The role of Agricultural Extension

in the National Development Plan

The role of Agricultural Extension

in the National Development Plan

:

BONGA MSOMI : CHIEF DIRECTOR

NATIONAL EXTENSION SUPPORT SERVICES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES,

PRETORIA,REPUBBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

Presentation Outline

1. National Policy and Strategy Instruments2. National Development Plan (NDP) Targets3. Agricultural Policy Action Plan (APAP) 4. Revitalising the Agriculture and Agro-processing value-chain5. Integrated Poultry value chain6. Wheat Value Chain7. Conclusion

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NATIONAL POLICY AND STRATEGY INSTRUMENTS

National Development Plan New Growth Path Industrial Policy Action Plan Medium Term Strategic Framework

ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

National Policy on Food and Nutrition Security Agricultural Policy Action Plan (APAP) Fetsa Tlala Integrated Food Production

Initiative Small-scale Fisheries Policy

NATIONAL POLICY AND STRATEGY

INSTRUMENTS WITH DIRECT CORRELATION

TO AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND

FISHERIES

NATIONAL POLICY AND STRATEGY

INSTRUMENTS WITH DIRECT CORRELATION

TO AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND

FISHERIES

Where will the jobs come from (NDP)

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TARGET GROUPPRIMARY JOBS

CREATEDSECONDARY

JOBS CREATED

Subsistence farmers with <0.5 hectares 83 000 41 500Small-scale farmers with between 0.5 and 5 hectares of land 165 000 82 500

Small-scale farmers with >5 hectares of land 75 000 37 500

Better use of redistributed land 70 000 35 000Labour intensive winners 200 000 100 000Labour-extensive field crops 10 000 5 000Labour extensive livestock 40 000 25 000

TOTAL 643 000 326 500GRAND TOTAL 969 500 jobsCOMMUNAL AREAS 589 500 jobsCOMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE 380 000 jobs

BFAP, 2011

NDP targets 643 000 direct jobs and 326 000 indirect jobs in the agriculture, agro processing and related sectors by 2030

• Rural economies will be activated through improved infrastructure and service delivery

• Improved communications infrastructure to inform agricultural role-players about buying and selling prices and supply-and-demand trends

• Improved road and rail infrastructure to usher farm products to and through the value chain and to markets

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NDP targets cont…

• Investigate different forms of financing to land reform beneficiaries to avoid high debt burden

• Infrastructure for processing and value addition

• Identify the main elements of a comprehensive food security and nutrition strategy and launch a campaign

• Introduce spatial development framework and norms, to ensure the location of jobs and people.

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NDP targets cont…

• Quality basic services, particularly education, health care and public transport

• In areas with greater economic potential, industries such as agro-processing, tourism, fisheries (in coastal areas) and small enterprise development should be developed with market support.

• Cold-chain infrastructure if producers are to access markets for high-value produce and rural consumers

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NDP targets cont…

• Linking farmers to existing markets and new forms of intermediaries, such as cooperatives, to help small producers achieve economies of scale in processing.

• Preferential procurement mechanisms should be put in place to ensure that new entrants into agriculture can access these markets while still supporting existing farmers

• Expand irrigated agriculture and dry-land production, with emphasis on smallholder farmers where possible.

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NDP targets cont…

• Training a new cadre of extension officers to respond to the needs of smallholding farmers and contribute to their integration into the food value chain.

• Farmer-to-farmer skills transfer must be encouraged to help develop a new generation of farmers

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NDP targets cont…

• Improve and extend skills development in the agricultural sector, including entrepreneurship training.

• Special focus to enhance the skills and capabilities of rural women entrepreneurs with access to land and finance.

• Recognise the wide range of opportunities present in rural areas and develop strategies tailored to local conditions.

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Agricultural Growth and Development Potential

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Source: BFAP, NDP, APAP

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AGRICULTURE POLICY ACTION PLAN (APAP)

Training of Extension Practitioners on various commodities (e.g. poultry, livestock production, wheat etc. ) to efficiently support smallholder farmers

Establish training programmes (various) to be delivered through extension services

Training & Capacity

Building of Extension

Develop CSA capacity building programme for extension officers, for large-scale commercial farmers, including establishing on-farm demonstrations in all 9 provinces

Climate Smart

Agriculture

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APAP cont…

Public/Private Extension support programme: collaborative agreements with selected commodity organizations and the RC for up-skilling extension officers

Commodity-Based Extension Support

Extension Partnerships

APAP Structure

APAP: Modelled around Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) - DTI Sectoral Key Action Programmes (commodities) and Transversal Key Action

Programmes (e.g. research and innovation) Value chain for each KAP - comprehensive analysis and intervention Introduces an export-led and import substitution agriculture strategyKey Action Programme Problem Statement Aspirations - to set targets against the set problem statement per commodity

i.e. targets which we strive towards Policy Levers - state support or intervene in the interest of Government’s set

goals / outcomes Nature of Interventions Key Outputs (actions)

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Sectoral KAPs Transversal KAPs

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CRITERIA: contribution to food security; job creation; growth potential; and potential contribution to trade balance

Red Meat Poultry Fruit and Vegetables Wine Wheat Forestry Fisheries: aquaculture and

small-scale fisheries schemes Biofuels (sorghum; sugar beet

and sugar cane etc.) Sugar cane

PURPOSE: address growing concentration within the market; seek to localise food networks through infrastructure development; incentivising support for SMMEs and small-scale producers across AFF value chains

Fetsa Tlala Climate Smart Agriculture Trade, Agri-business Development

and Support Biosecurity SIP11 Research and Innovation

Programme Outcome Time-frame

Speeding up Land Reform

Institutionalise legislative and policy review •50:50 Policy Framework piloted with 50 properties (DRDLR).•Four-tier Land Tenure System reviewed (DRDLR).

