Chairperson, arising from the reply of the hon Minister, is there any liaison with provincial departments regarding the distribution of seeds, diesel and fertiliser? Without the two tiers of the department working together, tilling land will not be meaningful if these ingredients have not been supplied. When exactly, Minister, does the department hope to make equipment available in the other seven provinces?
The MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES: Chairperson, hon member Nyalunga, yes, we are working with provincial departments to supply seeds, fertiliser, as well as diesel. We are also working with the Department of Higher Education, as well as the sector education and training authorities, Setas, in particular, to look at the licensing of farmers so that they have the necessary licenses to operate tractors.
The development of programmes in the remaining seven provinces will happen, as we are consistently evaluating what is happening in the first two provinces that we have supplied with these things. Before we do a roll-out or unfold this programme to the rest of the country, we have to correct the mistakes we made in the first two provinces. All of the mistakes we made were on the co-ordination of the supply of equipment versus that of the seeds and fertiliser, as you have correctly stated. I thank you.