PROGRAMME 6: SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND USE

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PROGRAMME 6 SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
AND USE

• SUB - PROGRAMMES / DIRECTORATES
• WATER USE AND IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT
• LAND USE AND SOIL MANAGEMENT
• SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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PROGRAMME PURPOSE

• DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR POLICIES FOR
  MANAGEMENT AND USE OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES IN
  AGRICULTURE

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PROGRAMME PURPOSE(PER SUB PROGRAMME)

• WATER USE AND IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT
• PROVIDE ACCESS TO WATER RESOURCES
• LAND USE AND SOIL MANAGEMENT
• IMPLEMENTS POLICY LEGISLATION SUPPORTIVE OF
  SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (LAND CARE)
• SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
• IDENTIFIES RESEARCH PRIORITIES AND PROMOTE PUBLIC
  SECTOR INVESTMENT

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PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE

• PROVIDE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE
  SUSTAINABLE USE OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AND FOR
  RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURE

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PROBLEM STATEMENT

• QUEST TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION MAY RESULTS IN
• TEMPTATION TO EMPLOY PRACTISES THAT COMPROMISE
  QUALITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES
• DEGRADED SOILS AND POOR WATER QUALITY
• SOIL EROSION, SALINITY AND WATER POLLUTION

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PROBLEM STATEMENT

• SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION REQUIRES
  THE FOLLOWING
• SUPPORTIVE POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND LEGISLATION
  FOR SUSTAINABLE USE OF RESOURCES
• PROMOTION OF EFFICIENT USE OF
• IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
• SOIL CONSERVATION
• RESEARCH

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PROGRAMME INTENDED OUTCOMES

• ACCESS TO MECHANISATION FOR SMALL-SCALE FARMERS
• SUSTAINED PROVISION OF IRRIGATION WATER FOR
  RESOURCE-POOR FARMERS
• SUBMISSION OF SUAR BILL DRAFT FOR GAZETTING
• EXPANDED LAND CARE PROGRAMME
• MORE EFFICIENT LOCUST CONTROL METHODS
• EXPANDED AGIS ON GRAZING CAPACITY
• A DRAFT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STRATEGY
• A RESTRUCTURED ARC

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MEDIUM-TERMPROGRAMME INTENDED OUTCOMES

• ACCESS TO MECHANISATION FOR SMALL-SCALE FARMERS
• EXPANDED LAND CARE PROGRAMME
• EXPANDED AGIS ON GRAZING CAPACITY
• A DRAFT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STRATEGY

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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

• APPROVAL AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSED STRUCTURE
  FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
  DIRECTORATE
• ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
  STRATEGY IS ESSENTIAL
• EXPANSION OF LAND CARE PROJECTS