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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
GrainSA & ARC on Grain industry challenges; DAFF Fisheries progress report, with the Minister
24 Oct 2017
Grain SA briefed the Committee on the state of readiness for the planting season and the impact of Fall Armyworm, while the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) provided an update on the fishing rights allocation process (FRAP) and the oceans economy programme of Operation Phakisa.
Grain SA raised ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
19 Oct 2017
2017 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee considered and adopted the Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR).
A few Members suggested that the word “commended” in paragraph 5.1.3 in was problematic as the Committee did not receive any briefing from the Department around ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Planting Season state of readiness: National & Provincial Agriculture Departments
17 Oct 2017
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries together with eight provincial agriculture departments briefed the Portfolio Committee on their state of readiness for the 2017/18 planting season.
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) informed the Committee there has been a decline in the number of people with inadequate ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
ARC, OBP, NAMC, PPECB 2016/17 Annual Report
11 Oct 2017
Entities reporting to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) presented their annual reports to the Committee. The entities were the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Onderstepoort Biologocal Products (OBP), the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) and the Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB).
Despite the ARC ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF + MLRF 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor-General/DPME input; Ncera Farms deregistration progress, with Minister
10 Oct 2017
There would never be enough money for the State to buy land for all previously disadvantaged individuals.
That came to the attention of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries during the discussion session when the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA), Department of Agriculture, Forestry and ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Committee Report on Donation of Wild Life Game animals by North West DRDLR
6 Sep 2017
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Donation of Wild Life Game animals by North West DRDLR [All Committee reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Committee of Environmental Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries were not able to adopt the report, mainly because the Chairperson of Agriculture, ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Report on Knysna oversight visit
6 Sep 2017
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Knysna oversight visit [All Committee reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
In a brief meeting the draft oversight report on the visit to Knysna was adopted with amendments. Amongst others, the recommendations included:
-DAFF, including other relevant departments such as the Department on ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Report on Mpumalanga oversight visit
6 Sep 2017
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Mpumalanga oversight visit [All Committee reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Joint Oversight Report was adopted with amendments that included comments made by the members of the Portfolio Committee of Women in the Presidency, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF on Quarter 1 performance, with Minister; Liquor Products Amendment Bill: adoption
5 Sep 2017
Committee members stated the Fisheries Management Division behaving like a delinquent juvenile and is a repeated offender after it became clear Fisheries has spent 53% of its budget yet it achieved only 29% of its targets. They foresaw overspending in this division. The absence of the Deputy Director-General of the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Liquor Products Amendment Bill: deliberations
22 Aug 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries adopted amendments raised by Members in previous meetings on the Liquor Products Amendment Bill. The amendments agreed to would now go to the A or B version of the Bill.
After a lengthy deliberation on the difference between a liquor product and ...