Chairperson, I give notice that I shall move at the next sitting of the Council:
That the Council -
1) notes that 20 farms have been abandoned and a further 144 farms were found to be unproductive in the Free State province alone under the land reform programme;
2) further notes that the Department of Rural Development and Land Affairs should therefore concentrate their resources on these unproductive and abandoned farms to ensure the future sustainability of emerging farmers; and
3) acknowledges that experienced extension officers with sufficient resources and better mentoring by existing successful farmers, together with recapitalisation from the department, are required to ensure future food security, rather than the quest for new productive commercial agricultural land which is then added to the irresponsible failed state farming enterprises.