About us
About Us
Directorate: Climate Change and Disaster Management
Aim: To facilitate climate change mitigation and adaptation, risk and disaster management
Functions:
- Develop and provide a National policy framework climate change and disaster management for the sector.
Ensure effective planning and implementation of an early warning system in support of associated sector risk management. - Co-ordinate post disaster recovery and rehabilitation.
- Implement climate change programmes in support of risk and disaster management and ensure sectoral compliance with the National Climate Change Response framework and regional and international obligations.
- Prevent production losses by combating migratory pests and diseases
For further information contact:
Name: Mr I.B Kgakatsi
Tel number:012 309 5723
Fax number: 012309 5878
Email address:
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Vision and Mission
The Vision and Mission
Vision
- A leading, dynamic, united, prosperous and people-centred sector
Mission
Our vision will be achieved through developing and sustaining a sector that contributes and embraces::
- Economic growth (and development)
- Job creation
- Rural development
- Sustainable use of natural resources
- Food security
STRATEGIC GOALS (SGs) AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (SOs)
SG 1: Increased profitable production of food, fibre and timber products by all categories of producers (subsistence, smallholder and commercial)
Strategic objectives
- Promote efficient production, handling and processing of food, fibre and timber
- Coordinate government food security initiative
- Improve production systems anchored in commodities with a competitive and comparative advantage in each province
- Comprehensive support towards rural development
SG 2: Sustained management of natural resources
Strategic objectives
- SO 1 Promote environmentally sustainable production systems
- SO 2 Ensure the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
- SO 3 Ensure protection of indigenous genetic resources
- SO 4 Increase contribution to green jobs to improve livelihoods
SG 3: Effective national regulatory services and risk management systems
Strategic objectives
- SO 1 Promote safe food by managing the level of risks associated with food, diseases, pests, natural disasters and trade
- SO 2 Establish and maintain effective early-warning and mitigation systems
SG 4: A transformed and united sector
Strategic objectives
- SO 1 Increase equity, ownership and participation of PDIs
- SO 2 Establish and maintain effective early-warning and mitigation systems
- SO 3 Improve social working conditions in the sector
- SO 4 Provide leadership and support to research, training and extension in the sector
SG 5: Increased contribution of the sector to economic growth and development
Strategic objectives
- SO 1 Increase growth, income and sustainable job opportunities in the value chain
- SO 2 Increase the level of public and private investment in the sector
- SO 3 Increase market access for South African and African agricultural, forestry and fish products, domestically and internationally
- SO 4 Increase production of feedstock to support the manufacturing sector
- SO 5 Promote the use of feedstock byproducts for renewable energies
SG 6: Effective and efficient governance
Strategic objectives
- SO 1 Establish and strengthen cooperative governance and functional relations with local and international stakeholders
- SO 2 Strengthen policy, planning, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and sector information
- SO 3 Provide effective audit, investigative and legal, human resources and financial risk management
- SO 4 Improve departmental service excellence through implementation of quality standards, Batho Pele prin - ciples and the general legislative mandate
- SO 5 Provide leadership and manage communication and information
Values
- Drive: Driven to deliver excellent services
- Attitude: Being an ambitious, passionate, reliable and dedicated workforce
- Fairness: Acting with objectivity, empathy, integrity and transparency
- Focus: Focusing on people, economic and rural development
Documents
Documents
- Drought Indaba 15-16 September 2016
- 2016 National Drought Indaba SAWS
- Drought Indaba Presentation 15 Sept 2016
- Reflections and wayforward
- DAFF Drought TAU
- DAFF-CCDM Drought Indaba Concept Note - 15 to 16 September 2016
- Drought Indaba AgriSA
- Drought Indaba Views From The Coalface 15 Sept 2016
- Drought Presentation - DAFF Drought Indaba - NDMC
- DWS Drought Indaba for 15 Sep 2016
- Impact of drought on crop production and food value chain 8 July 2016
- Introduction To Parallel Sessions
- National Drought Indaba BFAP
- National Drought Indaba Programme
- StatsSA 15-Sept-2016
About Us
Animal Production facilitates improvements in agricultural productivity, with the emphasis on sustainable animal and aquaculture production systems and administers the Animal Improvement Act, 1998 (Act. No. 62 of 1998), Animals Protection Act, 1962 (Act No. 71 of 1962), and the Performing Animals Protection Act, 1935 (Act No. 24 of 1935). In line with the objective of promoting sustainable agricultural production, several policies and strategies were developed. These include policies on animal improvement, animal welfare, aquaculture, game farming, range and forage, and all these policies are aligned to the Livestock Development Strategy (LDS).
The aim of the policies and the strategy is to make sure that the livestock industry performs at its optimum capacity, with emphasis on providing support to emerging black farmers to be able to participate in the mainstream activities (e.g. marketing, value-add etc.), through introduction of programmes such as the Kaonafatso ya Dikgomo (Cattle Improvement), Provincial Aquaculture, Milk Recording, and Livestock and Poultry support within rural development nodes. Other key programmes include the Goat Productivity Improvement and the Development of Feedlot/Grasslot facilities within the rural development nodes, which links to the AsgiSA (Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa).
Vision
To provide leadership and support for the livestock, aquaculture and game farming industries in South Africa , to ensure food security, economic development and global competitive.
Mission
- To develop and promulgate policy, norms and standards to support livestock production, Aquaculture and Game Farming
- To develop, promote and implement national policy, norms and standards to support sustainable animal production, aquaculture and game farming systems
- Develop coordinate and support programs and schemes that support sustainable animal production, aquaculture and game farming
- Ensure the regulation and promotion of sustainable animal production, aquaculture and game farming practices
- Ensure effective monitoring, evaluation and [impact] assessment of animal production, aquaculture and game farming systems and trends;
- Provide management support services with regard to financial, human resources and asset management as well as logistics
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Animal Health
About Us
AIM:
To manage the risks associated to animal health
Functions:
1. Promote, prevent and control animal diseases
2. Formulate policy and reduce sanitary risks in the import and export of animals and animal products
3. Render epidemiological services for early warning and monitoring of animal diseases
4. Render management support services
Contact:
Director: Animal Health
Dr. M. Maja (Mpho)
(012) 319-7456/7615
072 199 0925
About Us
The Directorate: Provincial and SOEs Performance Monitoring (D:PSPM) under the Chief Directorate Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) within the Branch: Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PPME) was established to oversee the processes of monitoring and reporting between DAFF and Provincial Departments of Agriculture (PDAs) and Public Entities (PEs) reporting to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Our Mandate
The mandate of the directorate is to ensure that there are proper processes and systems in place to manage non-financial performance information of PDAs and PEs and thus hold them accountable.
Key functions:
Facilitate the development and support implementation of monitoring and evaluation frameworks and guidelines for PDA’s and PE’s
Monitor and evaluate performance of PDAs through standardised performance indicators and PEs through the approved Strategic objectives aligned to the establishing Acts of the entities
Facilitate the establishment of monitoring and evaluation capacity building within PDAs and PEs
Establish systems and processes to manage performance information of PDAs and PEs
Contact Details:
Director: Ms Maureen Lekganyane
Tel: +27 (0) 12 319 8469/70
Email: