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Department: AgricultureChain implemented by ECRDA, and increased funding for livestock genetic improvement, spring water protection, and import substitution for agricultural commoditiesadditional funding received for wage agreement, and data in the PES formula. In 2025/26, the budget increases by 5.1 per cent to R2.577 billion due to additional allocations for the operationalisation of 13 custom feeding units, the implementation of the Livestock Identification and Traceability System (LITS) through ear tags and tattooing, and the reallocation of the Ilima/Letsema grant budget, which was reduced in 2024/25. Over the two outer years of the MTEF, the baseline continues to grow moderately. Bulk of expenditure is incurred in Cacadu district followed by the Amathole district. 7.5 Infrastructure payments 7.5.1 Departmental infrastructure payments Table 7: Summary of departmental payments and estimates on infrastructure Outcome Main appropriationAdjusted appropriation Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change from 2024/25R thousand 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28Existing infrastructure assets 8 025 11 205 10 325 10 193 17 643 17 643 23 571 27 205 33 639 33.6Maintenance and repairs %u2013 72 %u2013 2 000 2 697 2 697 3 282 %u2013 %u2013 21.7Upgrades and additions 2 000 7 350 1 829 3 920 8 560 8 465 1 652 %u2013 %u2013 (80.5)Refurbishment and rehabilitation 6 025 3 783 8 496 4 273 6 386 6 481 18 637 27 205 33 639 187.6New infrastructure assets 89 090 98 981 87 441 109 125 90 541 90 541 91 717 92 091 99 627 1.3Infrastructure transfers 15 462 9 977 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 Current %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013Capital 15 462 9 977 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013Infrastructure payments for financial assets %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 Infrastructure leases %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 Non infrastructure 15 274 23 534 15 605 16 164 23 861 24 723 20 226 15 143 6 000 (18.2)Total department infrastructure 127 851 143 697 113 371 135 482 132 045 132 907 135 514 134 439 139 266 2.0. Total provincial infrastructure is the sum of \ non infrastructure items.2024/25Table 7 summarises the infrastructure expenditure and estimates relating to the department from 2021/22 to 2027/28. Infrastructure expenditure decreased from R143.697 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R132.907 million in 2024/25 mainly due to the reclassification of expenditure in the 2022/23 financial year related to the payment of salaries and wages for casual labourers under infrastructure transfers, the expenditure was reclassified from Transfers and Subsidies to Goods and Services in accordance with Circular 21. In 2025/26, the budget increases by 2 per cent to R135.514 million, primarily driven by the construction of the Dohne aquaculture demonstration facility, the provision of an irrigation system and fencing for horticulture projects in O.R. Tambo, and livestock projects in the Chris Hani District. The budget also accommodates the construction of a 2,000-capacity poultry structure and a grain storage facility in O.R. Tambo, as well as the construction of a 300-capacity cattle feedlot and the revitalisation of agricultural colleges 7.5.2 Maintenance None. 7.5.3 Departmental Public - Private Partnership (PPP) None. 7.6 Conditional grant payments 7.6.1 Conditional grant payments by grant Table 8: Summary of departmental conditional grand by grant Mainappropriation Adjusted appropriation Revised estimate 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 243 645 231 964 237 109 261 158 261 158 261 158 247 590 250 470 263 749 (5.2) 74 591 76 209 70 482 55 965 55 965 55 965 84 557 88 447 92 447 51.1 12 513 11 365 13 342 13 470 13 470 13 470 14 073 14 718 15 385 4.5 EPWP Integrated Grant For Provinces 2 076 2 106 2 081 2 080 2 080 2 058 1 467 - - (28.7) - - - - - - - - - 332 825 321 644 323 014 332 673 332 673 332 651 347 687 353 635 371 581 4.5 Provincial Disaster Grant Total Land Care Programme Grant R thousand % change from 2024/25 Comprehensive Agriculture Support Programme Grant Ilima/Letsema Projects Grants Outcome Medium-term estimates 548