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USE OF MODERN AGTECH IN A DEVELOPMENT: DTP CASE STUDY

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DUBE TRADEPORT SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE

AFRICA’S GLOBAL MANUFACTURING AND AIR LOGISTICS PLATFORM

CONTENTS

• 1. Overview of TradePort Development
• 2. AgriZone – use of Ag tech elements
• 3. Future / Planned developments
• 4. Conclusion

DUBE TRADEPORT OVERVIEW

• A Provincial Public Entity (Section 3C), established through the KwaZulu-Natal Dube

TradePort Corporation Act Licensed Operator of Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone (DTP SEZ)

• Land Owner with over 3 000 hectares ( 7 500 acres)
• Home of King Shaka International Airport (KSIA)
• Strategic business location within KwaZulu-Natal
• Catalyst for business, trade & tourism
• Integrates supply chains, improves efficiencies and offers business the agility to

compete globally

• Dedicated to develop the air cargo industry and serve the African market
• Built around a 50-year master plan and central to the Aerotropolis
• Improving Economic Competitiveness

KEY DEVELOPMENT ZONES

• Most secure and state-of-the-art cargo terminal in Africa
• Directly linked to the Cargo Terminal by airbridge, with airside access to manufacturers,

assemblers and distributors

• Support Zone: Premium office, retail, hospitality and leisure space in an urban green precinct
• Africa’s first integrated perishable supply chain; a high-tech agricultural cluster including 16 ha of

climate-controlled greenhouses, packhouses and a tissue culture lab All Zones are supported by Dube Iconnect which is a dedicated IT and telecommunications provider

• ffering services to tenants and off site. Key services include voice, broadband and 2 data centres

which allow cloud services.

TARGET SECTORS FOR THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE:

▪ Electronics manufacturing and assembly ▪ Agriculture and agro-processing ▪ Auto parts manufacturing and auto assembly ▪ Aerospace and aviation-linked manufacturing ▪ Pharmaceutical & medical production and distribution ▪ Clothing and textiles ▪ + secondary sectors

DUBE TRADEPORT MASTER PLAN

AGRIZONE

AgriZone: Phase 1 Overview

CONTEXT & RATIONALE FOR INTENSIVE & HIGH TECH

▪ Rapid Urbanisation & population growth means more food production is required ▪ Less producers - aging industry, interest in services & ICT sectors and diminishing interest by youth in agri sector. ▪ Competitiveness in line with global standards ▪ Retailer and consumer demands for all year round production and uniform quality ▪ Loss of agricultural space means there is a need to utilise less space & still to improve yields using intensive methods e.g. parts of KZN North Coast where residential and commercial developments replace agri production. ▪ Respond to unpredictable climate change patterns & reduce CO2 emissions following global focus on Global Warming.

GREENHOUSE OPERATIONS

▪ Priva & Netafim Climate control system for facilities. PLC system includes remote alert support. Configurations of the climate inside greenhouse can be done via cell phone or computer. ▪ AI element - Use of artificial lighting e.g for plants that require extra day length light to flower in winter. LED or other lights ▪ CO2 production through boilers to achieve higher yields ▪ Hydroponic system – soil less & water based. Plant recipes dosed with machines ▪ Combination of technology and nature – Natural ventilation and fogging system where fog is released from nozzles at the top of the greenhouse for cooling and humidity control ▪ Biological Pest control utilised where insects that are not harmful to plants but prey on other insects are used to eliminate

• pests. Alternative to relying on chemicals. Central to Integrated

Pest Management (IPM).

PACKHOUSES OPERATIONS

▪ Equipped with high-speed wrapping machines. Capacity to wrap 9 000 cucumbers an hour. ▪ Digi Cams in packing equipment to capture each products to trace and track produce ▪ Ripening facilities using ethelyne to rapidly respond to market demands ▪ Low, medium & high care areas ▪ Use renewable energy from solar panels on rooftops ▪ Building Management System for monitoring

• temperature. Remote alert notification and control

CRITICAL ENABLERS FOR OPERATIONS

Water ▪ Use of remote sensing to monitor dam levels ▪ Automated equipment to harvest, irrigate and discharge water ▪ Use of UV & Reverse osmosis to treat water. ▪ On average 97% of irrigation water is supplied by rainwater/treated water ▪ Application – for many developing farmers in drought affected areas. Energy ▪ Aimed at Energy cost saving given payback period , reduction of carbon footprint & environmental impact ▪ Total – 1,8 MW capacity on rooftop & ground installations ▪ Performance monitored remotely in real time on a web based system ▪ Average 50 % of the Zone’s demand ▪ Reasonable payback period given tariff increases & increasing efficiency of PV panels ▪ Application – abundance of sun in many parts of the province and country ▪ Can make rural producers products more marketable with some retailers

Waste Management

• Average of 8 tons of organic waste per day

(Plant waste, fruit and vegetable waste)

• Waste taken off site to a farm nearby & mixed

with other types of waste to produce compost

• Current project looking at anoerobic digestor

for green waste, gasifier for solid waste to produce energy

• Worked with UKZN, local and international

companies on feasibility and model

OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)

