> Weak Support services / extension services essential to grow and develop the smallholder and subsistent sector, > Technical support services are currently inadequate. There is a need for an upscale and expansion of support offered, > Lack of spatial plans to guide implementation of support programmes, access their economic impact and ensure easy monitoring and evaluation, > Inadequate and unstructured intervention with regard to provision of on-farm infrastructure such as water sources (dams, windmills, irrigation schemes) essential for sustainable production > Implementation of the mechanisation support programmes are very weak due to the lack of a targeted programme, > Lack of support for the established smallholders to establish commodity groups, > Inadequate access to agro-processing industries for value addition, > No guaranteed market for products produced by smallholders, > Poor infrastructure to ensure equitable access to development finance through the grant system and loans programmes, > Uncoordinated or lack of targeted training for smallholders > Aquaculture - no meaningful investment made in terms of experimental facilities, hatcheries, research and disease management to promote aquaculture, > Non-existent support (access to equipment, finance, extension and training) for the established smallholders in the fishery industry, > Poor infrastructure to ensure equitable access to development finance through the Department's grant system and loans programmes 3.4. Policy and programme interventions