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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) 185
Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable children in SA ● ● ● a reduction of poverty; development of viable agricultural businesses; graduation of small-scale into larger commercial businesses. Table 7.1 Programme/service map: Department of Agriculture Programme/ services Description of the programmes/actual service provided Targeted beneficiaries/ qualifying criteria/how to obtain the service Delivery mechanism/ service providers Household Food Production Programme This Programme provides agricultural starter packs or startup grants and food production information packs to food-insecure rural households. Targeted beneficiaries Families living in poverty under social protection policy programmes and families living in poverty receiving food parcels The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries coordinates the planning and implementation of these programmes. The Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme MAFISA The starter packs include seeds, agricultural implements and production input required by the production environment. CASP provides the on-farm and off-farm infrastructure to support sustainable production of the emerging farmers in South Africa. Micro-lending for South Africa is a financial scheme funded and managed by the state through the Land Bank to assist emerging farmers with lower interest rates on production loans to support their production. This programme was initiated as a response to commercial banks’ lack of support to the emerging agricultural sector, due to farmers’ lack of collateral as security for their loans. Not all families receiving food parcels get the starter packs. The Department follows a demanddriven approach. Targeted beneficiaries Newly settled land reform farmers CASP is a demanddriven programme. Targeted beneficiaries Emerging and subsistence farmers MAFISA is also a demand-driven programme. It is also the coordinator of the Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Task Team. The Department is also part of the National Action Committee for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS, the committee coordinating programmes for OVCs in South Africa. 186
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