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Promoting Household Food Production Through Urban Farming January 2018 DAFF Official newsletter of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Promoting household food production through urban farming Students of Coastal KZN College pose with General Bheki Cele, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries at the urban farming imbizo in Umlazi. Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Follow on Twitter @DAFF_Ministry Departmental Wine is one of South Africa’s biggest export products The Department of Agriculture, applied to accede to the Mu- Forestry and Fisheries hosted the tual Acceptance Agreement annual meeting of the World Wine on Oenological Practices Trade Group in Cape Town at the (MAA) of the group. It is ex- end of last year. pected that the decision by Mr Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of the Group for Uruguay to Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for- accede to the MAA will be mally opened the meeting. taken in Cape Town. The World Wine Trade Group The Group is chaired by a (WWTG) is an informal group of gov- rotating chair and the chair ernment and industry representatives functions as secretariat and for the wine-producing countries of also hosts the annual meet- Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, ing. This is the third time Georgia, New Zealand, South Africa South Africa is hosting the and the United States. Founded in group. 1998, the group aims to facilitate inter- The chairing and hosting national trade in wine through informa- of the group is a joint op- tion sharing, discussion of regulatory eration between the DAFF, issues in wine markets, and joint ac- the Wine and Spirit Board tions for the removal of trade barri- and the wine industry. The ers. The WWTG has negotiated three wine industry is repre- agreements, one MoU and arrange- sented by the South Afri- ment that promote international wine can Liquor Brand Owners trade. association(SALBA) and The Group is guided by principles VINPRO (body representing that facilitate trade in wine and protect producers, cellars and other consumers, benefiting oth wine ex- stakeholders in the wine industry). porting and importing countries. The Wine is one of South Africa’s biggest from participating countries. WWTG recognises the unique charac- export products. The sector is labour In addition to addressing various teristics of each regulatory system and intensive and has close linkages with wine trade related issues during the works towards the mutual acceptance the equally intensive tourism sector. meeting, it is hoped that delegates will of practices and labelling rather than Wine is also a highly regulated product experience South African hospitality imposing a single regulatory approach. in most countries of the world. and cuisine during the meeting. Uruguay has been participating in The meetings provide an opportunity For more information on the Group, meetings of the group as an observer to establish networks at the technical visit: http//wwtg-gmcv.org/ for a number of years and has recently level with regulators and trade officials DAFFnews is the newsletter of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry Editor Piwe Mbiko (012) 319 6936 [email protected] Subeditor Lerato Mofokeng (012) 319 7927 [email protected] and Fisheries. Private Bag X250, PRETORIA 0001. Reporters Samuel Kgatla (012) 319 7181 [email protected] It is published by the Directorate Communication Services, Private Innocent Mhlanga (012) 319 7827 [email protected] Bag X144, PRETORIA 0001. Rony Moremi (012) 319 6622 [email protected] Jamela Nkanyane (012) 319 6903 [email protected] Mercia Smith (012) 319 6666 [email protected] Opinions expressed in DAFFnews are not necessarily those of the Photographer Jarius Mmutle (012) 319 7366 [email protected] editorial team. No part of this newsletter may be reproduced or trans- Interns Linda Mabaso (012) 319 7819 [email protected] Ziphora Radebe (012) 319 6958 [email protected] mitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording Distribution Sheila Flockton (012) 319 7141 [email protected] or any information storage or retrieval system without prior permission Website: www.daff.gov.za from the editor. 