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EMERGING FARMERS AND AGROPROCESSING 14/02/2020
SLIDE 2 OUR MANDATE
- Our mandate as ADA is to create, develop, transform and unlock
the Agribusiness potential and opportunities with within the
- province. This will be achieved with the involvement of all relevant
stakeholders.
- Agro-processing is transforming products (processing raw
materials) that originate from agriculture, forestry and fisheries
- Value-added agriculture entails changing a raw agricultural
product into something new through packaging, processing, cooling, drying, extracting or any other type of process that differentiates the product from the original raw commodity
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AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAIN (Agribusiness) Customer is KING!
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CONSUMER (How & When do I get that?)
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AGROPRENEUR (How do I produce that?
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BEEF VALUE CHAIN
SLIDE 7 ADA PROGRAMMES
- Programme 2 - Comprehensive capacity building
- 2368 individuals trained in agribusiness sector
- Programme 3 - Enterprise and value chain development
- 71 black-owned enterprises supported (operational inputs
and planting; refurbishment and construction of dams pack houses, silos, processing facilities and dairy parlours; installation of agro processing equipment; boreholes and irrigation systems; supply of refrigerated trucks; market access, offtake agreements and infrastructure planning
- Programme 4 - Infrastructure development
- 1603 jobs created
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ADA PROGRAMMES
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UNLOCKING OPPORTUNITIES USING SCIENCE ❑ Laboratories ❑ New product development ❑ Scientists to assist with harnessing indigenous knowledge ❑ Creating new values chains using the fourth industrial revolution ❑ Developing the personnel ❑ Development of locally adapted equipment
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OPPORTUNITIES (Phytomedicine)
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❑ Cosmetic – Aloe vera soap, juice, shampoo, shower gel ❑ Health – Aloe juice ❑ Pharmaceutical application of indigenous plants and formulations ❑ Industrial applications
POSSIBILITIES
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❑BBS Farms – 100% black woman owned – Based in Port Shepstone – Fruit, Nut and Vegetable production and processing – First black woman farmer to export Macadamia Nuts to the United States, Europe and the Far East – Currently mentors other farmers – Exporter of the year
ADA AGRIPROCESSING PROJECTS
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❑ Mthethwa Processing (Frutee Belliez) – 100% Black women owned (Youth project) – Vegetable processing – Factory Shell procured – Market has been secured – Refrigerated truck has been procured ❑ Ma Ande Investments – 100% black owned – Based in Kokstad – Produce and process Sour Milk (Maas) ADA AGRIPROCESSING PROJECTS (continued)
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❑ Natural Quencher – KZN Female Entrepreneur Awards 2019: Winner for Top Processor and National 1st runner-up ❑ Ngimnyama Ngimuhle – Beauty and Skin Care Cosmetics ❑ Lisa Lona (Mthethwa Processing) t/a Frutee Belliez – KZN Female Entrepreneur Awards 2018 – Winner for Top Entrepreneurs Processing and KZN MEC’s Special Award – Youth – 1st Runner-up; 2018 Umyezane Awards 1st Runner Up Top Youth Business ❑ Cappeny Estates – Agricultural Writers South Africa (Landbou and Farmer’s Weekly): KZN Farmer of the year award October 2017 and National 1st Runner-up ❑ BBS Farm – Female Farmer Award 2013, KZN Female Farmer Exports 2015 ❑ Elite Crop (Watch this space)
Success Stories (Award Winning and Turn around projects)
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❑ Primary funding source is the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP) and Equitable share from Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) ❑ Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) ❑ Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) ❑ Other relevant stakeholders ❑ Financial and Non-Financial Support ADA FUNDING SOURCES
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❑ ADA Funding Application process
– Letter requesting assistance (i.e. farming enterprise or training) – Business Plan – Feasibility study – Proof of ownership of land / long term lease – Offtake agreements – Financial Statements – Declaration of previous or current assistance from any government institution
❑ i.e. 50:50 Contribution ❑ Funding Approval
ADA FUNDING APPLICATIONS PROCESS
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❑The possibilities are many ❑Indigenous plants are an opportunity ❑Technological Innovations ❑Every day presents an opportunity
CONCLUSION
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CONCLUSION continued
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❑ Address 5 Cascades Crescent, Cascades Office Park Montrose Pietermaritzburg ❑ Tel No: 033 347 8600 ❑ Fax No: 033 347 8634 ❑ Email: govenderp@ada-kzn.co.za / busdevapplications@ada-kzn.co.za ❑ Mandla Hlela HlelaM@ada-kzn.co.za ❑ Carol Siyakwazi Siyakwazic@ada-kzn.co.za ❑ Xolani Qwabe QwabeX@ada-kzn.co.za Office Hours: 08h00 to 16h30 (Monday – Thursday) Office Hours: 08h00 to 16h00 (Friday)
CONTACT DETAILS
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SIYABONGA
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