deciduous fruit: employment opportunities · 2013-10-25 · 93 nr of person-years employment...
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DECIDUOUS FRUIT:
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
JACQUES DU PREEZ
PRODUCT MANAGER: POME- &
STONE FRUIT
Total Area Planted (75 025 hectares)
• Pome fruit (Apples & Pears) = 32 886 hectares (44%)
• Stone fruit (Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Plums &
Prunes = 18 607 hectares (25%)
•Grapes (Dry and Table Grapes) = 23 532 hectares (31%)
Grapes* 31%
Apples 29%
Pears 15%
Peaches 11%
Plums 6%
Prunes <1%
Apricots 5%
Nectarines 3%
Agric sector in WC contributes 13% to total formal sector
jobs and Horticulture dominates agric contribution
Industry Perspective
75 025ha 1 819 635 t
Dried
9%
Processed
29%
Fresh 62%
2010 figures
Value: ±R7.36 Bn p.a.
70% of
income
Replacement Value: ±R13.5 Bn p.a.
On-farm employment (direct)
* Permanent equivalent. Casual labour converted to permanent equivalent.
1.4 / ha
Fruit Labourers* Dependents
Apples 27,033 108,131
Grapes 37,875 151,499
Pears 14,315 57,259
Peaches 9,814 39,258
Plums 6,406 25,626
Apricots 3,871 15,482
Nectarines 2,629 10,517
TOTAL 101,943 407,772
SA fruit export industry supply chain
Orchards Packhouse Hauler
Vessel Hauler Foreign Port
Consumer Retailer
Farmer
SA Port
Importer
Number of jobs directly linked to total
plantings
95,000
96,000
97,000
98,000
99,000
100,000
101,000
72,000
72,500
73,000
73,500
74,000
74,500
75,000
75,500
76,000
76,500
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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Total hectares planted Industry employment
Industry perspectives
93 nr of person-years employment opportunities
created for every R1 mil increase in the final
demand – Govt. priority
Horticultural sector ranks top
Research has shown that wages were and
currently still are more than min wage
Economic multipliers:
commodity & sector groupings Employmenta Value addedb Importsb Government
revenueb
All Agriculture 82.8 1.29 0.21 0.26
Cereals 26.1 1.02 0.27 0.27
Other crops 70.8 1.36 0.19 0.25
Horticulture 92.8 1.40 0.20 0.24
Livestock 88.4 1.25 0.20 0.27
Agribusiness 39.7 1.02 0.26 0.2
Non-Agriculture 29.4 1.1 0.25 0.22
a Number of person-years employment created per R1.0 million final demand
b Rand value per additional R1.0 of final demand
Constraints
Profitability Yield
Pack outs
Input costs
Price
Efficiency
Competition from Southern & Northern Hemisphere
Weather
Exchange rate
Etc
Etc
Constraints…in addition to the usual suspects
Land Reform and productivity of land
Shortage of funding, support services to Land Reform
projects and slow processes
- Opportunity for effective partnerships between
gvt., industry & other role players
Uncertainty around land reform policy
Constraints
Capital investment vs risk vs returns – entry barrier
Compared to competition we’ve got poorer soils, less
water (& QUALITY), more expensive water, weather
challenges
Climate Change – potential threat & impact
Support i.t.o research, maintenance of infrastructure
and labourers doing their work (port strike 2010)
Constraints
Contradictory, but we experience a shortage of
labour at certain times of the season
Also a problem with skilled labour and retaining them
from year to year
Probably close to most efficient use of labour
Labour legislation e.g. ESTA/Land tenure security bill
Why make it extremely difficult to employ and house
labourers?
We need laws, rules & regulations – but not impossible
But we are not doing too bad at all…
Future prospects
Over med term looking positive
Increase production
Increase demand in current markets
Increased market access / new markets
Development of local market
Creating an enabling environment to
stimulate growth of industry and demand
for SA produce
Summary
Country with unique challenges;
Must manage change continuously to ensure competitiveness, sustainability and profitability;
Effective partnerships between industry & government agencies;
World class technology, R&D and technical knowledge and skills;
Summary
Systems to support fruit movement and logistics;
A wide spectrum of products, produced over a long period, with the best eating quality found anywhere in the world;
Focussed industry structures tackling the key strategic imperatives
Employ according to highest ethical standards
We do employ, supply infrastructure, services and housing to a significant amount of people – if the environment is enabling, favourable and attracts investment we can employ more...
Thank you!