You should• Be a member of a previously disadvantaged group (i.e. African, Coloured or Indian)• Be 18 years or older• Intend to use the land for agricultural purposes only• Intend to farm on a full-time basis (except for safety-net projects)• Neither be a civil servant, politician or hold any position within government structures• Be prepared
Grants will be provided by the Department of Land Affairs, but both the departments of Land Affairs and Agriculture will work in collaboration to oversee the whole process from start to finish.
Acquisition of land Land improvements, infrastructure investments, capital assets and short-term agricultural inputs
This programme is aimed at helping poor people. The grant scale is therefore designed in a way that the less money one has, the bigger the grant to own contribution ratio one will receive compared to what someone with a bigger contribution will receive.
A minimum amount of R20 000 will require a minimum own contribution amount (cash or in-kind) of R5 000 and a maximum of R100 000 will require a maximum own contribution amount of R400 000. Between the minimum and maximum amounts, there is a continuum of grant amounts, depending on the participant’s own contribution (see
It is a non refundable form of funding or financial contribution to help prospective farmers to purchase land by government.
A formula will to be used to determine how much an individual will get. This formula is based on how much money or inputs to be used in the farming operations on that piece of land (own contribution in kind), or a combination of the two a person contributes towards the purchasing of that particular
There is a number of ways in which own contributions can be made, viz. • Cash contributionAn applicant can contribute from a minimum of R5 000, which will qualify for a matching grant of R20 000 up to a maximum of R400 000 which will in turn qualify for a matching grant amount of R100
The Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development Programme was designed to help previously disadvantaged citizens from African, Coloured and Indian communities to buy land or agricultural implements specifically for agricultural purposes.
Most of our people do not have sufficient money to buy land for farming purposes. This programme will make some money available to successful applicants to help supplement what they already have for purchasing agricultural land. This will be done in the form of government grants.