SC Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning

1.    Opening and welcome

2.    Briefing by the Department of Agriculture on the:

2.1  Possible migration of the Elsenburg Agricultural Training Institute to the Department of Higher Education and Training with specific reference to the five options that will form part of the consultative process; 

2.2  Status of the locust swarm situation in the Western Cape, actions employed, challenges experienced and mitigation measures in place; and

2.3  Latest agricultural outlook (including the impact of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine) and exports, the recovery of grazing in the areas that received summer rains, areas still suffering from drought and ongoing assistance that is needed, as well as the expectations for the winter rain season

3.    Resolutions/Actions

4.    Consideration and adoption of Draft Committee:

4.1  Minutes of 16 and 18 March 2022

4.2  Quarterly Report (January – March 2022)

4.3  Tracking Document as at 10 May 2022

4.4  Programme (April – June 2022)

4.5  Annual Report for the year 2021/22

5.   Outcome of International Study Trip Proposal

6.   General

7.    Closing

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