An amount of R1.65 billion (33.7 per cent of total appropriation) was transferred to provinces for conditional grants and R1 billion (20 per cent of total appropriation) was transferred to public entities. Two thirds (75 per cent) of the transfer to public entities was to the Agricultural Research Council (R755 million) and 20 per cent to the Marine Living Resources Fund (R201 million). The Department paid R1.2 million to the Public Service Education and Training Authority in respect of training. The Department also transferred an amount of R37.3 million to public corporations (i.e. Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd, Forest Sector Charter Council and Land Bank). Approximately 80 per cent of the allocation to public corporations was transferred to the Land Bank.