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M A R C H 2 0 1 7

West Coast District:

Rural Development Plan

Summary Outline

March 2017


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West Coast District Rural Development Plan

March 2017

Prepared by:

Department of Rural Development & Land Reform

Western Cape Provincial Shared Services Centre

Spatial Planning & Land Use Management Services

Private Bag X9159

Cape Town, 8000

Spatial Planning & Land Use Management Services

Document Purpose

This document serves as a concise summary of the West Coast District Rural

Development Plan (WC DRDP) and has been prepared specifically to ease

integration of the Agri-Park Initiative and accompanying DRDLR projects into

the various Local Municipal and District Integrated Development Plans and

Spatial Development Frameworks. It is also intended to assist the LMs, DMs

and other sector departments to invest in a coordinated manner, to best enable

the development and functioning of the West Coast District Agri-Park.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This report for the West Coast District Rural Development Plan has been compiled by the Department of Rural

Development & Land Reform, under the direction of the West Coast District Agri-Park Operational Task Team

(DAPOTT) and the Western Cape Provincial Joint Tactical Centre (PJTC) with technical support and input provided by

a Team of Consultants.


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Terms & Abbreviations

Abbreviation Description

AH Agri-Hub

APAP Agricultural Policy and Action Plan

ART Anti-Retroviral Treatment

AVMP Animal and Veld Management Programme

CASP Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme

CBA Critical Biodiversity Area

CRDP Comprehensive Rural Development Programme

DAPOTT District Agri-Park Operational Task Team

DEADP Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning

DOA Department of Agriculture

DLG Department of Local Government

DRDLR Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (national)

DRDP District Rural Development Plan

EMPO Enterprise Project Management Office

FPL Food Poverty Line

FPSU Farmer Production Support Unit

GIS Geographic Information System

ICT Information and Communications Technology

IDP Integrated Development Plan

LM Local Municipality

LED Local Economic Development

LBPL Lower Boundary Poverty Line

LRAD Land Redistribution and Development

LUMS Land Use Management Systems

MERO Municipal Economic Review and Outlook

NARYSEC National Rural Youth Services Corps

NDP National Development Plan

NDOH National Department of Health

NGP New Growth Path

PACA Participatory Appraisal of Competitive Advantage

PGDS Provincial Growth and Development Strategy

PLAS Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy

PSC Project Steering Committee

PSG Provincial Strategic Goal as per WCG Provincial Strategic Plan (PSP) 2014

PSSC Provincial Shared Services Centre

PJTC Provincial Joint Tactical Centre

RADP Recapitalisation and Development Programme

REID Rural Enterprise and Industrial Development

RID Rural Infrastructure Development

RUMC Rural Urban Market Centre

SDF Spatial Development Framework

SLAG Settlement Land Acquisition Grant

SOYD Social Organisation and Youth Development


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Abbreviation Description

SPLUMA Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act

SPLUM Spatial Planning and Land Use Management

UBPL Upper Boundary Poverty Line

WCDM West Coast District Municipality

WCG Western Cape Government

WCPSP Western Cape Provincial Strategic Plan

WCPSDF Western Cape Provincial Spatial Development Framework

WESGRO Western Cape Destination Marketing, Investment and Trade Promotion Agency

Glossary

Term Used Description

Agri-Park An Agri-Park is a networked system of agri-production, agri-processing, logistics,

marketing, training and extension services that are located in a District Municipality. The

system is physically supported by three types of facilities and services that are located in

designated towns or settlements in the district, identified as: a Farmer Production Support

Unit (FPSU); an Agri-Hub (AH); and a Rural Urban Market Centre (RUMC) – see below

for more.

Agri-Hub An Agri-Hub is a production, equipment hire, processing, packaging, logistics, innovation

and training unit that is located in a designated town within a district

Farmer Production

Support Unit

A FPSU is a rural small-holder farmer outreach and capacity building unit, which is based

in a designated town or settlement and that links with farmers and markets. The FPSU

does primary collection, some storage, some processing for the local market, and

extension services including mechanisation

Rural Urban Market

Centre

The RUMC is usually located in a larger urban centre and has three main purposes:

• Linking and contracting rural, urban and international markets through contracts.

