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Agriculture
National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) and Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB) on their 2014/15 Annual Report
16 Oct 2015
The National Agriculture Marketing Council (NAMC) briefed the Committee on the NAMC responses to the 2014/15 comments of the Auditor-General (AGSA) on the audit outcome of this entity. Two main issues were raised. Firstly, there had been deferred revenue on a project between the NAMC and the Department of Rural ...
Agriculture
DAFF, ARC, OBP, SAVC on their 2014/15 Annual Report ; Marine Living Resources Fund (MLRF) and progress report by DAFF on deregistration of Ncera Farms Pty (Ltd)
15 Oct 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and its entities presented their annual expenditure and performance reports for the 2014/15 financial year.
The DAFF briefed the Committee about actions it would take regarding matters raised by the Auditor General (AG) in its audit report. Its presentation centred on quarterly ...
Agriculture
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2014/5 performance: Auditor-General; DPME and FFC briefing
13 Oct 2015
Hunger and extended periods of malnutrition not only devastate families and communities in the short term, but also leave a legacy with future generations that impairs livelihoods, undermines human development, and economic growth.
This became apparent when the Auditor-General of South Africa, Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Financial ...
Agriculture
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-2015]: deliberations; Committee Support Officials on Plant Improvement Bill [B8-2015] and Plant Breeders’ Rights Bill [B11-2015]
25 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries received a briefing from its support officials about issues that had arisen from the public hearings and the response the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) had given to the processing of the Plant Breeders’ Rights and Plant Improvement Bills before ...
Agriculture
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 4th Quarter 2014/15 & 1st Quarter 2015/16 Performance
17 Aug 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) highlighted that it had recorded the highest growth rate of 72% in the export of wood.
Some key highlights were that the Department has finalised the Integrated Development Finance Framework with the Land Bank and the Department of Rural Development and Land ...
Agriculture
Integration of the Administrative Functions of the Fisheries Management Branch; Fisheries progress report including 2015 Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP) & FRAP 2013 forensic report
4 Aug 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) briefed the Committee on efforts to integrate the Administrative Functions of Fisheries Management into the Department with the intention of eliminating a duplication of functions, as well as improving organizational efficiency and performance.
Although the amalgamation of the branches of Forestry and ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
One District-One Agri-Park implementation in context of Rural Economic Transformation Model
24 Jun 2015
The Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) jointly presented on the implementation of the One District, One Agri-Park programme in the context of the framework of the rural economic transformation model.
DAFF’s presentation focused on its role in ...
Agriculture
Deputy Minister on Forestry progress and challenges; Forestry Sector Charter Council update
23 Jun 2015
In his introductory remarks, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries stated that transformation in the forest sector is zero. There are those who are willing to push for transformation in this sector and those who are resisting it. He said his Department would through all available means push ...
Small Business Development
Retail Industry on Access to Market & Value Chain for SMMEs & Cooperatives (Massmart and Tiger Brand); Integrated approach on implementation of National School Nutrition Programme as a set-aside for SMMEs & Cooperatives
10 Jun 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development invited the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform, the Portfolio Committee on Social Development and the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education to a briefing by the retail industry on access to the market and ...
Agriculture
Small-scale Fisheries Policy draft regulations: briefing by Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
9 Jun 2015
Window-dressing was huge in the fishing industry, and those who were practising it knew the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) was not going to do anything about it. That was why fishermen in the primary co-operatives were going to be registered as 100% owners, and they would have ...