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PRESENTATION COMPILED AND PRESENTED BY: MOKUTULE JOE KGOBOKOE

ENVISIONING SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURE IN THE NEXT FIVE TO TWENTY YEARS: SALIENT FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION. PRESENTATION COMPILED AND PRESENTED BY: MOKUTULE JOE KGOBOKOE DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL : FOOD SECURITY AND AGRARIAN REFORM DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

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PRESENTATION COMPILED AND PRESENTED BY: MOKUTULE JOE KGOBOKOE

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  1. ENVISIONING SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURE IN THE NEXT FIVE TO TWENTY YEARS: SALIENT FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION PRESENTATION COMPILED AND PRESENTED BY: MOKUTULE JOE KGOBOKOE DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL : FOOD SECURITY AND AGRARIAN REFORM DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES TEL: 012 319 6168 FAX: 012 319 6259 E-MAIL: MokutuleK@daff.gov.za

  2. LEGISLATION AND POLICY MANDATE (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL) Effective land reform and creation of one million jobs through agricultural development. Eradication of poverty, reduce unemployment and eliminate inequality. The National Development Plan: Vision 2030 Nov 2011 “Rapid transfer of land to black beneficiaries without distorting land markets or business confidence in the agribusiness sector, offer white commercial farmers and industry bodies the opportunities to significantly contribute to the success of black farmers through mentorships, chain integration, preferential procurement and meaningful skills transfer” 2

  3. LEGISLATION AND POLICY MANDATE (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL) CONT… The AgriBEE: Affirmative action in Agriculture, Finalization of the codes of agriculture for the agricultural sector. Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Act

  4. LEGISLATION AND POLICY MANDATE (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL) CONT… Sectoral Intervention. Agricultural Policy Action Plan (APAP) • Policy/Soy Beans/Maize Integrated Value Chain • Red Meat Value Chain • Wheat Value Chain • Vegetable Value Chain • Biofuels Value Chain • Forestry • Small-Scale Fisheries • Aquaculture

  5. LEGISLATION AND POLICY MANDATE (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL) CONT… Transversal Intervention • Research and Innovation • Promoting Conservation Agriculture • Trade Agribusiness Development and Support SIP11 • Bio-Security • Land Reform

  6. LEGISLATION AND POLICY MANDATE (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL) CONT… Improved planning and investment coordinating. Massifying investment in human development and skills; A stronger and more coherent approach to partnership; Revising and refining infrastructure and mechanisation support programmes; Scaling up scheme based interventions; and Phasing and expanding systematic interventions (conducive economic environment for smallholder development) Strategic Plan for Smallholder Farmer Support

  7. LEGISLATION AND POLICY MANDATE (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL) CONT… Constitution, 1996: The Bill of Right 13.8 million individuals experience inadequate access to food (STATS-SA, GHS 2011) Increased and better targeted public spending in social programmes with impact on food security; Effects to increase food production and distribution including increased access to production inputs for smallholder agriculture sector; Leveraging Government food procurement to support community based food production initiatives and smallholder; and Strategic use of market intervention and trade measures which promote food security. National Policy on Food and Nutrition Security: Sept 2012

  8. LEGISLATION AND POLICY MANDATE (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL) CONT… Fetsa Tlala: Integrated Food Production Initiative : Sept 2012 Putting million hectares into crop production. Increase food production capacity of subsistence and smallholder production; Increase availability and access to locally produced fresh food products; Create opportunities for agricultural value chain development at local level; Create opportunities for SMME development at local level; and Create job opportunities within the agricultural sector.

  9. LEGISLATION AND POLICY MANDATE (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL) CONT… Norms and standards for extension and advisory service; Extension – to – farmer ratio; Skills capacity of extension personnel; and Uniform extension performance management system. Draft National Policy on Extension and Advisory Services

  10. LEGISLATION AND POLICY MANDATE (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL) CONT… Effective coordination of AET; Broadening access to AET; and Ensuring AET quality Trade opportunities Exchange Programmes Technology Transfer Training National Strategy on Agricultural Education and Training: 2005 Established BRICS Landscape

  11. LEGISLATION AND POLICY MANDATE (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL) CONT… 10% of national budget ring fenced for agriculture; Inter and Intra Africa Trade; Agricultural development as a priority investment area; Uniform norms and standards for Agricultural Development in Africa. Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme

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  17. CONCLUDING REMARKS It is Forums like this which must find permanent solutions for the sector. The country and the sector is in our hands – whether we build or destroy posterity will hold us responsible. From the Government side, Agriculture is a practical industry, there is no room for theorists “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” SUN TZU AT ALL TIMES, WELL DONE IS BETTER THAT WELL SAID

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