Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism
Interpellation 1
What concrete programmes is his Department currently implementing to address food insecurity?
The Department’s Food Security sub-programme supports vulnerable communities and households with the means to produce own food. These interventions take the form of community or school food gardens as well as household food gardens aimed at promoting food and nutrition security though own production. We have also launched the one-home-one-garden initiative to encourage own food production in affected communities, and this is also anchored by skills training which is the foundation for the sustainability of the programme.
However, it must be noted that South Africa’s food insecurity challenges are not tied to lack of production but is rather an access issue due to the levels of unemployment which limits access to already available food. It is for this reason that the Western Cape Government’s Growth for Jobs strategy had set ambitious targets for growth and jobs and remains an apex priority.
