"drought"

in Committee Meetings

12 matches
  • 23 Oct 2001

    Earth Summit Conference in preparation for World Summit on Sustainable Development

    Committee Meeting | Tourism | National Assembly

    ... Impacts such as climate change would increase drought and reduce food production in sub-Saharan Africa ... Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, and to stop unsustainable ...

  • 19 Sep 2001

    Workshop on Electricity Restructuring

    Committee Meeting | Mineral Resources and Energy | National Assembly

    ... crisis resulted from a combination of bad luck with drought, nuclear outage and gas pipeline problems; strict ...

  • 05 Apr 2001

    Globe Briefing on Climate Change and Effects on Water

    Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly

    ... Changes in seasonal precipitation - Changes in drought hazards and - Changes in flood hazards. Mr ... problems are exacerbated during dry seasons and drought periods when rural water supply schemes fail, ...

  • 27 Mar 2001

    Disaster Management

    Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly

    ... Floods Department of Water Affairs & Forestry Drought Department of Agriculture Veld and Forest Fires ... floods and cholera, but no mention was made of droughts. Mr Buys replied that he was only asked to ...

  • 08 May 2001

    Minister's briefing on Department's Objectives and Strategy for 2001/2

    Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly

    ... Department of Water Affairs and Forestry Drought : Department of Agriculture Veld and Forest ...

  • 30 Oct 2001

    Genetically Modified Organisms: hearings

    Committee Meeting | Tourism | National Assembly

    ... corn during drought years, suggesting that the organic systems may be more resistant to drought-stress. ... cross-breeding (or hybridising) a variety of maize which is drought-resistant with another variety which produces well ...

  • 18 Sep 2001

    Report on Property Rates Tour & Deliberations on Disaster Management Bill

    Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly

    ... said about drought. Coming from an extremely rural area himself he explained that during drought in these ... to ensure that everyone is brought on board. Drought and Disaster Management Mr A Lyle (ANC) questioned ...

  • 03 Oct 2001

    Climate change and its effects on Water; Globe Workshop

    Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly

    ... recycling and reusing of wastewater, flood management, drought response planning, demand management and protection ...

  • 24 May 2001

    Budget Review: Continued

    Committee Meeting | Justice and Correctional Services | National Assembly

    ... Lange asked what the drought relief was (referring to the absorption of drought relief workers). The ... including : . -The proposed severance packages for 'drought relief workers' in the former homelands who were ...

  • 09 Oct 2001

    Disaster Management Workshop: briefing; Disaster Management Bill: briefing

    Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly

    ... project themselves against the recurrent threats of drought, heavy-rains, flooding, epidemic risk and house ...

  • 13 Nov 2001

    Genetically Modified Organisms; Sector Plan for Agriculture: briefing

    Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly

    ... the example of Ethiopia. Mr Botha asked about drought resistant grass and wanted to know the possibilities ... implications of GMOs were. Dr Moephuli replied that the drought resistant grass experiments were terminated at ...

  • 27 Feb 2001

    Food security: briefing by Deputy Minister

    Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly

    ... particular groups. · Inappropriate management of drought and other disasters exacerbates food insecurity ...