|Programme |Purpose | |1. |The programme provides strategic leadership, | |Administration|management and support services to the department. The| | |aim of the programme is to lead, support and promote | | |agricultural, forestry and fisheries resource | | |management through policies, strategies and programmes| | |to enhance sustainable use; and to achieve economic | | |growth, job creation, food security, rural development| | |and transformation. | |2.Economic |To ensure value chain integration and facilitation of | |Development, |market access for agriculture, forestry and fisheries | |Trade and |products in support of economic growth, job creation | |Marketing |and development. | |3.Food |The programme facilitates and promotes food security | |Security and |and agrarian reform programmes and initiatives. | |Agrarian | | |Reform | | |4. |The programme manages the risks associates with animal| |Agricultural |diseases, plant pests, genetically modified organisms | |Production, |and registration of products used in agriculture, | |Health and |promotes food safety and creates an enabling | |Food Safety |environment for increased and sustainable agricultural| | |production. | |5. Forestry |The programme develops and facilitates the | |and Natural |implementation of policies and targeted programmes to | |Resource |ensure management of forests, sustainable use and | |Management |protection of land and water as well as managing | | |agricultural risks and disasters. | |6.Fisheries |The programme promotes the development, management, | |Management |monitoring and sustainable use of marine living | | |resources and the development of South Africa's | | |fisheries sectors. Sustainable livelihoods will be | | |achieved through aquaculture growth and fisheries | | |economic development. |