05 December 2017 - NW3604

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesQUESTION

Whether (a) his department and/or (b) any entity reporting to him own land; if so, in each case, (i) where is each plot of land located, (ii) what is the size of each specified plot and (iii) what is each plot currently being used for?

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Reply:

Part A: The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) does not own land but administers the land on behalf of the Department of Public Works to preserve the land’s agricultural potential.

(i) where is each plot of land located,

Reply: The land in question are in all the 9 provinces: GP (6 488.8419ha), KZN (6 794.6304ha), MP (4 058.6147ha), LP (3 967.2156ha), NC (11 715.7721ha), EC (4 415.2687ha), NW (9 788.393 ha), FS (6 521.4947ha) and WC (19 481.9748ha)

Question:

(ii) what is the size of each specified plot and

Reply: Each land has its size and all combined is 73 232.1959ha for all the 9 provinces.

Question:

(iii) what is each plot currently being used for?

Reply: The properties are mainly used for livestock grazing and some for planting of crops.

PART B: ARC as an entity reporting to the Minister of DAFF,

B 1 – ARC TROPICAL & SUB-TROPICAL CROPS

ASSET DESCRIPTION	SIZE (Ha)	LOCATION	CURRENT USE
Musina Research Farm	1494	Limpopo	Research (Citrus) Vegetable production Wildlife
Friedenheim Research Farm: Portion of portion 72, 73 and 74 of Friedenheim 282 JT	321.0386	Mpumalanga	Research on Macadamia Cut-flower incubator Commercial Litchis Cassava research
Nelspruit Research Farm: Portion of remainder of portion 38 of Nelspruit 312 JT	140.43	Mpumalanga	Used for research Institute Administration Leasing of spare office and storeroom space
Umthiza Research Farm	421.91	Eastern Cape	3rd Party agricultural training Grazing Research trials of guayule
Citrusdal Research Farm	126.76	Western Cape	Currently not used, however discussions and plans are in place to utilise for research and commercial production
Addo Experimental farm	153.4626	Eastern Cape	Citrus Research station Aloe research by Infruitech Commercial citrus production
Hluhluwe Experimental farm	252.2808	KZN	Experimental farm on pineapple & Tsetse fly research
Burgershall Experimental farm (Kiepersol)	295.3366	Mpumalanga	Research Commercial crop production
Levhubu Experimental farm	31.5409	Limpopo	Research variety of citrus Commercial production

B2 - ARC ANIMAL PRODUCTION

ASSET DESCRIPTION	SIZE (Ha)	LOCATION	CURRENT USE
Loskop – Suid Experimental farm	3889.1658	Groblersdal, Mpumalanga	Research (livestock - cattle)
Queenstown feed lot	7.1682	Eastern Cape	Leased to and used by SAPS as a pound for captured stray animals and animals recovered in stock theft cases
API main campus	999.76	Gauteng	Research (livestock – all; dairy research)

B 2 – INFRUITEC NIETVOORBIJ

ASSET DESCRIPTION	SIZE (Ha)	LOCATION	CURRENT USE
Langkloof Research Farm	292	Western Cape	Leased, but plans under development for research and commercial production
De Doorns Research Farm (Hexvallei)	21.0138	Western Cape	Research Partial lease
Lutzville Research Farm	109.5203	Western Cape	Farm used for research; Partial lease
Robertson Research Farm	166.3436	Western Cape	Research
Nietvoorbij Stellenbosch	193.5	Western Cape	Research
Infruitec South Campus (Stellenbosch)	7.7	Western Cape	Main buildings (offices, labs, etc)
Infruitec North Research Farm (Stellenbosch)	41.9	Western Cape	Research
Bien Donne Research Farm (Simondium)	227.9	Western Cape	Research
Drostersnes Research Farm (Overberg)	67.67	Western Cape	Research
Elgin Research Farm (Overberg)	45.6	Western Cape	Research
Ficksburg Research Farm	65.6	Western Cape	Currently leased by CSIR
Bellevue Research Farm (Paarl)	4.1	Western Cape	Research

B3 – ARC INDUSTRIAL CROPS

ASSET DESCRIPTION	SIZE (Ha)	LOCATION	CURRENT USE
Brits Experimental Farm	248	North West	Research Partial lease
Loskop Experimental Farm - Groblersdal	125.8041	Mpumalanga	Partial lease
IIC Main Campus - Rustenburg	246.5004	North West	Research

B4 – ARC ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY RESEARCH

ASSET DESCRIPTION	SIZE (Ha)	LOCATION	CURRENT USE
Kaalplaas (and portions) & other smaller portions of OVI	2 448.8007	Kaalplaas & Onderstepoort Gauteng	Research/grazing camps Partial leases
OVI main campus	108.23	Onderstepoort Gauteng	Main campus
TAD	5.2	Onderstepoort Gauteng	Trans-boundary animal diseases research programme
Naauwpoort Farm	66.6	Mpumalanga/Witbank	Leased (grazing)

B5 – ARC SMALL GRAINS

ASSET DESCRIPTION	SIZE (Ha)	LOCATION	CURRENT USE
SGI Main Campus Bethlehem	921.6810	Free State	Research Farm
Staff Compound Portion of Provo 1020, ARC-SGI, Bethlehem (Phahameng)	78.53	Free State	Used for residential purposes

B6 - ARC-VEGETABLES & ORNAMENTAL PLANTS

ASSET DESCRIPTION

SIZE (Ha)

LOCATION

CURRENT USE

VOPI Main Campus Roodeplaat

3011

Gauteng

Research

Livestock (cattle) grazing & wildlife

B7 – ARC PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH

ASSET DESCRIPTION	SIZE (Ha)	LOCATION	CURRENT USE
Vredenburg	4.1833	Western Cape	Research
PPRI Main Campus Roodeplaat	69.6871	Gauteng	Research

Source file

RNW3604-171205.docx