1. Agriculture Expenditure
Select Committee finance

2. Agriculture Expenditure
Year
Allocation
Expenditure
Variance %
01/02
19 610
18 137
1 473 92
02/03
23 682
22 393
1 289 95
03/04
26 842
26 951
(109)
100

3. Agriculture Expenditure
Year
Allocation
Expenditure
Variance %
04/05
30 748
30 316
432 99
05/06
35 644
100
06/07
40 081

4. Agriculture Expenditure

5. Agriculture Expenditure

6. Agriculture Expenditure Actual

7. Strategic objectives
Changed race and gender patterns of land ownership and active participation in the agricultural sector
Improved levels of food security, particularly at household level
Optimal and sustainable use of agricultural land for primary production
Zonation of high potential agricultural land for exclusive agricultural use

8. Strategic objectives 2
Access to local and international markets for farmers, irrespective of scale
Integration of primary production with the processing and service industries
Sustainable employment in the agricultural sector

9. Employment of funds
The programmes implemented in the previous year were continued with and in addition:
One of the household food security projects won the first prize in the informal markets category, and another of the project won the best vegetable garden trophy in Ekurhuleni
A decision was taken to use a substantial part of the budget to purchase equipment and tools for a new “homestead garden” project

10. Employment of funds 2
GDACE partly financed and or undertook quality control on the initiatives to eradicate invasive vegetation ha were cleared
12 formal landcare forums were established throughout the Province
A provincial IT based Agricultural Potential Atlas was developed
The Agricultural Resource Audit was updated

11. Employment of funds 3
In order to manage competing land uses and support best practice decision making, assessments were carried out on properties where applications were received for change and use from “Agriculture” to any other use.

12. 2003/04 Financial Year

13. Employment of funds
The previous year’s programmes were continued with.
A homestead food garden project was successfully piloted involving 500 homesteads
The beneficiaries of the project were granted “starter packs” consisting of shade cloth, tools, seeds and compost and trained over three months to produce vegetables

14. Employment of funds 2
A conditional grant of R1,6m was used to clean-up the Klipspruit and wetland in Soweto under the Land Care programme

15. 2004/05 Financial Year

16. Employment of funds
All previous projects were continued as per plan except for the outsourcing of the establishment of 20 community food gardens, that was discontinued in favour of the homestead food garden project.
The Household Food Security’s programme was expanded with 20 more staff.
4 000 homestead garden projects were planned and were implemented.

17. Employment of funds 2
Two farmer study groups were formed in addition to the existing three.
A R4,6 million CASP grant was obtained for assisting emerging farmers with on and off-farm infrastructure development. 124 beneficiaries accessed the infrastructure grant under the programme.

18. 2005/06 Financial Year

19. Employment of funds
The following are the planned activities for the 2005/06 financial year:
Upgrading of the Directorate to a Branch
The implementation of an effective monitoring and evaluation system for all Household Food Security projects.
Upgrading of the agricultural information system including the agricultural data-bank

20. Employment of funds 2
The zonation of medium to high potential agricultural land and the preservation thereof for sole agricultural use. This will be followed by the development of a comprehensive agricultural plan for the Province.
The development of a new agricultural strategy that will have a major focus on:
Creation of agricultural hubs within the Province
Emphasis on high value crops for niche markets

21. Employment of capital 3 Implementation of AGRIBBBEE
Focus on emerging farmers whilst not neglecting the commercial sector

22. Outer MTEF years

23. Employment of funds
The posts lower than senior management in the new establishment of the Branch will be filled
Focus will be placed on the implementation of the new agricultural strategy
The main theme of the strategy will be maximize the contribution of agriculture to the growth and development of the economy of Province.

24. Employment of funds 2
The main vehicle for this would be through creating agricultural hubs with highly productive smallholdings as the primary production units.
Agro-processing and bio-technology will play a major role in this new initiative in the province