western cape department of agriculture mec jj dowry

Department of Agriculture Departement Landbou Isebe Lezolimo

Western CapeWestern Cape Department of Agriculture Department of Agriculture

MEC JJ DowryMEC JJ Dowry

11 February 200811 February 2008


Departmental Expenditure

Description 2005/06

R’000

Actual

2006/07

R’000

Actual

2007/08

R’000

Adjusted

Budget

Equitable Share 174 353 212 610 240 623

Conditional Grants 67 979 34 706 75 974

Own Revenue 16 183 19 311 14 963

TOTAL 258 515 266 627 331 560


Expenditure per Programme

Programme

2005/06

R’000

Actual

2006/07

R’000

Actual

2007/08

R’000

Adjusted

Budget

Administration 34 514 39 117 53 671

Sustainable Resource Management

48 302 44 122 74 357

Farmer Support and Development

72 396 71 820 84 729

Veterinary Services 25 656 27 891 34 079

Technology Research and Development

50 513 49 336 52 482

Agricultural Economics 7 571 8 375 6 649

Structured Agricultural Training

19 581 25 966 25 593

TOTAL 258 515 266 627 331 560


Expenditure per Economical Classification

Description

2006/07

R’000

Actual

2007/08

R’000

Adjusted

Budget

Current Payments 212 671 240 206

Transfers Other 35 229 72 791

Transfers Capital 4 957 500

Capital Payments 13 770 18 063

TOTAL 266 627 331 560


Conditional Grants

Grant

2006/07

Budget

R’000

2006/07

Actual

R’000

2007/08

Adjusted

Budget

R’000

PIG 3 000 3 000 0

LandCare 3 730 3 480 3 317

CASP 20 648 20 644 33 426

Drought Relief 10 199 7 582 20 000

Floods 33 000 0 10 000

Hail 0 0 9 231

TOTAL 70 577 34 706 75 974


CASP

Purpose:

To provide post settlement support to targeted beneficiaries of mainly land reform and other producers who have acquired land through private means


CASP: 2006/07

• Budget – R20,648 million

• Spent – R20,644 million (unspent R4 000)– 143 Projects (61 LRAD & SLAG)– 5 765 Beneficiaries– 461 Youth– 3 459 Women– Mainly fruit and vegetables


CASP: 2007/08

• Budget – R33,426 million• Actual Spending to 31 Dec 2007 – R14,822 million

– 107 projects ( 46 LRAD & SLAG)– 53 Food Security projects– 5 390 Beneficiaries– 3 868 Women and Youth


CASP: 2007/08 (cont.)

1st Quarter

R’000

Actual

2nd Quarter

R’000

Actual

3rd Quarter

R’000

Actual

4th Quarter

R’000

Projected

2 609 3 852 8 361 18 604

January 2008 – R3,317million


LandCare

Purpose:

Through sustainable resource management, improve and develop the livelihoods of individuals and communities through integrated governmental and community based partnerships


LandCare: 2006/07

• Budget – R3,115 million plus R615 000 roll over• Spent – R3,480 million (under spent by R250 000)

– 25 projects (junior LandCare and alien clearing)– 481 beneficiaries (jobs in alien clearing) 34 430 person

days– 162 women– 2 950 youth (Junior LandCare) attended camps– 13 500 youth attended Junior LandCare puppet shows


LandCare: 2007/08

• Adjusted Budget – R3,317 million• Actual Spending to 31 Dec 2007 – R1,512 million

– 32 projects (Junior LandCare, alien clearing)– 769 beneficiaries (jobs) or 28 398 person days – 140 women– 5 150 youth (Junior LandCare) attended camps– 9 300 youth attended Junior LandCare puppet

shows


LandCare: 2007/08

1st Quarter

R’000

Actual

2nd Quarter

R’000

Actual

3rd Quarter

R’000

Actual

4th Quarter

R’000

Projected

287 482 1 183 1 805



Challenges

• Time constraints linked to staffing• Legal issues within groups (contracts, legal entities not

functioning, conflict) • Serious cash flow problems and debts • LRAD programme take 35 – 40% of FSD • “Sleeping partners – tail wagging the dog”• Reallocation of funds - ± R 3.2 million due to selling off

farms and Bank legal processes and repossession of farms


Challenges (cont.)

• Alignment issues (organisations, programmes and government grants)

• Stakeholder participation, i.e. Municipalities etc.• Drought and floods – delay implementation of projects• Pre-settlement training of LRAD beneficiaries• 2008/09 application process started in 2007/08 • Shortage of Engineers, Economists & Subject Matter

Specialist• Projects are staff driven not beneficiary driven


Challenges (cont.)

• Technical staff had to do verification of 2006 flood damages on 550 farms

• Technical staff involved in flood repair and recovery work • Abnormal high rainfall in Southern Cape and Klein Karoo

in 2007 led to delays in project implementation


Remedial Action

• Involvement of more NGO’s and Farmer Unions

• IT – Wireless connections • LRAD – Monthly meetings

with DLA• DPAC Committee• M&E – DLA and PDA

monitor projects

• Intended for next financial year• N2 Corridor connected• Started October 2006

• Started August 2007• Regular meetings held to finalise joint approach


Remedial Action (cont.)

