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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Liquor Products, National Forests & National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bills: public hearings
15 Aug 2017
Woolworths made a submission on the Liquor Products Amendment Bill. In its submission, it said the proposed amendment to lower the alcohol content referred to in the definition of liquor products from 1% to 0.5% should be reconsidered. Currently, a number of low alcohol beers, beer shandies and similar products ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Mpumalanga response to Committee concerns; Avian Influenza; DAFF Quarter 4 performance
1 Aug 2017
The Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Administration (DARDLA) had discarded the tractors it had bought from China because they were meant for soft soil, not the hard soil of Mpumalanga. This was what the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries heard during the discussion when ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Avian Influenza outbreak; South African Veterinary Council on its Strategic Plan
27 Jun 2017
Avian flu presentation [not released; see updated version of 1 August 2017: Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza H5N8: DAFF presentation]
The South African Veterinary Council (SAVC) presented its 2017-2019 strategic plan stating its three major goals for the next two years. One is to drive veterinary professions to address the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agenda 2063 and Malabo Declarations; Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme: NEPAD briefing; with Deputy Minister
20 Jun 2017
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development reported that Agenda 2063 has 20 goals divided into four sub areas: Industrialisation and Wealth Creation, Shared Prosperity and Transformed Livelihoods, Human Capital Development and Transformed Institutions, and Natural Resources Management and Environment Resilience. The Malabo Declaration has seven overarching targets which include recommitment ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries response to Committee oversight & BRRR, with Minister & Deputy
13 Jun 2017
No words, not in questions and accusations from the Committee or in apologies from the Department, were spared in the meeting between the Portfolio Committee and the Department on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries that went well over its allocated time.
The long-awaited organogram was again not presented. Progress on two ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Report on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Budget
19 May 2017
The Committee gave the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) 14 days to respond with written responses on the issues raised by the Committee on the Annual Performance Plan (APP) for 2017/18. The Department was also requested to provide written responses on issues raised in the 2016/17 financial year ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF response to Committee Budget Review & Recommendations Report
16 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on its Annual Performance Plan (APP) for 2017/18. The DAFF had developed two documents in response to the issues raised by the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME), as well by Members of the Committee. ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Onderstepoort Biological Products; ARC; NAMC; PPECB on their Annual Performance Plan, FFC input; with Minister
9 May 2017
The Fiscal and Financial Commission (FFC) briefed the Committee on the role it plays in assisting departments and Parliament, and provided an overview of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s (DAFF’s) operations in the context of the broader economy. Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP), a state-owned entity under the jurisdiction ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Operation Phakisa: DPME and DAFF; National Food & Nutrition Security Implementation plan: progress report by DPME; Poultry industry: response from DAFF
22 Mar 2017
Three government departments – the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME), and the Department of Social Development (DSD) -- had worked together to prepare the National Food and Nutrition Security Implementation Plan. The departments described the six strategic objectives that were ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Climate Change impact in region; Climate-Smart Agriculture: UN Food and Agriculture Organisation briefing, with Deputy Minister
14 Mar 2017
The Food and Agriculture Organisation Forestry briefed the Committee on the impacts of climate change on agriculture, forestry and Fisheries.
Climate change is already putting stress on food systems and rural livelihoods all around the world.
The Organisation stated that already plus minus 14.3 million South Africans are estimated to ...