• Acting as a holding-facility, releasing produce to urban markets based on seasonal trends.

• Providing market intelligence and information feedback to the AH and FPSUs, using

Information and Communication Technologies.

Poor household Defined as a household that earned an annual income of R38,200 or less as reflected in

the National Census 2011

Poverty Pocket A term used for a geographic area where a concentration of poor households is to be

found

Project Khulisa A WCG initiative in terms of PSG 1: Create Opportunities for Growth & Jobs that

prioritises projects in three sectors where it is deemed that the Western Cape has a

competitive advantage: Tourism; the Oil and Gas Sector; and, most relevant for the Agri-

Park initiative, Agri-Processing

Operation Phakisa Operation Phakisa is a fast-results delivery programme launched in July 2014 to help the

government implement the National Development Plan, with the goal of boosting

economic growth and creating jobs. Of specific relevance for the Agri-Parks is the focus

on aquaculture in terms of Operation Phakisa’s “Oceans Economy Lab”.


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Contents

1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 1

AGRI-PARK ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1

1.1 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................................................................. 1

1.2 GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR ESTABLISHMENT ............................................................................................................................. 1

1.3 AGRI-PARK DEFINITION ............................................................................................................................................................. 1

1.4 WEST COAST AGRI-PARK VISION ............................................................................................................................................ 3

1.5 WEST COAST AGRI-PARK COMPONENTS ............................................................................................................................... 3

2. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ................................................................................................... 4

2.1 AGRI-PARK INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE AT PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT LEVELS ....................................................... 4

2.2 PROVINCIAL APPROACH TO COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND PARTNERSHIPS .............................................................. 4

3. DISTRICT-LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................................................ 8

3.1 KEY ASPECTS OF IMPLEMENTATION .......................................................................................................................................... 8

3.1.1 FPSU Catchment ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

3.1.2 Land Reform Spatial Targeting ............................................................................................................................................................... 8

3.1.3 FPSU Site Identification ............................................................................................................................................................................. 8

3.1.4 Production Focus .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

3.1.5 Agri-Park Skills Planning ............................................................................................................................................................................ 9

3.1.6 FPSU Prioritisation ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

3.1.7 Agri-Park Spatial Planning ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9

3.2 AGRIHUB - VREDENDAL ........................................................................................................................................................... 11

3.2.1 Site Identification ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

3.2.2 Agri-Hub Catchment ............................................................................................................................................................................... 11

3.2.3 Agri-Hub Implementation ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11

3.3 EBENHAESER PRIORITY FPSU ................................................................................................................................................... 12

3.3.1 Focus Commodities .................................................................................................................................................................................. 12

3.3.2 Production Support Services ................................................................................................................................................................. 13

3.3.3 Production Opportunities ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13

3.3.4 Processing Opportunities ........................................................................................................................................................................ 13

3.3.5 Production Considerations and Risks ................................................................................................................................................. 13

3.3.6 Ebenhaeser FPSU Catchment Area Projects ................................................................................................................................... 13

3.4 DORINGBAAI PRIORITY FPSU ................................................................................................................................................. 15


3.4.2 Production Support Services: ................................................................................................................................................................ 15


3.4.4 Processing Considerations ...................................................................................................................................................................... 15


3.4.6 Doringbaai FPSU Catchment Area Projects - .................................................................................................................................. 16


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3.4.7 Spatial Targeting: Ebenhaeser and Doringbaai.............................................................................................................................. 16

3.5 BITTERFONTEIN FPSU .............................................................................................................................................................. 19






3.5.6 Processing Considerations and Risks .................................................................................................................................................. 19

3.5.7 Bitterfontein FPSU Catchment Area Projects - ................................................................................................................................ 19

3.5.8 Spatial Targeting: Bitterfontein ............................................................................................................................................................ 21

3.6 CLANWILLIAM FPSU ................................................................................................................................................................. 23






