A/HRC/43/44/Add.4 D. Sustainability 31. The Government is rolling out a climate-proofing agricultural production system through the restructuring of small holder irrigation schemes to ensure that they contribute meaningfully to national food security. Currently, these irrigation schemes account for 20 000 hacters of irrigated land and have the potential to significantly contribute to food security in Zimbabwe. The Government has also gazetted the Control of Irrigable Areas Regulations, which will give Government a greater level of influence in the small holder schemes. Other measures include farm mechanization programmes that provide access to mechanized farm implements by farmers and irrigation development through the installation of new irrigation infrastructure, such as centre pivots. To date, eighty new centre pivots have been installed, while a US$50 million dollar tractor facility managed through banks has been established. V. Structural obstacles to the realization of the right to food 32. The Government wishes to point out that security of land tenure is guaranteed following the conclusion of the structure of bankable 99 Year leases for new commercial farmers and permit documents for small scale farmers. A. Agriculture and Land Systems 33. The assertion that the land reform programme is a complete failure is misleading. For the record, the major objective of land reform was to restore the dignity of indigenous Zimbabweans by addressing imbalances in access to productive agricultural land. In this regard, the land reform programme has been a resounding success in as far as it has guaranteed access to land by the indigenous people of Zimbabwe. 34. Furthermore, after the land reform programme, tobacco production improved over the years, from 228 million kilograms in 2000 to 258 million kilograms, during the 2018/2019 season. Given proper funding, technical assistance and access to modern farming implements, indigenous farmers can achieve greater levels of productivity and significantly contribute more to the national economy. The effect of illegal sanctions in inhibiting the procurement of the much needed agricultural equipment and implements cannot be over emphasised. 35. The Government's primary focus is now on the maximum utilisation of land. In this regard, a land audit is being carried out by the Lands Commission with a view to coming up with accurate, statistical and scientific realities on the use of land in Zimbabwe. 36. The Government has also taken the initiative to compensate former white commercial farmers for improvements and developments on the acquired farms. To this end, a compensation framework is now in place whereby Treasury allocates budgetary support to the programme annually. B. Partisan distribution of food 37. According to successive investigations that have been carried out by various stakeholders, the allegations that there is partisan distribution of food aid in favour of ruling party supporters are grossly unfounded. The Government has put in place a structure responsible for the distribution of food relief, namely the District Drought Relief Committee (DDRC). The Committee is chaired by the respective District Administrators who also chair the Rural District Development Committees (RDDC). The Committee comprises the Chief Executive Officers of the respective Local Authorities, representatives of various Government Departments, Councillors, Traditional Leaders, as well as other stakeholders, including representatives of various Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) operating within the districts. The representatives of NGOs, Councillors and Village Heads are 8