AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
PRESENTER
: Kgabi Mogajane
Assistant Director General
Programme 5: Agricultural Production
Highlights:
- Organizational Development (strategic plan, personnel, etc)
- Animal Improvement Act
- Client Needs Identification
- Agriculture in Sustainable Development
- Research - resource mobilization & NARF
- Biosafety issues & International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
Programme 5: Agricultural Production
- CASP
- ITCA working group - Animal Improvement Programme
- Risk Assessments (e.g. breed societies, import & export)
- Animal Production Schemes
- INTERGIS
- Artificial Insemination programme - trainees
- Household Programme for Food Production - Starter pack
- Plant Production Strategy
- Production Guidelines
- Seed Testing Services (quality assurance)
- Training manuals on plant production
- Plant Improvement Scheme
- Breeding Programme
- Examination of new varieties (Plant Breeders' Rights Act) – UPOV
- Alternative Crops (bio-fortification, diversification, etc)
- Listing of new varieties in terms of the Plant Improvement Act
Programme 5: Agricultural Production
- R&D
- Policy on Agriculture Research, technology development and transfer: Agriculture Research Agenda
- ARC
- PDA
- Private Sector
- Farmers (farmer organizations)
- Other Research organizations
Programme 5: Agricultural Production
- Strategy on financing agriculture research and technology development
- Innovation and Knowledge management
- Maintenance (infrastructure, HR capacity, public good etc)
- Technology Specific Strategies
- Technology Transfer Models/Strategy
- Agriculture Biotechnology
- NEPAD- Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP)
- NARF,
- SADC
- FARA
- CGIAR
Programme 6: Sustainable Resources Management and Use
Policy and legislation
- Sustainable Utilisation of Agricultural Resources Bill
- On/off-farm infrastructure policy
- Small-scale mechanisation policy
Programme implementation and services
- Revitalization of small-scale irrigation schemes - guidelines
- Stock-watering systems - guidelines
- Groundwater development - guidelines
- Rainwater harvesting - guidelines
- Advisory services on engineering
- LandCare Programme
- AGIS - databases on natural resources
Programme 6: Sustainable Resources Management and Use
Challenges
- Respond to drought, pests, etc. as and when they occur
- Money transferred to provinces not spent in time
Programme 7: National Regulatory Services
Policies
- Food safety policy finalized
- Make contribution into SADC FMD policy
- Animal disease control policy finalized in consultation with provinces
- Export certification policy finalized - provinces
- Organic farming policy finalized
- Import of agrochemicals finalized
- Plant health policy finalized - provinces
- Animal health import policy finalized
Programme 7: National Regulatory Services (cont.)
Legislation
- Review of Act 36 of 1947
- Finalize meat safety regulations
- Finalize Animal health regulations
- Implement Animal identification Act
- Liquor Products Amendment Bill
PROGRAMME 7: National Regulatory Services (cont.)
PROGRAMMES
- Finalise basic animal health care system through the veterinary ITCA
- Ports of entry improvement project
- Appointing more staff
- Increasing visibility
- Training- sniffer dogs
- Food safety awareness programmes
- Strategy for improved participation in standard setting bodies finalized