3.6.6 Clanwilliam FPSU Catchment Area Projects - ................................................................................................................................. 23

3.6.7 Spatial Targeting: Clanwilliam .............................................................................................................................................................. 25

3.7 MALMESBURY ............................................................................................................................................................................. 27



3.7.3 Malmesbury FPSU Catchment Area Projects - ............................................................................................................................... 27

3.7.4 Spatial Targeting: Malmesbury ............................................................................................................................................................ 28

3.8 CITRUSDAL FPSU ...................................................................................................................................................................... 30





3.8.5 Citrusdal FPSU Catchment Area Projects - ...................................................................................................................................... 30

3.8.6 Spatial Targeting: Citrusdal ................................................................................................................................................................... 32

3.9 PIKETBERG .................................................................................................................................................................................. 34






3.9.6 Piketberg FPSU Catchment Area Projects - ..................................................................................................................................... 34

3.9.7 Spatial Targeting: Piketberg .................................................................................................................................................................. 36


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3.10 HOPEFIELD FPSU ....................................................................................................................................................................... 38

3.10.1 Production Support Services ............................................................................................................................................................ 38

3.10.2 Focus Commodities ............................................................................................................................................................................ 38

3.10.3 Production Opportunities ................................................................................................................................................................. 38

3.10.4 Production Considerations and Risks ........................................................................................................................................... 38

3.10.5 Processing Considerations and Risks ............................................................................................................................................ 38

3.10.6 Hopefield FPSU Catchment Area Projects - ............................................................................................................................... 38

3.10.7 Spatial Targeting: Hopefield ........................................................................................................................................................... 40

3.11 PROPOSED AQUA FPSU’S ........................................................................................................................................................ 42

3.11.1 Elandsbaai............................................................................................................................................................................................. 42


3.11.3 Lambertsbaai ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 42


3.12 RUMC (RURAL URBAN MARKET CENTRE) – STELLENBOSCH ............................................................................................ 42

REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................. 44

Figures

Figure 1: West Coast District .................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Figure 2: Schematic Outline of the Proposed Components of the West Coast District Agri-Park ....................................... 3

Figure 3: WCG Provincial-Municipal Planning and Budgeting Engagement Cycle ........................................................................ 5

Figure 4: FPSU-Focused Implementation ................................................................................................................................................ 8

Figure 5: FPSU Prioritisation ...................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Figure 6: West Coast District Proposed Agri-Park Components.................................................................................................. 10

Figure 7: Preliminary Agri-Hub Location in Vredendal ..................................................................................................................... 11

Figure 8: Agri-Hub Catchment ................................................................................................................................................................ 11

Figure 9: Preliminary Site Identification - Ebenhaeser FPSU ............................................................................................................ 11

Figure 10: Ebenhaeser FPSU Spatial Targeting ..................................................................................................................................... 17

Figure 11: Doringbaai Priority FPSU Spatial Targeting ...................................................................................................................... 18

Figure 12: Conceptual Outline of Bitterfontein FPSU Catchment ................................................................................................. 19

Figure 13: Bitterfontein FPSU Spatial Targeting .................................................................................................................................. 22

Figure 14: Clanwilliam FPSU Spatial Targeting ..................................................................................................................................... 26

Figure 15: Malmesbury FPSU Spatial Targeting ................................................................................................................................... 29

Figure 16: Citrusdal FPSU Spatial Targeting ......................................................................................................................................... 33

Figure 17: Piketberg FPSU Spatial Targeting ........................................................................................................................................ 37

Figure 18: Hopefield FSU Spatial Targeting .......................................................................................................................................... 41

Figure 19: Stellenbosch RUMC Linkages ............................................................................................................................................... 42

Figure 20: West Coast Agri-Park DRDLR Projects (2017/18) ....................................................................................................... 43


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Tables

Table 1: Agri-Park Institutional Structure ............................................................................................................................................... 6

Table 2: Ebenhaeser Priority FPSU Catchment Projects (17/18) ................................................................................................... 14