Immediate

Market Access • Establish Agriparks (Co-ops/Clusters) in each of the 27 poorest District Municipalities plus 17 = 44 (DRDLR ‘One District, One Agripark’ by September 2015)

• Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB): to expand the no. of smallholders with SA GAP Certification

• Implementation of 75% local procurement (e.g., fresh produce for School Nutrition Schemes); and the provision of set-asides for strategic agricultural commodities ( the dti; NT & DAFF)

• Develop a robust import replacement strategy ( the dti)

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Revitalising the Agriculture and Agro-processing value-chain (1)

Revitalising the Agriculture and Agro-processing value-chain (2)

Programme Outcome Time-frame

Producer Support

Budgets•Existing budgets directed to APAP (CASP: DAFF, Provincial Departments of Agriculture; ReCap: DRDLR)•Existing incentive schemes for agro-processing accessible to smallholder coops/clusters chain •New large incentive schemes for primary production by smallholders introduced

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Technical Support•Existing programmes target APAP initiatives/beneficiaries (DAFF: Animal Improvement Schemes; Mobile Veterinary Clinics)•New (unemployed) graduates from agricultural colleges, universities appointed to APAP farms, plants, depots (DAFF; DHET)•Well-trained and well-equipped staff of extension support practitioners, appropriately placed (DAFF)

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Production Bring 1 million hectares of under-utilised land in communal areas and land reform projects into production e.g •238,000 hectares for soyabean production for crushing (14,000 jobs)•61,000 hectares for wheat (8,000 jobs)

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Problem Statement on the Integrated Poultry value chain:

Globally poultry is expected to account for more than half of meat consumption - SA’s consumption of white meat has increased far more rapidly than that of red meat, and this pattern is expected to expand by 34%by 2023 = 2.6 million tons = 50kg per capita. However production is only expected to expand by 2 million tons by 2023., meaning we will have to import 680 000 tons by 2023.Poultry production systems has a high dependency on imported feed grains for animal feed; more particular imported soya oil cake and yellow maize which in turn led to an increase of 130% in animal feed prices - and about 63% of soya oilcake imported

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Detailed Actions to be Taken (incl. by Other Depts/Agencies

National Production Programme

Land allocation-Spatial planning

SIP11: Economic infrastructure development programme – Integrated Poultry value chain

National Poultry Training Programme:

Develop and implement a national management plan for pest and disease management:

National Poultry Research and Development Programme:

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National Poultry Training Programme:•

• "Capacity building of rural youth engaged in poultry production and processing;

• Training of the extension officers and state veterinarians and para-veterinarians on poultry production to support the small-holder farmers, including extension support and mentoring to newly established small poultry producers

• Refine and expand smallholder training programmes on primary production and post-harvest practices for soybean and yellow maize."

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Impact in terms of Jobs, economic growth, investment etc

"1. 14 481 jobs in both smallholder and commercial farming through increased tonnage of 663 500 by 2019

2. 14 173 jobs through expansion of 238,500 hectares – Soya production

3. 6 293 jobs from expansion of 376 200 hectares – Yellow maize production

4. Increased contribution to Agriculture GDP from 21.8% to 25% by 2019

5. Increasing current levels of smallholder and subsistence producers from 10% to 16% in 2019"

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Problem Statement on Wheat Value Chain:

Presently about 50% of what is consumed

domestically is imported. However the area planted has

declined by about 60% to 70%, to some extent in favour of

grazing, soya beans and maize. There is potential to return

some areas to wheat. The major challenge is unfavourable

weather conditions, and lower profitability of wheat production

compared to other crops such as soya beans and maize. How

to improve profitability of wheat production must be

investigated further.

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Detailed Actions to be Taken (incl. by Other Depts/Agencies

National Wheat Training Programme:

National Wheat Production Programme:

SIP11: Economic infrastructure development programme – Wheat value chain

Land allocation - spatial planning

National Wheat Research and Development Programme:

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National Wheat Training Programme:

• "Capacity building of rural youth engaged in wheat

production and processing

• Develop a training and communication system to support

extension staff with technical and advisory support services

for wheat production

• Refine and expand smallholder training programmes on

primary production and post-harvest practices for wheat"

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Impact in terms of Jobs, economic growth, investment etc

"1. To increase production from 1,2 mil tons by an additional 200 000 tons by 2019.

2. To create an additional 8,000 new jobs to the existing 28,000 by 2019

3. To expand areas planted by an additional 61,000 hectares

4. To reduce the levels of imports by 10%, from the current 50 %

5. To increase the gross value of production by 2%, currently at 3%.

6. To increase gross income, currently at R3 bil, by R 180 mil (from smallholder"

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Conclusion

NDP=>APAP=>MTSF=>SP&APP

Bonga Msomi Chief Director

National Extension Support ServicesDepartment of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Pretoria, Republic of South AfricaBongaM@daff.gov.zaTel: 012-3196521Fax: 012-3196071

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