1. COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT PROGRAMME
Parliamentary Portfolio Committee
20 Feb 2008
Introduce Mr Bonga Msomi, Director Land Use and Soil Management responsible for CASP and Mr Bayethe Ndlaleni, whom we have appointed on a three year contract as CASP Coordinator

2. Expand provision of support services for agriculture development.
COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURE SUPPORT PROGRAMME (CASP)
DoA initiative to support PDA’s to create favourable environment for emerging farmers
Expand provision of support services for agriculture development.
CASP has six Pillars
CASP accounts for 15% of farmer support budget

3. 6 CASP PILLARS Information and Knowledge Management
Technical and Advisory Assistance, and Regulatory Services
Training and Capacity building
Marketing and Business Development
On-Farm and off-Farm Infrastructure and Production inputs
Financial assistance

4. CASP MTEF ALLOCATIONS (R MILLION)
2004/05
200
2005/06
250
2006/07
300
2007/08
415
2008/09
535
2009/10
628
2010/11
758

5. Farmer Support: Equity vs CASP (R mil) (Source: Treasury Provincial budget Review - 2006/07.)
Province
Farmer Support
CASP %
Eastern Cape
365 57
16%
Free State 75 25
33%
Gauteng 28 7
25%
KwaZulu-Natal
459 56
12%
Limpopo
579 50 9%
Mpumalanga
210
13%
Northern Cape 52 16
31%
North West
219 40
18%
Western Cape 72 21
29%
TOTAL
2 058
300
15% 5

6. CASP CONTRIBUTION SINCE INCEPTION
Year
Projects
Beneficiaries
2004/05
510
46 500
2005/06
1070
53 200
2006/07
870
67 400
2007/08
817
51 300
Total
3 267 6

7. 2007/08 CASP PROJECTIONS Province Projects Beneficiaries
Budget (R’mil)
E. Cape
116
8 698 70
F State
144
1 260 38
Gauteng 10
6 366 20
KZN
298
8 100 68
Limpopo 52
7 758 63
Mpumalanga 8
7 498 41
N Cape 19
1 955 29
N West
4 328 53
W Cape
107
5 390 33
Total
817
51 276
415

8. Provincial CASP expenditure performance as of 31 Dec 2007
PROVINCE
Allocated as of Dec 2007
(R‘000)
Spent as of
Dec 2007
% Spent EC
55 869
43 262 77 FS
30 466
23 188 76 GP
15 723
14 947 94
KZN
30 946
13 128 42
LMP
50 336
14 220 28 MP
32 905
21 706 66 NC
22 843
15 387 67 NW
42 471
22 752 54 WC
26 740
14 822 56
TOTAL

9. CASP Expenditure Trends by provinces: 2006/07 vs 2007/08 ending December .

10. SELECTED SUCCESSFUL CASP PROJECTS
PROVINCE
PROJECT NAME
LOCATION EC
Lukanji Shearing
Lukhanji municpality FS
Operman Irrigation &
Waya Waya Layers
Boitumelo Area
LMP
Mukhutshwe Weigh Bridge Project
Mopani District MP
Mosley Irrigation
Mbombela NC
Tshwaragang Project
Vaalharts

11. Thank You!