Table 3: Doringbaai Priority FPSU Catchment Projects (17/18) .................................................................................................... 16

Table 4: Ebenhaeser and Doringbaai FPSU Spatial Targeting Outcomes ..................................................................................... 16

Table 5: Bitterfontein Priority FPSU Catchment Projects ................................................................................................................ 20

Table 6: Bitterfontein FPSU Spatial Targeting Outcomes ................................................................................................................. 21

Table 7: Clanwilliam Priority FPSU Catchment Projects .................................................................................................................. 23

Table 8: Clanwilliam FPSU Spatial Targeting Outcomes ................................................................................................................... 25

Table 9: Malmesbury Priority FPSU Catchment Projects ................................................................................................................. 27

Table 10: Malmesbury FPSU Spatial Targeting Outcomes ................................................................................................................ 28

Table 11: Citrusdal Priority FPSU Catchment Projects .................................................................................................................... 30

Table 12: Citrusdal FPSU Spatial Targeting Outcomes ..................................................................................................................... 32

Table 13: Piketberg Priority FPSU Catchment Projects .................................................................................................................... 35

Table 14: Piketberg FPSU Spatial Targeting Outcomes ..................................................................................................................... 36

Table 15: Hopefield Priority FPSU Catchment Projects ................................................................................................................... 38

Table 16: Hopefield FPSU Spatial Targeting Outcomes .................................................................................................................... 40


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2. Introduction

This document serves as a concise summary

of the West Coast District Rural

Development Plan (WC DRDP) and has been

prepared to ease integration of the Agri-Park

Initiative and accompanying DRDLR projects

into the various Local Municipal and District

Integrated Development Plans and Spatial

Development Frameworks. It is also intended

to assist the LMs, DMs and other sector

departments to invest in a coordinated

manner to best enable the development and

functioning of the Agri-Park.

2.1 Agri-Park Strategic Objectives

The Strategic Objectives of an Agri-Park are to:

• Establish Agri-Parks in all South Africa’s District

Municipalities to promote the Rural Economic

Transformation of these rural regions;

• Promote the skills of and support to small-holder

farmers through the provision of capacity building,

mentorship, farm infrastructure, extension services,

production inputs and mechanization inputs;

• Enable producer ownership of most Agri-Parks equity

(70%), with the state and commercial interests holding

minority shares (30%);

• Bring under-utilized land (especially in Communal Land

Areas and land reform farms) into full production over

the next three years, and expand irrigated agriculture.

2.2 Guiding Principles for

Establishment

The strategic objectives have been translated into

principles that guide the establishment of Agri-Parks.

These are:

• Agri-Parks must be farmer controlled.

• Agri-Parks must be the catalyst around which rural

industrialization will take place.

• Agri-Parks must be supported by government in the

medium term (10 years) to ensure economic

sustainability.

• Strengthen partnership between government and

private sector stakeholders to ensure increased access

to services (water, energy, transport) and production on

the one hand, while developing existing and create new

markets to strengthen and expand value-chains in-line

with APAP.

• Maximise benefit to existing state land with agricultural

potential in the provinces, where possible.

• Maximise access to markets for all farmers, with a bias

to emerging farmers and rural communities.

• Maximise the use of high value agricultural land (high

production capability).

• Maximise use of existing agri-processing, bulk and

logistics infrastructure, including the availability of

water, energy and roads.

• Support growing-towns and the revitalisation of rural

towns that have experienced either high economic

growth or high population growth over the past 10

years; and

• Promote rural urban linkages.

2.3 Agri-Park Definition

An Agri-Park (AP) is a networked innovation system

(not only physical buildings located in single locations)

of agri-production, processing, logistics, marketing,

training and extension services, located in District

Municipalities. As a network, it enables the growth of

market-driven commodity value chains and contributes

to the achievement of the rural economic

transformation model (RETM). The Agri-Park will

comprise of three basic units:

• The Farmer Production Support Unit (FPSU): A

FPSU is a rural outreach unit connected with an Agri-

hub. The FPSU does primary collection, some storage,

some processing for the local market, and extension

services including mechanisation.

