News and Speeches for Department of Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture Celebrates World Food Day
4 October 2012It is that time of year when we celebrate World Food Day, which will be held on Wednesday, 10 October 2012. The theme for 2012 is "Agricultural co-operatives - key to feeding the world". Read More
First-Time Pilot Pet Project Manages Health and Population
8 July 2012For the first time ever, the Western Cape Government is making funds available for a pilot mass pet sterilisation and census campaign, initiated in Kayamandi, and soon to be rolled out across the entire Western Cape. Read More
Western Cape Farmer Crowned Top Female Commercial Farmer in Country
25 March 2012Jacky Goliath from Simondium in the Western Cape scooped the coveted National Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the category, Commercial, at a gala event held on Friday, 23 March, at the Mittah Seperepere Convention Centre in Kimberley by the... Read More
Elsenburg Agricultural Training Institute Delivers Outstanding Graduates for Job Market
7 December 2011The 122nd annual graduation ceremony of the Elsenburg Agricultural Training Institute was held on 7 December at Elsenburg. Read More
Minister Van Rensburg and Prince Charles Discuss Empowerment Farm Issues
7 November 2011Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Gerrit van Rensburg, together with newly empowered farmers, Edwin and Hendrik Gouws, met with His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, and Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cornwell, during a visit by the royal... Read More
Western Cape Department of Agriculture Crowned as Best Department in South Africa
29 September 2011The Western Cape Department of Agriculture was recently crowned as the best department in South Africa for its annual reporting by the South African Institute of Government Auditors (SAIGA). Read More
Media Alert: World Food Day
12 September 2011Memebers of the media are invited to join the Western Cape Department of Agriculture on 14 October 2011 at Doringbaai on the West Coast in celebrating World Food Day. Read More
Western Cape Government Prevents Chaos in the Already Suffering Ostrich Industry
30 August 2011"The quick response and teamwork from the Western Cape Government has averted potential chaos in the Oudtshoorn ostrich industry," Gerrit van Rensburg said today in Riversdale, in the Southern Cape. Read More
Minister van Rensburg Wishes China Wine Delegation Good Luck
17 August 2011Gerrit van Rensburg, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, yesterday (17 August 2011) gave his best wishes to the South African wine delegation which will participate in the fifth Yantai International Wine Festival in Yantai,... Read More
Media Alert: Provincial Government Will Support 20 Local Wine Exhibitors at the Fifth Yantai International Wine Festival
14 August 2011The Western Cape Province is a member of the Regional Leaders Forum, consisting of Bavaria (Federal Republic of Germany), Quebec (Canada), Upper Austria (Austria), Shandong (People's Republic of China), Georgia (United States of America) and Sao... Read More
Generating Electricity from Farming By-Products is the Future for Farmers
2 August 2011"In the light of ever-increasing electricity costs, farmers need to investigate alternative measures to offset this production cost," Gerrit van Rensburg, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said at the recent Agri Western... Read More
Burgundy Wine Exchange Programme Celebrates its Tenth Birthday at Elsenburg
20 July 2011Last night (20 July 2011), the Western Cape - Burgundy Wine Exchange Programme celebrated its tenth birthday on a high note with the launch of a beautiful new book, "Bourgogne Western Cape: Vines and Life, Encounters and Sharing" by Florence Zito... Read More
Fynbos Conservation Awards 2011
23 June 2011Last night (23 June 2011) the third annual Fynbos Conservation Awards were awarded through the Cape Action for People and the Environment (CAPE) partnership programme. Read More
Media Alert: 2011 CAPE Partners' Conference - Conservation and Agriculture
20 June 2011Cape Action for People and the Environment (CAPE) is a partnership programme uniting government and civil society in a strategy to conserve biodiversity and create biodiversity for the people of the Cape Floristic Region. Read More
Empowering New Farmers in Suurbraak, Western Cape
8 March 2011Gerrit van Rensburg, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development recently visited an ambitious agricultural empowerment initiative in the Suurbraak community, outside Swellendam in the Western Cape. Read More
Western Cape Agriculture Provides Drought Aid to Farmers
30 October 2007Statement by Cobus Dowry, Minister of Agriculture in the Western Cape, on R20 Million Assistance to Drought Stricken Farmers. Read More
Western Cape Farmworkers on Wine-making Course in France
15 October 2007The Minister for Agriculture in the Western Cape, Cobus Dowry is at present visiting Beaune in Burgundy(France) to give practical effect to the current Cooperation Agreement between Burgundy and the Western Cape and to strengthen the bilateral... Read More
World Food Day Addresses Right to Food
5 September 2007As part of its World Food Day (WFD) celebrations, the Western Cape Department of Agriculture, through its Farmer Support and Development programme will deliver 1000 indigenous fowls to a total of 40 vulnerable households in Murraysburg, in the... Read More
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