strategy
20 February 2006
More than 800 people, representing local communities and urban agricultural
organisations, will gather in Sebokeng to discuss and endorse the Gauteng
Agricultural Development Strategy (GADS).
The GADS, endorsed by the Gauteng Provincial Executive Council in November
2005, is a comprehensive operational plan aimed at optimising output of urban
agriculture in a manner that contributes to job creation, poverty alleviation
and to the further development of the provincial economy.
Priorities identified in this wide-ranging plan include, among others:
* Plans to further improve race and gender patterns in the ownership of
agricultural resources;
* Increased access to local and international markets for urban farmers,
including in the horticulture and floriculture markets;
* Improved food security levels particularly at household level; and
* To encourage creation of more sustainable jobs in the agricultural
sector.
The development of GADS is informed by, among others, inputs made at the
Gauteng Provincial Agricultural Summit, held in November 2004 and the
Provincial Land Summit held in June 2005.
The launch of the GADS will take place as follows:
Date: Thursday, 23 February 2006
Time: 10h00
Venue: Soul Tsotetsi Community Hall, Zone 14 Sebokeng
Enquiries :
Sizwe Matshikiza
Tel: (011) 355 1316
Cell: 082 778 9996
Issued by: Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment, Gauteng
Provincial Government
20 February 2006
Source: SAPA
