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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) %u2013 2025/26 Financial YearService Delivery Measures Table 28: Selected service delivery measures for the programme: P6: Agricultural Economics Services Estimatedperformance Medium-term estimatesProgramme performance measures 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28Number of agri-businesses supported with marketing services 101 94 110 115 Number of clients supported with production economic services 381 376 388 390 Number of Agri-business supported with agro-processing initiatives 12 4 4 4Number of economic reports compiled 20 30 30 30Number of agri businessess supported with black economic empowement advisory services 42 46 46 50This programme will interact with commodity organisation and business strategic partners to support the commercialization of smallholder farmers thereby providing supporting 25 farms to be commercialised. The objective is to ensure that farmers earn income form their businesses. Agribusiness support packages will be provided to farmers through this programme. The programme will monitor market access, increasing number of productive and viable smallholders, increase farm Net Income, and value addition throughout the value chain. 8.8 Programme 7: Agricultural Education and Training Objectives: To provide and facilitate structured and vocational agricultural education and training to establish a knowledgeable, prosperous and competitive sector. The programme has 2 subprogrammes, namely: %uf0b7 Higher Education and Training: To provide and facilitate accredited vocational agricultural qualifications; and %uf0b7 Agricultural Skills Development: To provide and facilitate formal and non-formal agricultural skills development through structured vocational education and training programmes. Table 29: Summary of departmental payments and estimates sub-programme: P7 %u2013 Agricultural Education and Training 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. Higher Education and Training 59 051 61 198 61 708 64 479 64 479 64 479 70 245 70 547 72 522 8.92. Agricultural Skills Development 121 764 123 947 127 126 141 016 139 021 139 021 146 949 152 500 161 396 5.7Total payments and estimates 185 145 180 815 188 834 205 495 203 500 203 500 217 194 223 047 233 918 6.72024/25Tables 29 shows the summary of departmental payments and estimates for Agricultural Education and Training per sub-programme from 2021/22 to 2027/28. Expenditure increased from R185.145 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R203.500 million in 2024/25, the wage agreement, reprioritisation to fund catering services for students at the Tsolo Agricultural Rural Development Institute (TARDI) as well as an increase in the allocation for the revitalisation of colleges from Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD). In 2025/26, the budget increases by 6.7 per cent to R217.194 million owing to reprioritisation undertaken to support the Student Aid Fund at Fort Cox College, ensuring that students have access to the necessary financial resources to continue their education. The budget increases moderately over the 2 outer years. 563