GREENHOUSE WATER RECIRCULATION

• Hydroponic irrigation system waste water – recycling process:
• Reducing costs & reducing environmental impact

FROM LAB TO GREENHOUSE

FROM LAB TO GREENHOUSE

TISSUE CULTURE PROCESS

Examples of recent research projects

• 1. Aqua Ponics

▪ Use of one greenhouses for research into aquaponics ▪ Combination of aquaculture (fish production) & hydroponics (growing of plants with no soil) that grows fish and plants together in one integrated system. ▪ Solid fish waste / excrement is turned into vermicompost that acts as food for the plants. ▪ Closed circulation system with minimal waste and limited water loss

• 2. Eco Flora

▪ Tree to be used in establishing forest in Saharan

• Desert. Project led by UN & other international

agencies.

• 3. Hemp & Medicinal Plants

▪ Research licence assessing cultivars, yields, oil quantity & quality ▪ Commercial licence stage

LOGISTICS OPERATIONS

• Handling of general cargo through an automated system providing good levels of service

delivery and minimising risk of damage to Cargo and ULDs

• Handling of all types of special cargo as determined by the Airline Standards including fresh

produce, pharmaceutical products, auto components, clothing & textiles

• Cold rooms - Specialised temperature controlled facilities for various types of perishable

cargo from +2 degrees C to ambient temperature, with multiple temperature settings within shipments

• Enables Time critical supply chain and production chains to function e.g. retailers & factories.
• Traceability of cargo through the latest digital technologies. RFID, CCTV cameras, etc
• VAL cargo services available through third party service provider
• Cool Room facilities cover an area of 850 m2 with a one-time capacity of over 250 tonnes,
• ffering an additional 45 separate storage bays to accommodate ULDs up to LD7, including

screening and build/break capabilities

• One-stop, on-site, 24-hour regulatory services environment with customs, Dept. of

Agriculture, Border Police, etc . Use of Electronic Data Interchange

CARGO TERMINAL: BOUQUET OF SERVICES OFFERED

DUR CARGO CONNECTIVITY

KING SHAKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

8,184,441 9,507,543 10,837,267 13,202,566 13,799,996 14,417,425 16,808,129

5,000,000 10,000,000 15,000,000 20,000,000

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Air Freight (Kg’s)

Air freight has grown by 105% since the airport opened in 2010

Source: DTPC cargo terminal

DURBAN AEROTROPOLIS

32 000

hectares

42M m2

• f development

750 000

permanent jobs

1.5 M

residents

R1 T

• approx. potential investment

Use of smart city principles – e.g. facial & vehicle licence recognition, integrated payment systems for public transport, broadband as 4th utility , etc

▪ Use of Unamanned Flying Vehicles (drones) ▪ Security & monitoring vast land parcels ▪ Crop monitoring ▪ Freight deliveries e.g. tissue culture materials and medicinal products ▪ Use elsewhere can include assisting in agricultural extension

• services. E.g. Rural areas where we have projects with

producers ▪ Currently assessing various options based on operational needs ▪ Vertical Farm systems that use even less space and water ▪ Other instruments e.g. Cattle watch – tags on livestock for tracking & security with notifications. Could be expanded to insecticides or insect repellants on same tags. ▪ Market Information System – link producers, buyers, etc to enhance current market system which has inefficiencies and leads to waste and less value for producers ▪ Elsewhere – robotics for picking, sorting, packing, etc. Not ideal for local environment ▪ Renewable energy production from greenhouse waste

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

CONCLUSION

CHALLENGES

▪ Tried and Tested Paradigm & being risk averse ▪ Skills availability & experience for operational support in certain areas. Need to enhance local capacity. All players in learning & development environment are critical for this from curricula to general exposure. ▪ Prohibitive costs - Partly due to small size of local industry and reflects some manufacturing sector issues e.g. high input costs . Example of steel and glass – SA vs China costs including costs with transport. ▪ Assessing & ensuring international technology’s adaptability & appropriateness for local conditions ▪ Regulatory hurdles and delays due to different nature of certain systems and technology. Need to ensure stakeholders unlearn, learn & understand technology so as to ensure efficiency in approvals. ▪ Policy inflexibility and fixed ideologies – rejection of anything new and different e.g. by certain lobby

• groups. Leads to necessary debates but inflexibility causes debate fatigue and investor fatigue

CONCLUSION – integrated cluster & sector value chain

CONCLUSION

▪ Production technology – greenhouses & tissue culture facility ▪ Post harvest technology – ripening facilities & packing equipment ▪ Support infrastructure – Building Management systems, Water management systems, etc ▪ Logistics support – cargo / freight handling infrastructure & security systems ▪ Future Plans – upgrade & constantly modernise or be in line with the curve to be competitive ▪ Applicability to region – possible as most technology is readily available and tested ▪ Integrate traditional / nature based systems with Ag tech systems based on need & effectiveness. ▪ Required support – more R&D, collaboration within & outside industry, adapting certain elements, paradigm shift in certain industry segments, adaptable regulatory environment & new ways of providing support.

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