MINISTRYOFRURALDEVELOPMENTANDLANDREFORM.pptVIP

MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) PRESENTATION TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON COORDINATED OVERSIGHT ON SERVICE DELIVERY PUBLIC HEARINGS: COORDINATED SERVICE DELIVERY 2 February 2010 Outcome 7 VIBRANT, EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE RURAL COMMUNITIES AND FOOD SECURITY FOR ALL PRESENTATION OUTLINE Purpose Strategic Planning Framework linked to ME Outcomes Definition of rural areas Challenges facing rural areas Macro rural development process Job creation Strategies for promoting vibrant rural communities and food security for all Key Outputs for Outcomes Coordination and integration Way forward Recommendations Annexure 1 3 PURPOSE Outlines the approach to implementing the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP). Identifies and discusses key outputs and actions towards achieving vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities and food security for all. Provides a sample of contribution of other cluster outcomes and programmes in promoting vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities and food security for all. Informed by the Framework for the CRDP, the draft Green Paper on Agrarian Transformation and Land Reform and lessons from other local and international programmes. 4 STRATEGIC PLANNING FRAMEWORK Vision Vibrant, sustainable and equitable rural communities Strategy Agrarian transformation, meaning the ‘rapid and fundamental change in the relations (systems and patterns of ownership and control) of land, livestock, cropping and community’ Strategic Objective Social cohesion and development 5 6 6 Monitoring and evaluation: Comparison of expected and actual outputs Corrective measures Back into the system Assessment of impact Targeted outputs Actual outputs 7 Actions/ Activities Actions/ Activities Loop-back into the system DEFINITION OF RURAL AREAS The Rural Development Framework, adopted by the Government in 1997, defined rural areas as: “Sparsely populated areas in which