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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) %u2013 2025/26 Financial Year8.3 Service Delivery Measures Table 16: Selected service delivery measures for the programme: P2: Sustainable Resource Use and Management Estimatedperformance Medium-term estimatesProgramme performance measures 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28Number of agricultural infrastructure established 112 81 114 116 Number of green jobs created through Land Care 546 469 563 563 Number of agro-ecosystem management plans developed. 6 6 6 6 Number of farm management plans developed 55 57 63 63Number of awareness campaigns on disaster risk reduction conducted 2 8 10 10Number of surveys on uptake for early warning information conducted 1 1 1 1The programme supports the strategy with technical support in the agricultural infrastructure designs, infrastructure establishment, project supervision, soil conservation measures, rehabilitation of land. Ensure that regular disaster risk surveillances are conducted to support the farmers in times of eminent disasters such as the current drought. 8.4 Programme 3: Agricultural Producer Support and Development Objectives: To provide support to producers through agricultural development programmes. Enable and support transformation of the agriculture sector to actively contribute to economic growth, inclusion, equality and the creation of decent work. Increase food production through producer support and development initiatives. The programme has the following 3 subprogrammes: %uf0b7 Producer Support Services: To provide producer support services for sustainable agricultural development in line with the National Policy on Comprehensive Producer development Support; %uf0b7 Extension and Advisory Services: To promote knowledge transfer and skills development as the foundation for equitable, productive, competitive, profitable and sustainable agricultural value chain enterprises; and %uf0b7 Food Security: To support, advise and coordinate the implementation of National policy on Food and Nutrition Security. Table 17: Summary of departmental payments and estimates sub-programme: P3 %u2013 Agricultural Producer Support and Development Outcome Main appropriationAdjusted appropriation Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change from 2024/25R thousand 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2025/26 2026/27 2027/281. Producer Support Services 138 523 156 823 115 972 134 396 135 366 135 366 126 317 136 837 144 506 (6.7)2. Extension and Advisory Services 432 658 435 283 457 573 474 184 469 678 469 678 495 843 501 055 512 712 5.63. Food Security 250 683 230 460 231 339 241 485 239 621 239 621 269 276 280 662 293 779 12.4Total payments and estimates 821 864 822 566 804 884 850 065 844 665 844 665 891 436 918 554 950 997 5.52024/25Tables 17 above shows the summary of departmental payments and estimates for the Agricultural Producer Support and Development programme per sub-programme from 2021/22 to 2027/28. Expenditure increased from R822.566 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R844.665 million in 2024/25, due to additional funding for enhancing the livestock improvement programme around the O.R. Tambo district, as well as the construction of additional spring water sites. Furthermore, additional allocations were made towards import substitution for agricultural commodities such as soya beans, canola, sunflower, poultry, and piggery production. In 2025/26, the budget increases by 5.5 per cent to R891.436 million, owing to the reallocation of the Ilima/Letsema budget, which was reduced in 2024/25. Additionally, the department was allocated extra funding for the operationalisation of 13 custom feeding centres and the Livestock Identification and Traceability System (LITS). 555