AGRI-PARK DISTRICT: XHARIEP PROVINCE: REPORTING DATE: MARCH 2016 KEY COMMODITIES AGRIPARK COMPONENTS STATUS

 13 FPSUs to be located in: , ,  Red meat (beef and mutton) Luckoff, Smithfield, , , ,  DAMC Established  Venison , , , ,  16 members  Aquaculture ,  The final Master Business plan was submitted on 29/02/2016  1 Agri-Hub located in Springfontein KEY CATALYTIC PROJECTS  1 AGRORUMC -locatedPROCESSING in BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES KEY ROLE-PLAYERS

 Building of an export abattoir that will have  Beef: abattoir; freezing; primary butchering; grading Public Sector Industry Other four processing lines for venison, cattle, and labelling; transporting; washing; cleaning;  DRDLR  SA Veterinary Association  ARC sheep and potentially ostrich. The abattoir packaging; storage; leather tanning; semi-dry,  DRDAR  Red Meat Producers Organisation  NEF will be responsible for large scale  Dept. of  Kroonstad Piggery Farmers  MAFISA slaughtering, processing, deboning and cooked and smoked sausages, Agriculture  NERPO  Glen packaging of different types of meat as  Mutton: packaging and branding, drying of pastirma (Petrusburg/  IMQAS Agriculture while adhering to international export and mutton jerky and offal marketing Zastron/  Sparta Foods Institute Koffiefontein)  SAMIC  SEDA standards.  Venison: Mobile abattoirs; game fencing; organic  FS Dept. of  Association of Meat Importers and Exporters  DBSA  Development or refurbishment of a feedlot game products to be exported; hides and carcasses Economic Affairs  Agri Animal Feeds  OVK that will be used by the Agri-Hub prior to the to be sold as by-products and Tourism  Philippolis Abattoir  Senwes slaughter and processing of livestock.  Aquaculture: fish feed; branding, packaging,  FDC  Sexton Tannery SA  Free State  DAFF  Wildlife and Environment Society Agri/ Agri-SA  Aquaculture facilities will either be built or cleaning, cutting, preserving, smoking, drying, salting upgraded in order to produce, slaughter,  DARD  Game SA  NAFU and canning of locally produced fish  Xhariep DM  Professional Hunter’s Association  Land Bank process and package aquaculture for the  Mohokare/  OVK  FNB/ Standard relevant markets. Most of the facilities will Naledi/  Aquaculture Association of SA Bank/ ABSA/ require large quantities of water and Kopanong LM  Aquaculture Value Chain Round Table Nedbank therefore a number of processing facilities  Dept. of Labour  Tilapia Growers Association  ABR will be located closely to water.  Tribal Authorities  Catfish SA  DPWT

INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS NEXT STEPS POSSIBLE ECONOMIC BENEFIT

 Extension services and training facilities  Upgrades to infrastructure at all Agri-Park components The provision of employment opportunities for both the agricultural sector and  Aquaculture processing facilities  Implement water saving measures and techniques especially for agro-processing will assist in stimulating local and rural economic  Venison preliminary processing facilities  Investment in energy efficient abattoir infrastructure development and promote skills development.  Storage and packaging facilities  Ensure that the processing of fish and meat intended At the end of the 10 year Agri-Park programme, provided the programme has  Administrative facilities for export complies with domestic and international been managed in a successful and sustainable manner, the following should  Quality control facilities regulations have been achieved:  Retail facilities  Implementation of a government subsidised Estimated targeted hectares – 26 131 ha of land under production  Logistics and transport facilities communication network between the components Number of small-holder farmers – a potential of 129 to 3 000 small-holder farmers  Large warehousing facilities  High intensity skills development programme participating in production.  Cold storage facilities  Establish linkages with the identified stakeholders Estimated number of jobs – this is calculated that approximately 7 600  Customer service desks  Mentoring and incentives programmes for local employment opportunities should be created. This is for both direct and indirect 1 farmers jobs within the agricultural and agro-processing sectors.

1 These employment multiplier figures were calculated using BFAP multipliers and should be used as a guide and should be used as a guide, the numbers may change according to various economic factors over the years