• The Agri-Hub Unit (AH): The AH is a production,

equipment hire, processing, packaging, logistics and

training (demonstration) unit, typically located in a

larger agricultural service centre.

• The Rural Urban Market Centre Unit (RUMC).

The RUMC is typically located in a higher order urban

centre and has three main purposes;

o Linking and contracting rural, urban and

international markets through contracts.

o Acts as a holding-facility, releasing produce to

urban markets based on seasonal trends.

o Provides market intelligence and information

feedback, to the AH and FPSU, using latest

Information and communication technologies.


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Figure 1: West Coast District


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2.4 West Coast Agri-Park Vision

The following Vision, Mission and Key Objectives are

adopted from the work done on the West Coast Agri-

Park Master Business Plan:

West Coast District Agri-Park Vision

The West Coast DM Agri-Park will be a catalyst for

rural economic development/industrialisation,

ensuring development and growth in order to

improve the lives of all communities in the district

West Coast District Agri-Park Mission

Statement

The West Coast DM Agri-Park will assist to address

the needs of emerging farmers to strengthen their

ability to participate in both local and international

value chains (where relevant) by coordinating and

supporting improved access to capacity

development (e.g. farm management) and other

support services and facilities (e.g. access to

equipment, water, transport, processing, cold and

normal storage, packaging and distribution as well

as market information and research) in order to

meet the standards and other purchasing

requirements of relevant supply chain buyers,

thereby helping to retain and create jobs and

improve the incomes of emerging farmers and farm

workers

West Coast District Agri-Park Goal Statement

By 2025 West Coast DM’s rural areas and towns

would be transformed into thriving areas in

terms of jobs, food security and opportunities to

prosper.

Proposed Objective One for West Coast DM Agri-

Park – Transformation and Modernisation

To transform and modernise rural areas and small towns in the

West Coast DM through the development of the Agricultural sector

over the next 10 years.

Proposed Objective Two for West Coast DM Agri-

Park –

To develop an integrated and networked Agri-Park Infrastructure

over the next 10 years.

Proposed Objective Three for West Coast DM Agri-

Park –

To facilitate the establishment and implementation of a sustainable

Agri-Park governance and management model over the next 3

years.

Proposed Objective Four for the West Coast DM

Agri-Park –

To facilitate funding, and investment for the development of the

Agri-Park over the next 5 years.

Proposed Objective Five for the West Coast DM

Agri-Park –

To provide technical support and extension services to Agri-Park

beneficiaries over the next 10 years and beyond.

Proposed Objective Six for the West Coast DM Agri-

Park –

To enhance the capacity and capability of officials responsible for

the implementation of the Agri- Parks over the next 3 years.

2.5 West Coast Agri-Park

Components

The figure below sets out the various locations of the

West Coast Agri-Park components as set out in the

Ari-Park Master Plan.

NOTE: The * indicates those FPSUs prioritised for

implementation in 2017/18.

Figure 2: Schematic Outline of the Proposed Components

of the West Coast District Agri-Park


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3. Institutional Arrangements

In seeking to implement the rollout of a multi-year

programme to develop an Agri-Park network of Agri-

Hubs and Farmer Production Support Units across the

West Coast district as well as neighbouring districts

across the Western Cape province, the DRDLR is

bound by the constitutional imperative to work within

the cooperative governance framework. In practice,

this poses significant challenges to the department and

potential partnering organisations ranging from the

Western Cape provincial sector departments

(principally the Department of Agriculture) to local

government bodies (district and local municipalities)

and civil society groupings. It is commonly

acknowledged that a fundamental challenge to

successful and sustained implementation of government

programmes is the successful management of partner

relationships between the crucial stakeholders in these

programmes. Part of the effort to manage relationships

is to obtain clarity and mutual understanding amongst

partner organisation of respective roles and

responsibilities.

