Premier Mabuyane, MEC Pieters to handover cattle, goats to Eastern Cape farmers tomorrow morning
Eastern Cape Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane together with the MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR) Nonkqubela Pieters will tomorrow handover quality breed cattle and goats to the province’s small-holder and communal farmers as part of commercialising and growing livestock production in the province.
In a bid to improve poor genetic make-up of livestock owned by communal and small-scale farmers in order to participate in the formal markets, DRDAR established livestock production improvement scheme (LPIS) where farmers receive quality livestock.
The scheme promotes sustainable and profitable livestock production within the resource potential farming systems. Since 2017 the Department injected R137 million in livestock production improvement schemes.
Through this programme the Department supported 1 441 livestock production improvement enterprises. Between 2009/2010 and 2022/23 financial years 9 233 cattle, goats and sheep with superior genetic were distributed to farmers across the Eastern Cape Province.
In the 2023/24 financial year, the Department is investing R12.8 million in further supporting more livestock communal and smallholder farmers with 250 cattle, 500 sheep and 200 goats to enhance redmeat and animal fiber development in the Province.
This is done to unlock the full potential of livestock resource-poor farmers, who are capacitated in technical aspects and production support for improved and sustained agricultural production, animal product development and for mitigating strategies that will enhance commercialisation of livestock.
Members of the media are invited to attend this event where goats and cattle will be handed over for the development of farmers.
Details of the event:
Venue: Dohne Agricultural Development Institute, Stutterheim
Date: 16 February 2024
Time: 10:00 am
For more information, and to RSVP, please contact:
Nonkoliseko Msutu: 082 771 7246 (Assistant Director: Corporate Communication)
Mvusiwekhaya Sicwetsha: 0829558833 (Chief Director: Communications and Customer Care
