The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was one of the departments of the

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...

. It was responsible for overseeing and supporting South Africa's agricultural sector, as well as ensuring access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food by the country's population. The department fell under the responsibility of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. In 2010 the minister was Senzeni Zokwana. In the 2014 national budget, the department received an appropriation of R6,178 billion

rand The RAND Corporation, doing business as RAND, is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, research institute, and public sector consulting firm. RAND engages in research and development (R&D) in several fields and industries. Since the ...

, and had 5,924 employees as of 2010. In June 2019 government departments were reconfigured. The agriculture function of DAFF became part of the new

Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is a government department, department of the Government of South Africa created in June 2019 by the merger of the agriculture functions of the former Department of Agricultu ...

, while the forestry and fisheries functions became part of the

Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) is one of the departments of the South African government. It is responsible for protecting, conserving and improving the South African environment and natural resources. It ...

References

External links

Official website

Gazette Notices per Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Agricultural organisations based in South Africa

Forestry in South Africa Natural resources in Africa {{Forestry-agency-stub