The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries noted with concern the role of extension services, which negatively impacted service delivery in both the Eastern Cape and Kwazulu-Natal. The poor state of government-funded projects and collapsing cooperatives attest to the failure of the provincial Departments that are responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development to deliver on their mandate. With the exception of Qamata Irrigation Scheme in Cofimvaba, there was a serious lack of cooperative governance, as mandated by Chapter 3 of the Constitution, and project integration in both provinces. This has led to wastage of financial resources without any positive results on the ground. The Portfolio Committee also noted with concern the apparent lack of monitoring and evaluation of projects by the provincial Departments, and of provincial spending and delivery progress by the national Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, which dispenses the funding. Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd in the Eastern Cape and Phezukomkhono Cooperative in Kwazulu-Natal are classic cases of poor or lack of monitoring and evaluation in the Department.