REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA COMBINED SECOND PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLE`S RIGHTS and INITIAL REPORT UNDER THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA plan is to introduce more sustainable interventions that will create awareness among the previously disadvantaged communities. It also entrenches the commitment to a safe environment and management of pesticides and the intention to eradicate the unlawful street vending of pesticides. 313. Agriculture had increased its contribution to the GDP up to 5,8% in the second quarter of 2012. The financial sector has also thrown in its weight behind agriculture. In 2012 the Land Bank and the African Development Bank entered into a R1bn funding agreement to help emerging and commercial farmers get finance. 314. The National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) aims to promote better quality education for the poorest learners by providing a daily meal to learners benefiting from the programme. During the 2009/10 financial year, the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) made a valuable contribution to the Departmental goals of learner performance and access to education, through providing a daily nutritious meal to 7 125 273 learners. For the first time the programme was successfully extended to quintile (Q)1 secondary schools in April 2009. The programme will then be phased-in to include Q2 and 3 secondary schools in 2010 and 2011 respectively. Table 10 below shows the extent of the programme in the various provinces from 2010 to 2013: 91