And mpat results

Concluding comments

• Though the department has embarked on some strategies (such as mechanization and drought assistance) aimed at stimulating production by smallholders, DAFF’s programmes are not having significant impact on key indicators :
• Transforming the sector through new entrants becoming successful commercial farmers.
• Some support packages offered by government tend to cause dependency.
• Growth of the industry both in terms of contribution to GDP and employment
• Household food security, and utilisation of agricultural land and participating in agricultural production activities
• Causes of the problem appear to include weak relationships between government and the industry, and high senior management vacancy levels
• The uncertainty regarding the transfer of RECAP is impacting negatively on the ha of land cultivated by PDIs and threatens FS

Recommendations

• Greater effort is needed to improve performance towards the MTSF 2019 targets so as to ensure reasonable achievement on land reform for agrarian transformation, on food and nutrition security, and on rural enterprises development
• It is imperative to intensify our collective efforts in this regard, given the rising levels of poverty from 11 to 14 Mil people as recently reported by Stats SA (GHS: August, 2017)
• The 3-feet plans of Operation Phakisa on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development should be implemented.

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