Land and Agrarian Reform Programme

1. Land and Agrarian Reform Programme Progress report

2. APEX Priority 7 - LARP Joint project between DoA and DLA • PDAs, SOEs & Sector partners • To fast track sustainable land and agrarian reform • To ensure alignment of activities between Agriculture and Land affairs • To create a one stop centre for service delivery

3. LARP FEATURES • Co-ordinated bottom-up approach/ABP • Strengthened provincial and district approval institutions • Ensures Joint planning and advocacy of priorities • Dedicated LARP management & coordination • Individual projects monitored

4. LESSONS LEARNED • Land Summit recommendations • Reviews of LRAD and CASP • Pro-active land reform strategy and area-based planning • Agricultural strategy to support ASGISA

5. LARP TARGETS • Redistribute 5 mil ha to 10 000 new entrepreneurs • Increase black entrepreneurs by 10% • Universal access to support • Increase agricultural production by 10-15% • Increase agricultural trade by 10-15%

6. PILLAR 1 – LAND REDISTRIBUTION • 2,5 million ha will be delivered over the year ending March 2009, the other 2,5million ha for the 2009/10. • These targets have been disaggregated per province • The Land reform Grants have been revised to facilitate land acquisition, in the light of increases in land prices. • Additional posts (1220) have been created for the required capacity at provinces. • The 10 000 beneficiaries will include farm workers, farm dwellers and cooperatives from emerging farmers.

7. Land Reform Grants Land Reform Agric Development (LRAD) Settlement & Production Land Acquisition Grant (SPLAG) Land Acquisition for Sustainable Settlements (LASS) Restitution Settlement Support Grant (RSG)

8. Increase agricultural production by 10-15% • Focus on the Letsema/Ilema • Going back to the land • Encouraging people to work together • Improved efficiency of production • Expansion of production areas • Increased livestock numbers and crop yields • Use of high yielding varieties (crops); breeds (animals) of superior qualities • Increased access to production inputs

9. SMALL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS • Livestock production • Small holder milk production systems • Improve on quality of livestock in the communal areas • Crop production • Vegetables , grains (wheat and maize) • Horticulture – Citrus production • Other cash crops • Soya production

10. LARGE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS • Infrastructure development with special focus on • Rehabilitation of irrigation schemes • Identified projects • Taung/Vaalharts irrigation infrastructure ( To revitalise poor water distribution and leaky canals.R2,2 bil to provide irrigation for 3 600 ha (250 000 t wheat valued at R1 bil) • Lusikisiki dryland development R500 mil to develop 10 000 ha for livestock and vegetable gardens EC Asgisa project R20 bil over 8 yrs to develop 400 000ha • Mechanisation • Encouraging enterpreneuship for people who can hire out tractors – Tractor recapitalisation programme • Ensure that local communities have capacity to service tractors

12. CURRENT AGRICULTURAL SITUATION Annual Subsistence Annual Commercial Perennial sugar Perennial Commercial Note Silo distribution

14. MECHANISATION • Experiences and lessons learned • No need to reinvent the wheel • Thrust – to create entrepreneurs • Ensure that capacity is built in local communities to service tractors • Look into the possibility of bulk purchasing • Embark on a “ Tractor recapitalization programme” – agreed on by HOD’s on the 12 and 13th June 2008

15. PROJECTC INFORMED BY • Need for social/rural development • Available agricultural production potential • Infrastructure revitalisation/maintenance requirements • Demand for food and fiber • Available/new markets • Increased international demand for food • High food prices provide development opportunities • Value adding opportunities • Processing and product enhancement opportunities

16. Increase black entrepreneurs by 10% • Promote the creation of functional co-operatives - (“ Food park model”) • Promote the development of Agro-processing areas nearer to primary production areas. • Promote value addition of food or • Promote post harvest storage and preservation of food • This initiative will be done in partnership with the dti , private sector, ARC , CSIR other institutions

17. Universal access to support • Creation of a one stop centre to synchronise grant approval for land acquisition and support • Alignment between DLA and Agriculture (approval of projects) • Institutional arrangements for joint planning at local level • All financial services co-ordinated at one stop shop • Developing support Norms & standards for basic services e.g • Primary animal health care • Basic Plant health services • Access to plant genetic resources • Access to laboratory services • Quality control of products

18. Increase agricultural trade by 10-15% • Promote access to markets • Sustain existing markets • Open new markets • Review legislation which hampers access to markets • Quality control services which are focusing on exports only need to be broadened to include imports (Most of imports of agricultural products go for manufacturing) This means that International trade Directorate should work with quality control unit to harmonize this). • Increase the credibility of the South African SPS certification systems • Harmonize activities for certification – focus also on SADC • Establish a traceability system for both animal and plant products

19. CONCLUSSIONS • The recent increase in food prices is unlikely to be a transitory phenomenon and requires a considered response. • Agriculture has been neglected in recent decades as illustrated by the decrease investment in government spending on agriculture • The negative impact of climate change on food production in many areas • Impacts on food supply and demand, commodity prices • must invest in increasing short-term agricultural production as well as long-term support to the sector • clarify the contribution of futures markets to the price hike