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Agriculture
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Portfolio Committee Legacy Report
19 Mar 2019
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The Committee reviewed its Legacy Report on activities undertaken during the Fifth Parliament in preparation for adoption. It was noted that although it had dealt with a number of issues over the past term, the implementation of the Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF), although ...
Agriculture
Food Security Policy & Food Control Agency; Poultry Industry; Marine Living Resources Fund; FRAP 2013 forensic reports; conditional grants; with Minister
12 Mar 2019
The Portfolio Committee was told by the Department of Agriculture. Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) that 10.4% of the 16.1 million households in South Africa were still facing hunger. The Department of Health had conducted a survey which showed the country faced a challenge of an increase in teenage ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Blended Funding Model: joint workshop, with DRDLR Minister & DAFF Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2019
The Portfolio Committees of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and the Portfolio Committee of Rural Development and Land Reform (RDLR) held a joint workshop and were briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, National Treasury and the Land Bank on ...
Agriculture
DAFF Quarter 2 performance; MRLF & ARC audit; Ncera matters; with Minister & Deputy Minister
26 Feb 2019
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on their second quarter performance, and learnt that over 800 000 jobs had been created, and there had been a reduction in unemployment in rural areas. One million hectares of land were targeted to be used, but ...
Agriculture
Western Cape oversight visit and reflection on way forward
19 Feb 2019
The Committee and the Department were briefed by the Committee’s Research on the oversight visit to the Western Cape Province. The Researcher highlighted some of the concerns that were common in the farms visited, such as a lack of training and access to education facilities in farms like Lakeview. Most ...
Agriculture
State of Nation Address 2019 impact on Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries; with Minister
12 Feb 2019
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries gave a brief introduction saying that exports have grown by 7%. But what is worrying is that imports still remain high and they need to be looking at exports substitution. The recent crop estimation was not a bad one but features of climate ...
Agriculture
Tree diseases impact; Working for Fisheries Programme
20 Nov 2018
The Committee received a presentation from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) “Working for Fisheries Programme” (WfFP). The DAFF highlighted the achievements of the programme and said that since 2014/15, 658 fulltime equivalent jobs (FTEs) had been created, which meant that ...
Agriculture
Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP) 2020 continuation; with Minister in attendance
13 Nov 2018
The Committee met to discuss the Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP) 2020. This was a follow-up from the previous meeting where the Committee received a briefing from the Department on the initiative but there was no time for engagement due to time constraints. The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...
Agriculture
Smallscale Fisheries Policy & Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP) 2020: DAFF update with Minister and Deputy Minister
6 Nov 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries received an update and progress report by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on the implementation of the Small-scale Fisheries Policy and Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP).
Members asked about the social economic study that was conducted and if they ...
Agriculture
Commercialisation of Black Farmers; Market Access Action Plan; BRRR
30 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee received a report on the National Framework for the Commercialisation of Black Producers from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF). It welcomed the report, saying that deliberate, targeted and well-defined interventions were needed to develop black smallholders into commercial farmers.
The Committee heard that 50 ...