(1) How many applications her department has received under the administration of the (a) Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, Act 36 of 1947, and (b) Medicines and Related Substances Act, Act 101 of 1965, which regulate the application processes from fertilizers to medicines; (2) whether there is any backlog in the application process; if so, (a) what is the average time it takes to process applications, (b) what are the reasons for the backlog and (c) what measures will be put in place to improve the efficiency of the system; (3) (a) how many broad-based black economic empowerment companies have applied in the past four financial years and (b) what is the total cost per annum of these applications to the economy; (4) whether her department has a preferential procurement policy in place to support such companies; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (5) whether her department has any plans in place to reduce the high input costs of agricultural enterprises as experienced by farmers; if not, why not; if so, what plans?