• Comprehensive support to LRAD projects 2008/9

• Outsource Infrastructure pillar of CASP to Casidra

• Auditor General requirements –paper trail

• Intended for next financial year• Intended for next financial year• Currently underway


Drought Relief

Purpose:

To give relief to livestock producers in declared drought stricken areas by supplying limited fodder and transport thereof


Drought Relief: Process

• Assessment of specific areas for signs of drought• Establish a representative committee to assess areas• Prepare a report for national DoA, via Provincial Disaster

Management Unit• After national DoA concurs that it is a disaster area, then

DoA approaches the Presidency for a declaration, and then national Treasury for financial support

• After funds have been obtained, then a framework agreement is finalised and gazetted

• Administrative process then gets put in place• Only after this, then funds can flow to the affected farmers


Drought Relief: 2006/07

• R10,199 million roll over• Spent – R7,582 million (under spent by R2,617 million –

transferred to hail disaster in 2007/08)– 1 015 households benefited of which 318 were

emerging farmers



• Budget – R20 million received in December 2007 during the adjustment estimate

• Spent – R0• R10 million expected to be rolled over to 2008/09



1st Quarter

R’000

Actual

2nd Quarter

R’000

Actual

3rd Quarter

R’000

Actual

4th Quarter

R’000

Projected

Not received Not received 0 10 000



Flood Relief Process

• After the flood, a team of agricultural engineering specialists assesses the damage (preliminary)

• This information is fed to the Provincial Disaster Management Unit, who then prepares a report for cabinet, which then submits this decision (disaster) to the Presidency for a disaster declaration

• After the declaration, then different national Departments approach national Treasury for funds

• After the funds are secured then the DoA and PDA agree and enter into a framework agreement

• Staff then has to assess, verify and analyse individual claims in terms of the framework

• And only after this verification process is completed, payments can be made


Flood Relief: 2006/07

• Received December 2006 (Adjustment Estimate) – R33 million• Unspent – R33 million (Spending prescripts finalised in May 2007 only)



• Received December 2007 (Adjustment Estimate) – R10 million• Spent – R7,856 million (Spending prescripts finalised in May 2007 only)• 182 of the total number of 550 landowners affected by the floods benefited from flood relief and recovery works to date



1st Quarter

R’000

Actual

2nd Quarter

R’000

Actual

3rd Quarter

R’000

Actual

4th Quarter

R’000

Projected

Not received Not received 7 856 2,144

January 2008: R0,656million


Hail Relief: Process

• Similar to Flood process


Hail Relief: 2007/08

• Received December 2007 (Adjustment Estimate) – R9,231 million

• Spent – R3,453 million• For period of 3 years• 394 Beneficiaries – 346 retrenched

farmworkers re-employed and 48 additional workers employed• R4,2 million to be rolled over to

2008/09


Hail Relief: 2007/08

1st QuarterR’000Actual

2nd QuarterR’000Actual

3rd QuarterR’000Actual

4th QuarterR’000

Projected

Not received

Not received

3 453 1 578

January 2008: R1,338 million


CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

Description

2006/2007 2007/2008

Budget

R’000

Actual

R’000

Adjusted

Budget

R’000

Projected

R’000

Capital 13 778 13 770 18 063 18 063

Transfer Capital

5 180 4 957 500 500

TOTAL 18 958 18 727 18 563 18 563


CAPITAL EXPENDITURE (CONT.)

1st Quarter

R’000

Actual

2nd Quarter

R’000

Actual

3rd Quarter

R’000

Actual

4th Quarter

R’000

Projected

882 1 537 2 556 13 588


Monitoring & evaluation

• Each Programme has its own M&E system• Field staff visit projects on regular basis• FSD Programme created positions for M&E officers –

only 1 was filled, but left for 3 levels higher in Eastern Cape

• Challenges: – Post level of M&E officers – Scarcity of skills in the specific field


Monitoring & evaluationInstitutional Monitoring & Evaluation

• Standing Committee– Annual budget, annual report– Appropriation budget– General policy issues

• Parliamentary Questions• Ministerial enquiries (Red Numbers)• Laws that govern us and to which we must adhere

(Strategic Plan p17-19)• Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan, Skills

development Plan, EE Plan, etc.• Service Standards Charter


Monitoring & evaluation

Finances

• Departmental quarterly narrative reports to Provincial Treasury (PT)

• Quarterly narrative reports on CASP and LandCare to DOA

• Quarterly compliance with PFMA report to PT• Monthly in Year Monitoring and conditional grant

report on financial status of Department to PT• Monthly financial report on CASP and LandCare

to DOA


In answer:

• Question 3: – Monthly reporting is done


THANK YOU

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