The department will embark on projects in food production; agro-processing; infrastructure development - water, dams, irrigation systems and fencing; co-operatives and stokvels - the social economy; as well as the green economy or agro-ecology. The Casp outputs for this financial year include the establishment of 1740 food security projects; the creation of about 800 jobs; training and improvement of knowledge and skills of 5 000 beneficiaries to ensure that about 8 000 on-farm and off-farm infrastructure targets are completed and are functioning.