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South African Government Policy: Library Guide: Agriculture white papers, policies and plans

Bibliographic records and links of South African government policies, plans and strategies

Plans

South Africa. Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, issuing body.    Agricultural policy action plan (APAP), 2015-2019 /    [Pretoria] :   [Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries],   [2015]. Shelf no. G 68 E.AGRI.15.AGRI

South Africa. Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. Agricultural policy action plan (APAP) : progress and budget, May 2015 [presentation.]

South Africa. Dept. of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.    Agriculture, forestry and fisheries :   integrated growth and development plan, 2012 /    Pretoria :   Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,   2012. Shelf no. G 68 E.AGRI.12.AGRI

South Africa. Dept. of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.    Agriculture, forestry and fisheries :   integrated growth and development plan, 2011-2031 : draft/    Pretoria :   Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,   2010.    G 68 E.AGRI.10.AGRI

South Africa. Department of Agriculture.    The strategic plan for South African agriculture.    Pretoria :   Department of Agriculture,   2001.   G 68 E.AGRI.01.STRA   Part 1.  Part 2

Strategies

Western Cape. Department of Agriculture. Proposed Africa strategy for the Western Cape agricultural sector. Elsenburg: Department of Agriculture, May 2022.

Urban agriculture

City of Cape Town. Urban agricultural policy for the City of Cape Town. Approved by Council: 07/12/2006 C 27/12/06. Cape Town: City of Cape Town, 2006.

Animal feeds

South Africa. Department of Agriculture. South African Policy on Animal Feeds. Pretoria: Department of Agriculture, April 2008.

Reviews

Drimie, Scott. Understanding South African food and agricultural policy: Implications for agri-food value chains, regulation, and formal and informal livelihoods. Cape Town: PLAAS, UWC and Centre of Excellence on Food Security, 16 August 2016. (PLAAS Working paper 37)

OECD. Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation: OECD Countries and Emerging Economies, 2011, 2013 onwards. Paris : OECD Publishing. Online access through the OECD iLibrary database and via the Primo catalogue. (Country chapters for South Africa)

OECD. Agricultural policy reform in South Africa. Paris: OECD, April 2006. (Policy brief)

OECD review of agricultural policies. South Africa. --    Paris : OECD, c2006. Shelf no. G 44 E.OECD.06.OECD Online access through the OECD iLibrary database. 

Tregurtha, Norma, Nick Vink. Presidency Fifteen Year Review Project. Review of agricultural policies and support instruments
1994-2007.
 [Pretoria : The Presidency,] 2008.  

Vink, Nick. The evolution of agricultural policy in South Africa : what worked and what did not work [presentation.]

White papers

South Africa. Department of Agriculture.   White paper on agriculture, 1995 /    [Pretoria] :   Department of Agriculture,   1995. Shelf no. G 68 E.AGRI.95.WHIT

South Africa. Department of Agriculture.    White paper on the agricultural policy of the Republic of South Africa /    Cape Town :   Printed for the Govt. Printer, Pretoria by Cape & Transvaal Printers,   [1984?] Shelf no. G 68 EWP M/1984

 

Draft policies

South Africa. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. National Policy on Comprehensive Producer Development Support: Draft 5 ver. 3. Pretoria: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 30 May 2018.

South Africa. Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. Socio-economic Impact Assessment System (SEIAS) initial impact assessment template (phase 1) 09 December 2016: National Policy on Comprehensive Producer Development Support

South Africa. Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Draft conservation agriculture policy. Pretoria : Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, May 2017.

South Africa. Department of Agriculture.    Agricultural policy in South Africa :   a discussion document /    Pretoria :   Department of Agriculture,   c1998.   G 68 E.AGRI.98.AGRI

South Africa. Department of Agriculture.  Draft white paper on agriculture, 1994.    [Cape Town? :   Department of Agriculture,   1994]    G 68 E.AGRI.94.DRAF

Provincial policies

Eastern Cape (South Africa). Dept. of Agriculture and Land Affairs.    Green paper on agriculture in the province of the Eastern Cape.   Bisho :   The Province,   1997.   G PEC.E.AGRI.97.GREE

Gauteng. Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment (2006). The Gauteng agricultural development strategy (GADS).

Poultry

South Africa. Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The South African Poultry Sector Master Plan. Pretoria: Department of Trade, Industry and Competition : Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 7 November 2019.

Sugar

South Africa. Department of Trade, Industry and Competition. South African Sugar Value Chain Master Plan 2030. Pretoria: Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, November 2020. 

Agriculture and Climate change

See: Climate change. Agriculture

Sustainable development

South Africa. Dept. of Agriculture.  Policy on agriculture in sustainable development: a discussion document.  8th draft.  [Pretoria? :   Department of Agriculture?,   2004?]. G 68 E.AGRI.04.POLI

Indigenous knowledge

Limpopo. Department of Agriculture. Indigenous knowledge systems research and innovation strategy. October 2008.

Preservation

South Africa. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.  Draft policy on the preservation and development of agricultural land. Pretoria: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 2016. 

Pesticides

South Africa. Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Pesticide Management Policy for South Africa. Pretoria: Government Printer, 2010. Shelf no. G 68 E.AGRI.10.PEST

Mechanization

South Africa. Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Mechanization support policy framework. Pretoria: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, September 2014.

Cannabis

Western Cape. Department of Agriculture. Cannabis Framework and Implementation Plan (CanPlan) for the agricultural sector. Cape Town: Department of Agriculture, March 2023.

South Africa. Draft National Cannabis Master Plan for South Africa. Version 5. [Pretoria: Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, 2021?]