Department Of Agriculture Forestry And Fisheries Western Cape

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries aims to lead and support sustainable agriculture and promote rural development through:

• ensuring access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food
• eliminating skewed participation and inequity in the agriculture
• maximising growth, employment and income in agriculture
• enhancing the sustainable management of natural agricultural resources and ecological systems
• ensuring effective and efficient governance
• ensuring knowledge and information management.

Some of the services provided by the Department are:

• education and training, including bursaries
• controlling the formation, registration and supervision of cooperatives
• releasing crop estimates
• providing statistical information
• quality control through standardising norms and distributing quality control information
• promoting and regulating the quality and health of agricultural products through the National Plant Protection Organisation
• representing South Africa’s agricultural interests internationally
• genetic resources regulation, registration and evaluation
• providing veterinary services
• registration of agricultural remedies, pesticides, animal feeds and pet food, fertilizers, plant sterilisation units, animal medicines, pest control operators
• offering inspection services.

Department Of Agriculture Forestry And Fisheries Western Cape Contact Details
Department of Agriculture – Western Cape
Acting Head of Communication: Ms Giselle Terblanche
Private Bag X1, Elsenburg, 7607
Main Building, Elsenburg, Muldersvlei Road
GPS Co-ordinates: 33.845259 S 18.834722 E
Fax: +27 21 808 7605
Tel: +27 21 808 5196
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.elsenburg.com
Twitter: @WCGovAgri