Hon Minister, yes I agree with you that there should be schemes available that must also be assisted by government. But I just want to point out that I specifically asked this question in the Eastern Cape, because it was not only farmers who were involved in the disaster areas, but even the community and poor people, who don't have water or resources to recuperate their lands and so on.
I think this is the list that government can do something about, to look after these people, because they are poor and resource poor. I thank you.
The MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES: Hon Chairperson, in my response I did not refer to any particular group. To me farmers are emerging, smaller, older, medium or commercial farmers. They are all treated equally when it comes to disaster management.
In the Eastern Cape, yes, there were six districts declared disaster areas. Agriculture does not fund anything like roads and housing. Those areas where affected in more areas than only agriculture. We only support agriculture-related projects. In the Eastern Cape, we disaggregated the expense and are convinced that what we are going to refund to those communities, which are agriculture-related, will be within our budget. I thank you. [Applause.]