AGRI-PARK DISTRICT: XHARIEP PROVINCE: FREE STATE REPORTING DATE: MARCH 2016 KEY COMMODITIES AGRIPARK COMPONENTS STATUS 13 FPSUs to be located in: Petrusburg, Edenburg, Red meat (beef and mutton) Luckoff, Smithfield, Bethulie, Koffiefontein, Fauresmith, DAMC Established Venison Zastron, Jacobsdal, Springfontein, Reddersburg, 16 members Aquaculture Philippolis, Rouxville The final Master Business plan was submitted on 29/02/2016 1 Agri-Hub located in Springfontein KEY CATALYTIC PROJECTS 1 AGRORUMC -locatedPROCESSING in Bloemfontein 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 .