Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

CHAPTER 7
Department of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries
Introduction
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) is responsible, in part, for
the realisation of the rights of ‘everyone to sufficient food’ 90 and of ‘every child to basic
nutrition’. 91 In terms of the Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Programme (2002),
which is an integrated multi-sectoral plan for the realisation of food security in South
Africa, the DAFF is responsible for increasing food production capacities and capabilities
through various agricultural support programmes.
Key policies and legislation
● Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act No. 108 of 1996
● Integrated Food Security Strategy for South Africa, Department of Agriculture, 2002
● Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Programme, 2002
● National Food Emergency Programme, 2002
● Integrated Food Security Strategy for South Africa, 2003
Programmes and services provided
Household Food Production Programme
The programme assists households through the provision of the following packages:
● production inputs;
● production capacity (training);
● on-farm technical provision (extension);
● on-farm production infrastructure.
Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme
The Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP) is aimed at assisting land
reform, post-settlement, by providing the following assistance through a grant:
● on-farm and off-farm infrastructure;
● training and capacity building;
● production inputs support;
● regulatory services;
● marketing and business development;
● information and knowledge management;
● technical and advisory services.
Agricultural development fund for South Africa
The Micro-Agricultural Finance Initiative of South Africa (MAFISA) is a micro-lending
scheme providing farmers and households involved in farming with finance at a lending
rate cheaper than the commercial banks, to facilitate:
90 Section 27(1)(b), South African Constitution
91 Section 28(1)(c), South African Constitution; UNCRC, Article 24(2)(c); ACRWC, Article 14(2)(c)
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