# Agriculture minister, John Steenhuisen has appointed 27 external technical advisors to support the department. This is to ensure more effective and speedy turnover time of the high-volume applications received by the Registrar of the Fertilisers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act. Steenhuisen says the department is responsible for overseeing that agricultural inputs like fertilisers, animal feeds, pesticides, stock remedies and agricultural remedies are effective and pose minimal risk to human health and the environment before they can be imported, sold or used in South Africa
Minister Steenhuisen appoints external advisory to speed up agricultural registrations