Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

National Department Budget for 2025-26 www.dalrrd.gov.za
Vote purpose\nProvide equitable access to land, integrated rural development, sustainable agriculture and food security for all.\n\n## Vote mandate\nThe Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is mandated to regulate agricultural production while creating opportunities for comprehensive farmer development. The department further fosters the development of agricultural value chains, and monitors the impact of legislation and policies on the performance of the entire sector. The department’s legislative mandate is derived through the following key pieces of legislation, which broadly deal with regulating production development and support services:\n- the Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act (1983), which makes provision for control over the use of the country’s natural agricultural resources to conserve soil, water sources and vegetation\n- the Agricultural Product Standards Act (1990), which makes provision for control over the sale and export of certain agricultural products, and the sale of some imported agricultural products\n- the Provision of Land and Assistance Act (1993), which makes provision for the designation of certain land, the regulation of the subdivision of such land and the settlement of people on it. It also provides for the acquisition, maintenance, planning, development, improvement and disposal of property, and the provision of financial assistance for land reform purposes\n- the Restitution of Land Rights Act (1994), which makes provision for the restitution of land rights to people or communities dispossessed of such rights after 19 June 1913 because of racially discriminatory laws or practices. To administer this task, the act established a Commission on the Restitution of Land Rights and a Land Claims Court\n- the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act (1996), which makes provision for security of tenure for labour tenants and people occupying or using land as a result of their association with labour tenants. It also makes provision for labour tenants to acquire land and land rights\n- the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (2013), which seeks to enable the transformation of South Africa’s settlement patterns by adopting an innovative approach to spatial planning and land use management.
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2025-26 Budget

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Spending plans by programme and sub-programme

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Classification of spending items

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The Economic Classification of a department's expenditure distinguishes between various categories of current expenditure and capital expenditure. The purpose of the economic classification is to categorise transactions according to type of object or input, such as compensation of employees or capital assets.

This visualisation highlights how many categories of expenditure there are for this department at Economic Classification level 4, and which ones are the biggest. year -- 2025-26

Programme spending under economic classifications

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2025-26 Adjusted Budget

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Budget changes in the Adjusted Budget

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Planned compared to historical expenditure

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Budgeted and actual expenditure comparison

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Note: Direct charges against the National Revenue Fund are excluded.

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Budgeted and actual expenditure comparison by programme

Compare the amount of budget allocated to each of this deparment’s programmes at each phase in the process leading up to the Audited Outcome