MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform Nomakhosazana Meth handed over seedlings and fertilisers during the back to school campaign in Coffee Bay Primary School.
The MEC was accompanying deputy minister for human settlements, water and sanitation Pam Tshwete in a visit to the school.
“We want people to produce their own food,’” she said when she announced that 34 families were provided with cabbage, spinach, carrots and onion seedlings.
The MEC said in the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality, the department has supported 800 households through the Siyazondla Household Programme while 1 613 ha of land was with maize planted during this cropping.
On infrastructure, MEC Meth said 66,82 kilometre of fence was erected in the KSD while four new shearing sheds were provided to farmers.
“This region is rich with natural resources hence we are calling on people to go back to the fields,” she said.
The department also provided masks to school children.