. That there was too much emphasis on smallholder farmers, but too little recognition given to commercial farmers; . Governance issues within the OBP needed attention; . No willingness from DAFF to amend plenty of legislation due to be amended; . Most of the targets set by the DAFF were not so realistic; and . In the medium term, the Department is planning to develop a number of policies, strategies and frameworks, starting in 2012/13. However, some of the Department's planned and important activities are either under- funded or not funded, for example, the Zero Hunger Programme. The Department must explain how it plans to address the budget shortfalls to initiate and/or implement some of the underfunded programmes in the reporting financial year. . Some of the challenges of the Department that have been highlighted by the Auditor-General (AG) in previous annual reports include lack of, or poor oversight on, financial and performance management, internal audit and risk assessment and management. Under Administration, the Department must explain the decrease in the allocation of the Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation sub-programme. The latter sub-programme is very essential as lack of monitoring and evaluation is one of the Department's challenges. . The Department must give details of the comprehensive funding facility for development finance that it plans to implement in the 2012/13 financial year, and also state whether the facility is going to be a DAFF- only initiative or inter-departmental. . The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) was launched by NEPAD in 2002 to provide a framework for accelerating long term agricultural development and growth among African countries. Its overall goal is to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty in Africa through agriculture. The Department must explain the consultants' role in the CAADP, which is a country programme; and explain the rationale for using consultants instead of dedicating its own personnel. . The Forestry and Natural Resources Management programme, which has received a significant increase in the budget allocation for 2012/13, has the highest number of vacancies (close to 400). The Department must give an indication of how far the recruitment process for these vacancies is and also state whether it has the capacity to effectively utilise this programme's increased budget for the 2012/13 financial year to avoid underspending. . As per the responsibilities of the Natural Resources Management sub- programme for the medium term, the Department is supposed to rehabilitate at least 800 ha of indigenous forests and woodlands per year to meet the 3 200 ha that it has set to rehabilitate in the medium term. However, in its APP, the Department plans to rehabilitate 500 ha (300 ha less than the baseline) of indigenous forests and woodlands under this programme. The Department must provide reasons for this. . The Department, which is also involved in CRDP, stated rural development as one of its focus areas for the medium term in line with Government priority outcome 7. In this case, the Department must state whether there is a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform with respect to roles and responsibilities (financial and otherwise) of each department in rural development projects.