About Us
Overview and mandate of the directorate
Department of Agricultural, Land Reform and Rural Development supports the development of infrastructure along the whole value chain for all producers. This infrastructure consists of:
- Irrigation systems
- Drainage systems
- Soil Conservation Works
- Intensive animal production facilities
- Intensive crop production facilities
- Mechanization
- Energy
- Agro-processing facilities
- Extensive animal production facilities
- Storage facilities
- Transport systems
- Roads
- Farm buildings
- Waste management systems
Purpose
The purpose of the Directorate Infrastructure Support is to provide engineering services consisting of the following:
- Develop national engineering norms and standards, guidelines and best practices on all engineering aspects relating to infrastructure development, mechanization and energy.
- Provide advisory engineering services to clients on engineering aspects
- Provide clients with area wide planning support regarding infrastructure
- Provide provinces with a sighting, drilling and testing of boreholes service for priority projects on request of the Head of Department. (capacity to drill 120 boreholes per year)
- Construct part of the FMD fence for the Directorate Animal Heath (DAFF)
- Maintain soil conservation infrastructure at the Spitskop conservation area (Velkpoort)
Clients of the Directorate
The following are the clients of the Directorate Infrastructure Support
- Provincial Departments of Agriculture
- Organised agriculture
- Directorates/Functional Units in the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Contact details
Director Infrastructure Support
Mr D K M Motebejane
+27 [0] 12 846 8501/2
E-mail:
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About Us
Directorate: Water use and Irrigation Development
Aim:
To ensure the efficient development and revitalization of irrigation schemes and water use
Functions:
- Manage the revitilisation of irrigation schemes
- Manage and promote sector water conservation and use management
- Ensure and support the establishment of irrigation schemes
- Support sectoral compliance with the National water use framework
For further information contact:
Name: Ms M J. Gabriel
Tel number:012 846 8569
Fax number: 012846 8576
Email address:
Documents
- Training material for extension advisors in irrigation water management Volume 1: Main Report
- The water use of selected fruit tree orchards (Volume 1): Review of available knowledge
- Investigation into the link between water quality investigation into the link between water quality vegetables from farming to processing stages (volume 2)
- Investigation into the link between water quality investigation into the link between water quality vegetables from farming to processing stages (volume 1)
- Current rain-fed and irrigated production of food crops and its potential to meet the year-round nutritional requirements of rural poor people in North West, Limpopo, Kwazulu-natal and the Eastern Cape
- Evaluation of the risks associated with the use of rooftop rainwater harvesting and groundwater
- Irrigation Strategy March 2015
- Study on Different On-Farm Treatment
- Modeling Impacts of Climate Change on Selected South African Crop Farming Systems
- OnFarm Application of InField Rainwater
- Rainwater Harvesting and conservation
- Smallholder Irrigation Entrepreneurial Development
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Last updated - 30 August 2022
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Contact us
Mr Kgabo Matlala
Assistant Director: International Standards
Tel +27 12 319 6091
Fax +27 12 319 6101
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Private Bag X14, Gezina, 0031