(1) Whether his department has any models of the long-term impact of climate change and altered rainfall patterns in various parts of South Africa;
(2) Whether his department is using the specified models to inform the agricultural sector of the changes they needed to effect and the strategies they needed to employ to remain economically viable; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) Whether he will make a statement on recorded high temperatures in South Africa
between 1 December 2015 and 15 February 2016;
(4) Whether the department is sufficiently responsive to the likelihood of western South Africa becoming hotter and drier in the foreseeable future and what needed to be done to deal with an altered climate?