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The Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Rural Development and Land Reform invites target farmer groups such as the Subsistence, the Smallholder and the Black Commercials to apply for the Comprehensive Agricultural Support and Ilima/Letsema Grant.
The Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP) Grant seeks to provide adequate agricultural support and to streamline the provision of service to the targeted beneficiaries of Land Reform, Restitution and Redistribution as well as other black producers, especially those who have acquired land through private means and engaged in value-adding enterprises domestically or involved in export.
Meanwhile, the Ilima/Letsema Grant strives to assist vulnerable South African farming communities in increasing agricultural production. Thus, farming communities will be able to feed their families and sell the surplus to the market to increase household income.
The type of support provided by the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP) grant covers the following pillars:
On and off farm infrastructure; Information and knowledge management; Technical; advisory services and regulatory services; Marketing and business development support; Farmer training, skills development and capacity building.
The Ilima/Letsema grant supports production inputs, mechanization and the irrigation Infrastructure.
The Department is calling on Subsistence, Smallholder as well as Black Commercial Farmers to submit the following:
– Request letter
– In the case of leases, the land owner’s title deed is to be attached
– Tribal Authorities to apply in case of communal areas, where applicable
– Previous funding history will be required
– Certified copies of required identity documents must be valid for at
least three months
– Due to the drought situation, livestock applications will not be acceptable
– In the case of municipal commonages, only lease agreements will be acceptable
– In the absence of water use entitlements, three months valid water account from the water users association can be attached,
– Three months’ valid certified copy of a title deed printout will be acceptable
– Three months’ valid certified copy of the livestock identification mark certificate will be acceptable
Farmers are requested to visit all five District offices to get more information on accessing this grant funding, as no late, faxed, emailed, or unsigned applications will be accepted.
The opening and closing dates for the applications are 01 June 2023 to 30 June 2023, respectively, to allow other processes to unfold. For any clarity and questions, farmers are requested to call Ms. Lilian Senosi on 082 559 6648. (End)
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