Minister Thoko Didiza to launch Producer Farmer Register (PFR)

The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), Mrs Thoko Didiza will launch the Producer Farmer Register (PFR), on Monday 21st February in Johannesburg.

The PFR is a statistical data collection on commercial and smallholder farmers, in which information on geographical and demography of farms and farmers, production activities as well as infrastructure is collected in South Africa.

As an important role player in the growth of the economy, the DALRRD requires reliable data for its planning for among others, the preservation of food security, eradication of hunger, to know the geographical location of farmers as well as for purposes of monitoring the impact of departmental interventions.

Data for the Producer Farmer Register was collated through surveys in collaboration with Stats SA which focused on commercial farmers whilst the department focused on non-commercial farmers.

Source: Government of South Africa