Government had set, as its target, a plan to redistribute 30% of white owned agricultural land by 2014. The department targeted redistributing 656,000 hectares during the 2009/10 financial year. However, only 239,990.5363 hectares were transferred under 374 projects. The performance of the programme towards achievement of the targets was affected significantly by other programmes, such as the new rural development component (see financial performance for details).