3.1 Agri-Park Institutional

Architecture at Provincial and

District Levels

During its current rollout, the Agri-Parks Programme is

conceived to be directed by a standardised set of

institutional structures at National, Provincial and

District levels, as set out below in Table 1. From these

structures the following points are noted: -

• From an Agri-Parks planning integration, alignment and

project conception perspective, the most important

structures appear to be the PAPOTT and the DAPOTT;

• From a planning and project implementation

perspective, the most important structure in each

district is likely to be the DAMC

In pursuing the implementation of the Agri-Parks

programme in each district, it is important that DRDLR

ensure that the above institutional structures are

sustained and supported appropriately as these bodies

will need to take responsibility for interacting or

collaborating at district and local levels with other

already-existing structures in the agricultural and rural

development space. Given the emphasis in government

planning and implementation on the municipal

Integrated Development Plans (IDPs), which is seen as

the locus for all state expenditure that is ultimately

locally focused (that is, all arms of the state from all

spheres of government are enjoined to ensure that

their expenditure in a given locality is aligned with and

is accommodated in the relevant IDP of the applicable

municipality), it is vital that the planning, project

identification and project implementation activities

related to the roll-out of the Agri-Parks programme

seeks ways and means to interface successfully with the

IDP and budget planning cycles of Provincial and Local

Government bodies in the Western Cape.

3.2 Provincial Approach to

Cooperative Governance and

Partnerships

In its current term of office, the Western Cape

Government (WCG) has placed great emphasis on the

theme of alignment in planning, budgeting and

implementation of projects and programmes. The

current Provincial Strategic Plan 2014-2019 sets

Provincial Strategic Goal 5 (PSG 5) as follows:

Embed good governance and

integrated service delivery

through partnerships and spatial

alignment

In its efforts to develop a more robust and consistent

approach towards collaborative governance, planning

and implementation, the WCG has – and continues to

– set up iterative processes that are designed to

strengthen the partnership or “Whole of Society”

approach which promotes cooperation, coordination

and collaboration within government at all levels.

Regarding working towards improved alignment of

planning, budgeting and implementation at local

municipal level, the WCG has put in place a time-bound

(programmatic) five-stage engagement process to

interface with the municipal (local) IDP processes.

Refer to Figure 3:

The following points are put forward: -

• In order for the Agri-Parks programme activities to

become part of the “conversation” ongoing throughout

the integrated planning, budgeting and governance

engagements illustrated above, it is important that the

DRDLR prioritises processes that will enable the

department to engage with the system that is set in

place at provincial level in order to better mainstream

Agri-Park projects into the IDPs of municipalities as well

as into the project planning and budgeting cycles of

provincial sector departments;

• As part of that engagement process, it is proposed that

the DRDLR explore the possibility of making use of

institutional elements already established by the WCG

Department of Agriculture through its “Rural

Development Model”. This focused on establishing

Interdepartmental Steering Committees (ISC) and local-

level Councils of Stakeholders (COS) for oversight and

project implementation in designated CRDP nodes and

could play a useful role in feeding in ideas and


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recommendations on projects to the DAMC if similar

structures are utilised at prioritised FPSUs.

• Regarding the identification and selection of projects

best suited to local conditions, it is recommended that

DRDLR pursue an approach that, in engaging with the

established systems at district and local level, sets out

to submit a “menu” of technically feasible projects that

the department is willing to fund to local-level

consultative structures in the FPSUs for local

stakeholders to select preferred projects, within a

budget framework.

Figure 3: WCG Provincial-Municipal Planning and

Budgeting Engagement Cycle

In general, the following principles to guide planning and

implementation are to be recommended: -

• All Agri-Park-related planning and implementation

processes should acknowledge that there are existing,

often functional systems in place in the district and seek

to engage with these;

• To ensure longevity of the Agri-Parks initiative, it must

be mainstreamed into the provincial/municipal IDP

cycle of engagements;

• At municipal level, it will be important to engage in

sustained interactions with roleplayers and

stakeholders: the avoidance of fast-track approaches

that are driven by extraneous imperatives is to be

recommended.

• The focus should be on doing the right things to ensure

that viable projects are identified and implemented over

a sustained period.

