The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is a department of the

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created in June 2019 by the merger of the agriculture functions of the former Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with the

Department of Rural Development and Land Reform The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform was, from 2009 to 2019, one of the departments of the South African Government of South Africa, government. It was responsible for topographic mapping, cadastre, cadastral surveying, Recorder of d ...

. The department has responsibility for

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 ...

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food security Food security is the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, healthy Human food, food. The availability of food for people of any class, gender, ethnicity, or religion is another element of food protection. Simila ...

land reform Land reform (also known as agrarian reform) involves the changing of laws, regulations, or customs regarding land ownership, land use, and land transfers. The reforms may be initiated by governments, by interested groups, or by revolution. Lan ...

topographic map In modern mapping, a topographic map or topographic sheet is a type of map characterized by large- scale detail and quantitative representation of relief features, usually using contour lines (connecting points of equal elevation), but histori ...

ping,

cadastral survey Cadastral surveying is the sub-field of cadastre and surveying that specialises in the establishment and re-establishment of Real estate, real property boundaries. It involves the physical delineation of property boundaries and determination of dim ...

, the Deeds Offices, and

spatial planning Spatial planning mediates between the respective claims on space of the state, market, and community. In so doing, three different mechanisms of involving stakeholders, integrating sectoral policies and promoting development projects mark the th ...

. The political head of the department is the

Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development The minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development was a Minister (government), minister of the Cabinet of South Africa, with political executive responsibility for agriculture in South Africa, agriculture, Land reform in South Afri ...

, who is assisted by two deputy ministers. the minister is

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, the deputy minister for land reform is

Mcebisi Skwatsha Mcebisi Skwatsha (born 31 July 1964) is a politician from the Western Cape. He is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development since May 2019. Before that portfolio was established, he was Deputy M ...

, and the deputy minister for rural development is Sdumo Dlamini. In the 2020 budget the department received an appropriation of R16,810.1 million. In the 2019/19 financial year it had 7,505 employees.

Subordinate agencies

Agricultural Research Council The Agricultural and Food Research Council (AFRC) was a British Research Council responsible for funding and managing scientific and technological developments in farming and horticulture. History The AFRC was formed in 1983 from its predecessor ...

* Deeds Registries *

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Board *

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* Ncera Farms * Office of the Valuer-General *

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References

External links

* {{SA Government departments Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Agricultural organisations based in South Africa

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Rural development in Africa