, etc.
CUSTOMER VALUE

7. STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS
Increased Focus on Basic/Fundamental Research
Human Capital Development
Technology Development
Targeted Focus on User Groups
Commitment to Agrarian Reform

8. VISION & MISSION VISION: MISSION:
“Excellence in Agricultural Research and Development”
MISSION:
“The ARC is a premier science institution that conducts fundamental and applied research with partners to generate new knowledge, develop human capital and foster innovation in agriculture, through technology development and dissemination, and competitive commercialization of research results, in support of developing a prosperous agricultural sector”

9. VALUES Batho Pele principles Ons maak ‘n plan TARGET Truth
Accountability
Respect
Growth
Excellence
Trust

10. Strategic Thrusts Strategic Objectives
New and improved agricultural technologies
Transfer the ability to utilise the new and improved technologies
Support for/ to resource-poor farmers
Competitiveness of SA Agriculture
Organisational sustainability and excellence (Internally and externally)
1. Generate, develop and apply new knowledge and technology
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2. Sustainable use of natural resources
3. Enhance nutrition, food security and safety
4. Enhance the ability of the agricultural sector to manage and mitigate agricultural risk
5. Commercialisation of ARC products
6. Achieve corporate support services excellence
Strategic Thrusts
Strategic Objectives

11. NSP 1: Agri – BEE and Integrated Food Security
Natural Resource Management
Access & Participation
Infrastructure & inputs
Integrated Food Security
Land use planning maps for IDP’s
Landcare expertise & research
IKS & Genetic Resources
Incubators (SMME etc)
Mushroom & Beekeeping
Technical advice for AgriBEE
Irrigation systems & schemes
Agriculture structure etc
Agro – processing
Post harvest solutions
Indigenous Foods & Ornamental plants (e.g. roses)

12. NSP 2 SECTOR INVESTMENT & COMPETITIVENESS
2nd Economy
Infrastructure
Integrated Food Security
Decision support systems (AGIS)
Agro-climatic Agric. Practices
OPV
Irrigation technology
Vaccines
Structural designs
Renewable energy
Improvement of animal breeds
Cultivar breeding
Micronutrient rich cultivars

13. NSP 3 BIO – SECURITY & DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Managing & mitigating agricultural risks
Enhance nutrition & food safety
Diagnostic & Analytical Services
Exotic Disease surveillance
Risk management strategies & solutions
Early warning systems
Decision Support Systems
Disease resistant crop varieties
Disease resistant animals
Biological Control
Crop & Animal Improvement
Post harvest solutions
Development of new animal and plant based food products
Food Safety solutions

14. STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT Sector department’s KRAs (DoA & DST)
National R & D strategic objectives

15. KEY RESULT AREAS
PROGRAMME
PROJECTS

16. NATIONAL ASSETS & SERVICES
ARC Mandate
Critical Resource for research, food security and disease management
Alignment with overall strategy

17. ARC PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Scientific publications
Technologies developed
Patents & other IP
International Recognition
Post – graduate degrees
Marketable products
Requests for collaboration, materials, licensing, no. of postdocs, referees
Target
300 peer reviewed pa
1200 non peer
60% commercial farmers use
60 % black farmers use
100 % IP lodged/registered
20% keynote addresses
30 invited papers
50 post grad degrees by ARC personnel
80% products & on sale pa
80% requests pa

18. PRIORITY ACTIONS TO FACILITATE IMPLEMENTATION
Communication
Organizational Structure
Job Profile matched with competency profiles
Identifying gaps for human resources
Alignment of other resources (finance, infrastructure etc.)
Resource strategy
Cultural re – engineering (values)
Performance management (HR strategy etc)
Change management

19. HR Strategy Recruitment Retention Performance
HRD (Collaboration agreements)
Endowment Chairs
Adjunct Posts
Started negotiations with a number of local universities: UWC, Stellenbosch, UP, UNIVEN

20. BUDGET Strategic Objectives Strategic Thrusts
Parliamentary Grant & External Income
Projects
Resource link
Consultative with client needs (planning committees)
National Assets & Public Goods
Improvement in economic classification

21. SEVEN YEAR REVIEW

22. ARC IS READY TO ASSIST GOVERNMENT & OTHER CLIENTS TO REALIZE THEIR OBJECTIVES
ENKOSI!
SIYA BONGA!
REA LEBOHA!
BAIE DANKIE!
THANK YOU!