The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries intends to award comprehensive bursaries to qualifying applicants pursuing and\/or intending
\nto further their studies in critical scarce skills in the agriculture, forestry and \ufb01 sheries sectors for the 2015 academic year. The bursaries will cover
\ntuition, accommodation, books, meals and monthly allowance. The bursary awards target the previously disadvantaged and impoverished persons
\nfrom poverty-stricken and deep rural communities.<\/p>\n
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Fields of studies\u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n Notes The Director: Ms Amanda Shokane <\/p>\n For further enquiries please contact:<\/p>\n Mr Looksharp Makaringi: 012 319 7923 NB.<\/p>\n (i) The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reserves the right to determine the total number of bursary allocations for the academic year based on the total budget available. Closing date for all applications: 30 September 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries intends to award comprehensive bursaries to qualifying applicants pursuing and\/or intending to further their studies in critical scarce skills in the agriculture, forestry…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[334],"tags":[1905],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n1. B.Sc. Bioresource Engineering (Agricultural Engineering)
\n2. Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc.)
\n3. B.Sc. Viticulture and Oenology\/ Soil Science\/Plant Pathology
\n4. B.Sc. Food Science
\n5. B.Sc. Plant Pathology
\n6. B.Sc. Agric Soil Science
\n7. B.Sc. Agric Agronomy
\n8. B.Sc. Forestry and Wood Science
\n9. B.Sc. Geo-informatics
\n10. B.Sc. Marine Biology
\n11. B.Sc. Oceanography and Marine Biology
\n12. B.Sc. Ichthyology specialising in Aquaculture
\n13. National Diploma: Food Technology
\n14. National Diploma: Forestry
\n15. National Diploma: Fisheries Resource Management
\n16. National Diploma: Oceanography
\n16. Postgraduate studies (B.Tech, B.Sc. Hons, M. Tech., M.Sc., D.Tech. and Ph.D.) in different agriculture, forestry and \ufb01 sheries study \ufb01elds linked to DAFF priority research projects.<\/p>\n
\n1. It is worth noting that certain study \ufb01 elds are only available at certain institutions of higher learning:
\n\u2022 B.Sc. Bioresource Engineering (Agricultural Engineering): University of KwaZulu-Natal
\n\u2022 Bachelor of Veterinary Science (B.V.Sc.): University of Pretoria
\n\u2022 B.Sc. Viticulture and Oenology\/Soil Science\/Plant Pathology: University of Stellenbosch
\n\u2022 B.Sc. Forestry and Wood Science: University of Stellenbosch
\n\u2022 B.Sc. Oceanography and Marine Biology: University of Cape Town
\n\u2022 B.Sc. Ichthyology specialising in Aquaculture: Rhodes University
\n\u2022 National Diploma: Forestry: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
\n\u2022 National Diploma: Oceanography: Cape Peninsula University of Technology
\n\u2022 National Diploma: Fisheries Resource Management: Cape Peninsula University of Technology
\n2. Applicants must be South African citizens.
\n3. Applicants must complete relevant bursary application forms available online at: www.daff.gov.za (Click the following: Branches, Food Security
\nand Agrarian Reform, then Sector Education and Training and then Careers).
\n4. Successful candidates will be informed from 15 January 2015, after the National Bursary Committee has \ufb01 nalised the selection process. If you
\ndo not hear from us by the end of January 2015, consider your application to be unsuccessful.
\n5. All completed bursary application forms together with certi\ufb01 ed copies of ID and certi\ufb01 cates\/performance results should be sent to the following address:<\/p>\n
\nDirectorate: Sector Education and Training
\nDepartment of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
\nPrivate Bag X250
\nPRETORIA 0001<\/p>\n
\nMs Boitumelo Maleka: 012 319 7024
\nMr Frans Setsiba: 012 319 7848<\/p>\n
\n(ii) The National Bursary Committee will make use of the Bursary Scheme\u2019s 14-point system to allocate points to shortlisted applicants.
\n(iii) The Bursary Scheme of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is in ful\ufb01 lment of the sector strategic objective of elimination of skewed participation in the agriculture, forestry and \ufb01 sheries sectors.<\/p>\n