2 January 2018 DAFFnews No. 1 Departmental Promoting household food production through urban farming By Rony Moremi Promoting household food produc- tion through urban farming: “This is a war against hunger,” these were the words of the deputy minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, General Bheki Cele during an urban farming imbizo in Umlazi, KwaZulu- Natal at the end of last year. The imbizo, which was held under the theme: “The Year of OR Tambo: Cel- ebrating Our Liberation Heritage,” was dedicated to promoting urban farming and highlighting the role that various religious groups can play in order to feed the community. He said the focus was on assisting religious groups and cooperatives. “When you assist coop- eratives, you create opportunities and employment for more people. Farm- ing is not just for rural areas, you can farm anywhere and everywhere, even in old mealie meal bags which you can place anywhere, even in the house,” he added while demonstrating a tower garden, which uses grey water. Other methods of urban farming were demonstrated during the imbizo, General Bheki Cele holds some of the equipments donated to members of family drip system through rainwater St Augustine church in Umlazi. harvesting and pallet gardening by the use of compost for planting. The Deputy minister recommended to the community of Umlazi to get in- volved in agricultural activities. He informed them of the opportunities projects, 33 beneficiaries, 30 women macadamia). which existed of supplying their pro- and 11 youth and a college with 333 The Zimisele Youth Project which duce to government facilities such as agricultural students were visited dur- consists of two males and nine females hospitals, correctional services feed- ing the imbizo. received agricultural tools, seedlings ing schemes. He said that government The deputy minister visited the St and four fruit trees. The project gets had committed to buying 30% from Augustine Anglican Church agricul- assistance from the KwaZulu-Natal smallholder farmers and that more fo- tural project to do symbolic planting of Department of Agriculture and Rural cus would be given to women and the two fruit trees and hand over 18 mac- Development through extension serv- youth because he had dedicated the adamia trees and tools. The church ices. year 2017 to promoting participation has an outreach programme that sup- The Sisinasizishayela Cooperative of the youth and women in agriculture, ports 105 families with groceries three which was started by 12 women and forestry and fisheries. times a year. An orchard was estab- has been farming successfully by sell- Sixty two households were identi- lished at the KwaZulu-Natal Coastal ing its produce to churches around fied to receive fruit trees (mango and TVET College and the deputy minister Umlazi also received seedlings, gar- macadamia) and seed packs. Three handed over 26 fruit trees (mango and den tools and two fruit trees. No. 1 DAFFnews January 2018 3 Departmental Creating space for women and youth in agriculture By Mosima Mabitsela The African Forum for Agricultural without visiting Advisory Services (AFAAS) and the our warm waters South African Society for Agricul- and boost local tural Extension (SASAE) together economy of the with Department of Agriculture, For- province” during estry and Fisheries (DAFF) hosted the official open- a joint conference, the 3rd AFAAS ing of the AFAAS Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Extension Week. Week and the 51st annual Confer- Furthermore, he ence of the South African Society was pleased to for Agricultural Extension. announce that The conference was hosted with the his Department goal to contribute to the mainstream- (DAFF) have ing of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) established Pro- techniques in National Agricultural Ex- vincial Extension tension and Advisory Services (AEAS) C o o r d i n a t i n g approaches to enhance environmental Forums (PECF) sustainability and climate resilience of as institutional most vulnerable farming populations - implementation especially women and youth in Africa. mechanisms in The AFAAS Extension Week (AEW) all nine provinc- is held biannually, and so far, two es and a similar AEWs have been held. The first AEW structure will be was held in August 2013 in Gaborone, established at a Botswana focusing on “Value Chain national level to Approach in Agricultural Development: ensure linkages Coping with new demands for Agricul- on topical issues tural Advisory Services”. The second affecting exten- one was held in Addis Ababa, Ethio- sion and advi- pia, in October 2015 under the theme: sory services at “Reinvigorating Extension Services for various levels Market-led Agriculture within the Con- (national, provincial and local level). text of the Malabo Declaration.” The The National Extension and advisory tural Advisor: Mr Phumudzo Rat- 3rd AEW was held in Durban South Services Awards were hosted as part shidzea from Mpumalanga Africa from 30 October to 3 November of celebrating the 3rd AFAAS Exten- • Top Performer Subject Matter 2017. The conference kick started with sion Week. Applauses and ululations Specialist: Mr Hermanus Grobler warm welcoming words from the MEC filled the room as the winners were an- from the Western Cape for KZNDARD, Mr Themba Mthembu nounced in the different categories. Ms • Top performer Supervisor: Mr together with the Acting Director-Gen- Murhandiwani Shivambu
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