The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries held public hearings on 17 September 2010 to allow government entities, stakeholders in the commercial and developing agricultural sector and unions representing farm workers to share perspectives on the issue of transformation in the agricultural sector. Officials from the Departments of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Trade and Industry, representatives of commercial and developing farming sectors, commodity based organisations, trade unions and academic institutions provided input at the hearing. They were asked to focus on the following themes: