Agriculture Agro processing Master Plan

The AAMP is one of the seven priority plans identified by President Ramaphosa in the State of Nation Address (SONA) of 2019 as part of key economic sectors essential for the economic reconstruction and recovery during and post the Covid-19 pandemic. A Master Plan is considered to be a planning and implementation framework that promotes public-private partnerships to leverage on resources, skills and experiences to advance economic growth and inclusion as well as the creation of sustainable jobs in the country. In addition to developing the AAMP, the Minister of DALRRD also tasked the NAMC to monitor and evaluate the implementation of AAMP by the different social partners. Furthermore, the NAMC was considered a strategic State-Owned Entity to rebuild state capacity (i.e., DALRRD) through collecting and processing market and industry data to improve the credibility of agricultural statistics, rebuild capacity in economic decision tools and policy analysis.