Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture and Land
Administration
Performance Report on
Conditional Grants
Commodity approach
Sugar
MACADEMIA
Macadamia
Apples
Essential Oils
Soya Beans
Agri-Based LED Strategy – Linking to Municipalities
Premier’s co-ordinating forum (PCF) approved the strategy :
Road shows conducted to municipalities to introduce the strategy
Extension Officers Deployed to Municipalities
Focus Areas: 2007/08
Anchor ProjectsMasibuyele Emasimini ProgrammeGreening Mpumalanga Programme
Agricultural Anchor Projects 2007/08
Anchor projects identified and supported through CASP:Commodity: District: Macadamia Ehlanzeni Sugarcane Ehlanzeni Essential oils Gert Sibande Apple production Gert Sibande Livestock production 3 districts Horticulture Ehlanzeni
(Bushbuckridge)
CASP 2007/08Measurable outputs
To drill and equip boreholes (5) R 0,502 Install pump stations/ Develop
irrigation infrastructure (5 789ha) R 67,298 Buildings and storage facilities
(13 Structures) -Dams (1), Access roads (5km) R 30,359 Fencing (7,5km) R 0,725 Capacity building (290 beneficiaries) R 1,962 Contractors and Consultants R 3.500
TOTALR 104,346
Purpose: To provide on and off farm infrastructure development
Masibuyele Emasimini
Budget: R30 millionMeasurable outputs
• Mechanisation and Production inputs for 7 498 ha: R31,850 mil
Purpose: Broadening Masibuyele Emasimini to support
peseant farmer with tractors, seed and fertiliser
EPWP led Land Care 2007/08Budget:
Conditional Grant: R4.0 million Own Funding: R17 million
Measurable Outputs: Capacity building and awareness & area wide
planning R4,205 mil Community projects (9 mun) R17,000 mil
Purpose: Rehabilitate degraded lands Raise awareness on Land Care To develop area wide LandCare plans
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