NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 2812
DATE OF PUBLICATION: FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2011 [IQP No 29 -2011] THIRD
SESSION, FOURTH PARLIAMENT
Question 2812 for written reply: National Assembly, Mr L B Gaeler (UDM) to
ask the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries:
(1) (a) With reference to her reply to question 1583 on 16 August 2011,
which other provinces have been supplied with tractors by her department,
(b) what (i) policy and (ii) criteria did her department follow in handing
out these tractors and (c) how many (i) rural and (ii) emerging farmers
have benefitted from this programme.
(2) whether there are any irrigation schemes from the old Transkei,
Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei states which were renewed; if not, why
not; if so, (a) in which areas, (b) which farmers benefitted from this and
(c) how many of these schemes were renewed? NW1785E
REPLY:
1. (a) No other provinces have yet been supplied with tractors, but
tenders for these have been advertised.
2. The following irrigation schemes in the former homelands have been
renewed or maintained over the past four years: