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Responses to audits & reforms in agricultural sector, including financial actions, food security initiatives, forestry management improvements.
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DAFF RESPONSES TO SUBMISSIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING MONITORING AND EVALUATION, OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL AND FINANCIAL AND FISCAL COMMISSION RESPONSES TO OVERSIGHT BODIES DATE: 18 October 2017
OUTLINE Chief Financial Office Schedule of actions to mitigate repeat audit findings Irregular expenditure Loans to staff Biological assets Human Resource Management Critical positions not being filled Grievances not handled within timeframes Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Alignment between DAFF and PDAs Improvement plan to deal with 29% targets that are not specific Agricultural Census and Farmer Register Spending 100% budget against 80% target achievement Framework for measurement of impact at provincial level
OUTLINE Food Security and Agrarian Reform The reduction on the % of households vulnerable to hunger Initiatives by DAFF to deal with household food security Unproductive land transferred to previously disadvantaged individuals Reduction of rural unemployment Producer Development Support Policy Mechanization Policy State of preparedness for the 2016/2017 summer planting season Rationalization of functions between DAFF and the DRDLR Reflection on Operation Phakisa and its Objectives Criteria for allocating budgets to Provinces Report on Ncera Farms
OUTLINE Forestry and Natural Resource Management Feasibility of expansion of land under irrigation Vulnerability assessment Crop production forecasts Climate Weather Forecasts Fisheries Management Allocation of rights to 9 fisheries sectors
ACRONYMS ARC Agricultural Research Council CASP Comprehensive Agriculture Support Programme CGA Citrus Growers Association DAFF Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries DDGs Deputy Director Generals DORA Division Of Revenue Act DPME Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation DRDLR Department of Rural Development and Land Reform DWS Department of Water and Sanitation EPWP Extended Public Works Programme EXCO Executive Committee GFADA Grain farmers association development association GHS General Household Survey Ha Hectare MLRF Marine Living Resource Fund MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework NAMC National Agricultural Marketing Council NDP National Development Plan PC Portfolio Committee RAAVC Revitalisation of Agriculture and Agro processing Value Chain SAB South African Brewery TID Technical Indicator Description
Schedule of Action to mitigate again similar future audit matters