The key issue that the Committees agreed on was the poor state of the extension services. It is apparent from the projects visited that there is a lack of farmer and cooperative support form the provincial Department. It was mentioned that approximately 55 farms that were supported by the Land Bank have collapsed in the country. The KZN provincial Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development has to date, received 32 farms (mostly sugarcane) that form part of the collapsed land reform farms in the province. The provincial Standing Committee estimated that approximately R300 million in KZN alone has been wasted on failed cooperatives and land reform projects, and the Standing Committee has been struggling to obtain reports on these projects as they are administered by different government departments and entities.