The department has been producing seedlings and indigenous chickens granted to deserving households as agricultural production starter-packs. Food Security relief packages have been provided to needy rural households across the province in collaboration with the Department of Social Development” explained Mohono. The Department continues to prioritise the need to address the deteriorating food security in the North West which was exacerbated by the loss of employment and household income at the beginning of the pandemic. It is for this reason that the Department has developed the Integrated Provincial Food Security Strategy, which will be launched in the current financial year (2022/2023) through the Food Security Coordinating Council of the Premier. To date, the department has developed its Integrated Food Security Provincial Implementation Plan, which categorises food security initiatives that would be implemented with a total of R16 million earmarked to target 3 040 households and subsistence producers,” said MEC Desbo Mohono.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 31, 2022 11:51 UTC