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Agriculture
Agriculture and Agro Processing Master Plan: with Ministry
7 Jun 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) and the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) presented the Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan (AAMP). The Master Plan is a social compact and the first strategic plan to have commodity specific transformation targets, jobs, exports, investments and growth rates. It ...
Agriculture
Agricultural Produce Agents Amendment Bill: public hearings report; Committee oversight visit report to ARC & OBP
24 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee met to deal with Committee business. The Committee considered and adopted its report on its oversight report to the Gauteng province to visit the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) and Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP). Members sought clarity on recommendations relating to ...
Agriculture
DALRRD response to public submissions on Agricultural Produce Agents Amendment Bill; with Minister
17 May 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) responded to public comments on the Agricultural Produce Agents Amendment Bill before the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.
The Committee was advised the main purpose of the Agricultural Produce Agents Act (APA) is to protect ...
Agriculture
DALRRD Budget: Committee Report; Committee Report on oversight visit to the Perishable Products Export Control Board and District Six; with Minister
10 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development considered its Report on Budget Vote 29. There was much debate on the recommendation that both the Ingonyama Trust and the Ingonyama Trust Board were asked to account to Parliament. One opinion was ...
Agriculture
Agricultural Produce Agents Amendment Bill: public hearings
4 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development held a second day of public hearings on the Agricultural Produce Agents (APA) Amendment Bill. The Bill seeks to provide for insurance of the fresh produce industry’s fidelity fund; provide for trust accounts for export agents; provide for insurance ...
Agriculture
Ingonyama Trust Board 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan; Agricultural Produce Agents Amendment Bill: public hearings; with Minister
3 May 2022
ITB Annual Performance Plan Oustanding
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development convened virtually. It was informed by the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) that the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) would be unable to table its budget for the ...
Agriculture
Working and living conditions of farmworkers: stakeholder engagement
25 Mar 2022
Stats SA presentation (Confidential document)
Positive changes that had resulted in an improvement in conditions for farmworkers in South Africa had largely been independent of the state. This was relayed to the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development and the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour ...
Agriculture
COVID-19 Disaster Agricultural Support Fund: DALRRD response to Audit Reports
22 Mar 2022
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) on the findings and recommendations by Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) in the 1st and 2nd Special Audit Reports of September and December 2020 and how DALRRD ...
Agriculture
Proposed draft joint programme
18 Mar 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development convened jointly with the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour in a virtual meeting to discuss the proposed draft programme for farm oversights.
The two Committees had been given the mandate to conduct comprehensive oversight work on the living ...
Agriculture
District Six restitution progress report
15 Mar 2022
The City of Cape Town, Department of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development (DALRRD), and Commission on Restitution of Land Rights met virtually with the Portfolio Committee to discuss the delays in completion of the District Six housing project and the City of Cape Town's handing over of certificates ...