Hon Deputy Speaker, thanks to the hon Minister for her response. Could the Minister outline the progress in Mpumalanga province on the implementation of the Comprehensive Agriculture Support Programme and how it has contributed to the economy of the province? Thank you.
The MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES: Mpumalanga province has been one of the provinces which have developed agriculture extensively. The wonderful thing about agriculture in this country is that it had been in decline since 1970, but the industry broke even with regard to job creation and job losses. We have been losing jobs since 1970, but by 2012 we started growing with regard to jobs in agriculture.
In your own constituency, the farmers are actually acknowledging and thanking us for this. Right now, Grain SA is in a conference, and they acknowledged the markets and thanked this government for the markets we have created. Mpumalanga is one of those provinces which have developed smallholder farmers into export farmers. It is now successfully exporting maize, grain and peas to the World Food Programme, a project which we are doing in conjunction with the World Food Programme in Lesotho. Thank you. [Applause.]