President Jacob Zuma will on Thursday, 24 October, officially launch the government’s food security programme, Fetsa Tlala, in Kuruman in the Northern Cape.
The programme is managed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
The Government’s Integrated Food Security Production Intervention Programme was introduced last year to afford smallholder farmers, communities and households an ability to increase production of basic food. This intervention will be managed over a period of ten years from 2012 to 2022.
The programme is intended to promote self-sufficiency and food security through getting communities to plant their own food.
The objectives therefore are to:
- Increase food production capacity of both subsistence and small holder producers.
- Increase availability and access to locally produced food products.
- Create opportunities for small, medium and micro enterprises (SMME) development at local level.
- Create job opportunities within the agricultural sector.
The details of the launch are as follows:
Date: 24 October 2013
Time: 10h00
Venue: John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Kuruman, Northern Cape
We wish to request the media attending the launch to please RSVP with Jonas Mashigo on 082 679 9464 or jonas@po.gov.za
Enquiries:
Zanele Mngadi
Cell: 082 330 1148
Bongani Majola
Cell: 082 339 1993
