. The Agriculture Disaster Management Grant which is allocated R60 million in the 2009/10 financial year has, as its objective, to relieve farmers from the effects of drought / veldfires, cold spells, hailstorms and flood in identified areas. This grant ends on 31 March 2010. While there were no amounts transferred from national to the provinces in respect of this grant for the financial year 2008/9, Mpumalanga spent R8.1 million, Limpopo R60.1 million, North West R6.4 million, Free State R24.6 million and Western Cape spent R17.3 million.