Category Archives: Programmes

Sustainable Resource Management

The Senior Manager is Mr Leon Terblach Tel:071 860 7557

The purpose of the programme is to provide agricultural engineering support service to farmers for infrastructure and mechanization systems development for sustainable farm production,storage and processing and promotion of sustainable use and management of natural resources.

The programme is structured into four sub-programmes:

• Engineering services
• LandCare
• Land Use Management
• Disaster Risk Management

The strategic objectives of the programme are:

Engineering Services provides engineering support (planning,development,monitoring and evaluation) with regard to irrigation technology, on farm mechanisation,value adding,farm structures,resource conservation management,operation and maintenance of farm equipment,machinery,tools and implements sollutions.

This programme has the following key deliverables:

• Engineering support(survey and design infrastructure) of CASP,llima/Letsema,Mega Agri-Parks,LandCare projects and soil conservation works.
• Finalise the Disaster Contingency plans(Flood) and Veld Fire Plan
• Support other programmes in implementation of SPLUMS,AVMP,Mega-Agri Parks and River Basin Catalytic Programme.(Requirements and regulations of CARA)
• Support DAFF with protection of agricultural land through guiding subdivision/rezoning/change of agricultural land use recommendations.
• Engineering support for on farm mechanization planning for increased agricultural production and product value adding.
• To host the 7th Biennial National LandCare conference
• Implement LandCare projects(three Veld Care projects and one Soil Care Project)

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Agricultural Economics Services

Provides timely and relevant agricultural economic support to internal and external clients in order to ensure sustainable agricultural development. It should provide advice and support ranging from micro to macro level. The advice should be updated, relevant and based on sound research. The programme consists of two sub-programmes: The Sub-Programmes under Agricultural Economics are the

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Farmer Support and Development

The Senior Manager is Ms. Lillian Senosi email:lsenosi@ncpg.gov.za

The purpose of this programme is to provide support to farmers and rural communities through agricultural communities through agricultural development programmes.

It is structured into three sub-programmes:

Farmer Settlement and Development

Extension and Advisory Services

Food Security

Its strategic objectives are to increase agricultural production,increase the number of smallholder farmers benefiting from agricultural programmes and support to 60 000 food insecure households.

The programme will focus on the following:

Provision of agricultural extension and advisory services on various aspects of production and farm management;

• Training and capacity buiding of farmers
• Implementation of CASP and llima/Letsema projects
• Implementation of the Fetsa Tlala Food production programmes
• Implementation of the Orange River Emerging Farmer Settlement & Development Programme
• Support to land holding institutions
• Implementation of Extention Recovery Programme(ERP)
• Implementation of Livestock Improvement Programme
• Support to municipalies for the improved management of commonage land and
• Support the established and sustainability of Agri-Parks

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