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Select Committee on Appropriations Ilima/Letsema Projects Grant 3rd Quarter 2012/13

Select Committee on Appropriations Ilima/Letsema Projects Grant 3rd Quarter 2012/13. Presenter: Emmanuel Pillay | National Treasury | 21 May 2013. Ilima/Letsema Projects Grant.

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Select Committee on Appropriations Ilima/Letsema Projects Grant 3rd Quarter 2012/13

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  1. Select Committee on Appropriations Ilima/Letsema Projects Grant 3rd Quarter 2012/13 Presenter: Emmanuel Pillay | National Treasury | 21 May 2013

  2. Ilima/Letsema Projects Grant • The purpose of the grant is to assist vulnerable South African farming communities achieve an increase in agricultural production and increased income, invest in infrastructure that unlocks agricultural production and supply government markets with agricultural products thus releasing them from the poverty trap • The key outputs of the grant include: • Planting of land (Hectares) • Supporting beneficiaries/entrepreneurs • Establishment of new infrastructure through the grant • Rehabilitating and expanding irrigation schemes • Production within the agricultural corridors e.g. maize

  3. Spending as at 31 December 2012

  4. Spending as at 31 March 2013

  5. Challenges • Early and sound planning lacking in many departments. • Slow Supply Chain Management processes. • Late delivery of inputs resulted in many farmers deciding not to plant as the window for crops have passed. • Poor performance of contractors and lost capacity in the department. • Poor monitoring of service providers leads to the services not being delivered on time and to the required standard. • Performance information reporting must be improved.

  6. Thank you

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