Minister Joemat-Pettersson’s Budget Speech 2011 for DAFF: Job creation, floods, climate change and forestry, and marine enforcement

The 2011/12 budget for South Africa's Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) is 4.719 billion rand, with a primary focus on poverty alleviation and job creation. The department aims to create 130,000 jobs in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries by 2014 and establish 50,000 commercially-oriented smallholder farmers. Key initiatives include the 'Zero Hunger Plan' for smallholder market access and the transformation of 12 agricultural colleges into National Agricultural Training Institutes. The budget allocates specific funds for flood relief (over 200 million rand over three years), forestry sustainability (300 million rand), and the sustainable management of forestry resources (550 million rand). In fisheries, the government has designated 9% of the coastline as prohibited zones and 3% of the offshore zone as no-fishing areas to protect marine ecosystems. The document also highlights South Africa's role as the host for COP 17 and its strategic alignment with BRICS to improve export access.

• The 2011/12 budget for the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is 4.719 billion rand, representing a 17.9% increase over the previous financial year.
• The department has set specific job creation targets for 2014 and 2020, including the creation of 130,000 jobs in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries by 2014 and 145,000 jobs in agro-processing by 2020.
• To support smallholder farmers, the government is implementing a 'Zero Hunger Plan' based on a Brazilian model, using state procurement to buy food from smallholders for distribution to hungry community members.
• The government has allocated over 200 million rand over three years for flood relief to rehabilitate production infrastructure destroyed by flooding along the Vaal and Orange rivers.
• South Africa is integrating climate change and biodiversity commitments into its forestry management, acting as the host for COP 17 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
• The forestry sector faces high ownership inequality, with a small number of multinational corporations owning most plantations, though the government is supporting small growers with a 550 million rand budget for sustainable resource management.
• To protect marine and coastal ecosystems, the government has declared 9% of the coastline as prohibited zones and 3% of the offshore zone as no-fishing areas.

APA

Joemat-Pettersson, T. (2011). Minister Joemat-Pettersson’s Budget Speech 2011 for DAFF: Job creation, floods, climate change and forestry, and marine enforcement. Centre for Environmental Rights. https://cer.org.za/news/minister-joemat-petterssons-budget-speech-2011-for-daff-job-creation-floods-climate-change-and-forestry-and-marine-enforcement

Chicago

Joemat-Pettersson, Tina. Minister Joemat-Pettersson’s Budget Speech 2011 for DAFF: Job creation, floods, climate change and forestry, and marine enforcement. Centre for Environmental Rights, 2011. https://cer.org.za/news/minister-joemat-petterssons-budget-speech-2011-for-daff-job-creation-floods-climate-change-and-forestry-and-marine-enforcement.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{joematpettersson2011minister, author = {Joemat-Pettersson, Tina}, title = {{Minister Joemat-Pettersson’s Budget Speech 2011 for DAFF: Job creation, floods, climate change and forestry, and marine enforcement}}, publisher = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, year = {2011}, month = apr, url = {https://cer.org.za/news/minister-joemat-petterssons-budget-speech-2011-for-daff-job-creation-floods-climate-change-and-forestry-and-marine-enforcement}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }