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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on all outstanding matters and reports
25 Oct 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries about all outstanding matters and reports of the Department. These ranged from the drought resistant maize seed, challenges on animal and plant diseases, distribution of veterinarians and mobile clinics, the DAFF’s integration process of ...
Science and Technology
CSIR, HSRC, ASSAf & SANSA on their 2015/16 Annual reports
20 Oct 2016
Four entities of the Department of Science and Technology – the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), the Human Sciences Research Council (HRSC) and the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) – presented their annual reports for 2015/16 ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology, NACI, TIA, NRF & South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions on their 2015/16 Annual Reports
19 Oct 2016
The Committee met with the Department of Science and Technology, National Advisory Council on Innovation, Technology Innovation Agency, the National Research Foundation and the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions to discuss respective annual reports for the 2015/16 financial year. The meeting was divided into two, ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF, OBP, NAMC, SAVC and MLRF on their 2015/16 Annual Reports, with Minister
18 Oct 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) reported that South Africa’s exports of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products increased by 18.0% year on year making the country a net exporter. Trade within the African continent had increased by 5.6% year-on-year. The country had been successful in ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry; and Fisheries & Entities audits: AGSA & FFC input
13 Oct 2016
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) and the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) briefed the Committee on the performance of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and its entities, to provide it with relevant background information for its meeting with the DAFF scheduled for the following Tuesday. ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology on its 2015/16 Annual Report with Auditor-General input
12 Oct 2016
The Office of the Auditor General of South Africa briefed the Committee on the financial reports and audits for the year of 2015/16 for the Department and its entities.
The portfolio’s overall outcomes have regressed in 2015-16 due to the Department of Science and Technology (DST) moving from an unqualified ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Plant Improvement & Plant Breeders’ Rights Bills: finalisation; Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries 2015/16 Annual Report: DPME briefing
11 Oct 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) should partly shoulder the responsibility for the slow growth and job losses in the agriculture sector, because it had not been successfully paying attention to investment constraints in the sector. The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) reported this when it ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance, with Minister in attendance
13 Sep 2016
The current drought was the worst since 1904 and had had a devastating effect on the sector and agricultural value chain. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) reported this when briefing the Portfolio Committee on its first quarter performance. About Forestry and Natural Resources Management (FNRM), TProvinces had ...
Science and Technology
Science and Technology Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill: University of Stellenbosch briefing
7 Sep 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology received briefings from three academics, who gave their expert opinions on the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Bill, and all agreed that it was a good piece of legislation. They spoke with one voice against the idea of placing Indigenous knowledge (IK) under Intellectual ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Plant Improvement and Plant Breeders’ Rights Bills [B8 & 11 – 2015]: further deliberations
6 Sep 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) took the Portfolio Committee through the rest of the Plant Improvement Bill’s clauses -- Clause 60 onwards -- in order to complete the deliberation and amending processes. The Parliamentary Legal Adviser (PLA) assisted with the reading of the bill, and each revised ...