With respect to the implementation of the District

Agri-Park, the following aspects are highlighted:

• The District and Local Municipalities will need to begin

to make provision for the Agri Park in their Integrated

Development Plans (IDPs) (including possible

infrastructure and services needed for the Agri Hub,

FPSUs, and RUMC);

• Local Municipalities must ensure a suitable

representative is nominated to participate in all

DAPOTT and DAMC meetings

• In the revision of their Local Economic Development

Plans, and Spatial Development Frameworks (SDFs),

municipalities must take account of the Agri-Parks

spatial framework and submit these plans to the

DRDLR for input;

• In addition, Local Municipalities (together with the

District Municipality, DRDLR, and Provincial

Department of Agriculture) will need to identify specific

sites (erven) for the location of FPSU facilities (ideally

such sites should be aligned to any relevant nodes

identified in local SDFs);

• As part of their IDP ward-level engagements, District

and Local Municipalities must engage emerging

farmers to refine facility and service requirements at

FPSUs;

• Regarding the operationalisation of the Agri-Park

components in the district, the following priority actions

are noted:

o DRDLR need to finalise the appointment of

District Agri-Park Managers. In this regard, it

should be noted that Stakeholders have

strongly requested that the Agri-Park

Managers be located at the District level so

that meaningful coordination and

implementation can take place;

o Finally, DRDLR to provide clarity on Agri-Park

service providers to the DAPOTT and DAMC

who have been appointed to assist with

required detailed feasibility studies as well as

detailed facility designs and costing so that

coordination can take place at a District Level.

Spatial Targeting

& Alignment

PG MTEC

IDP INDABA MGRO

Midyear

LG

MTEC

Provincial Alignment

IDP INDABA

JPI


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Table 1: Agri-Park Institutional Structure

Sphere of

Government

Agri-Park Task Team Agri-Park Committee Agri-Park-aligned Land

Reform

Name Mandate Name Mandate Name Mandate

National NAPOTT Strategic

management and

oversight on the rollout of the

Agri-Parks

program

Monitor

progress against

the business and

project plans

Assist with

resolving any

blockages at

district and

provincial level

National Agri-

Parks Advisory

Council

(NAAC)

National Agri-

Parks Advisory

Council (NAAC)

will provide

oversight to the

functionality of

the District Agri-

Parks

Management

Councils

(DAMCs),

organize

markets, both

domestically and

internationally,

control the

quality of

products, and

provide advice to

the political

authority

Provincial PAPOTT Provincial

Operations management:

implementation

Provide technical

support and

guidance for

planning and

implementation

Identify projects

that contribute

to Agri-Parks

business plan and

to compile a

provincial

project register

Monitor

implementation

Report to

National

Operations

Team


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Sphere of

Government

Agri-Park Task Team Agri-Park Committee Agri-Park-aligned Land

Reform

Name Mandate Name Mandate Name Mandate

District DAPOTT District

operations

management

implementation

Provide technical

support and

guidance for

implementation

Oversight of the

implementation

of the district

plan

Coordinate

relevant

stakeholders as

per plan

Manage

expenditure

against business

plan

Identify district

projects that

contribute to the

Agri-Parks

business plan and

to compile a

district project

register

Report to

provincial

operations task

team

District Agri-

Park

Management

Committee

(DAMC)

The DAMC will

act primarily as

the voice of key

stakeholders in

the relevant

districts and will

leverage support

for the Agri-Park

developments.

It will therefore

not consist of

government

representatives

but will interface

with various

structures at

provincial and

district level to

provide advice

and support.

It will also act as

an independent

Watchdog in

relation to the

development of

the Agri-Park.

District Land

Reform

Committee

(DLRC)

The overall aim

of the DLRCs is

to facilitate the

protection,

promotion,

provision and

fulfillment of the

rights, and

responsibilities,

in the

management of

district land

ownership and

use that is

consistent with

South Africa’s

Constitution.


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4. District-Level Implementation

To implement the Agri-Park, the DRDLR will be

focusing its resources and budgets on the various

catchments surrounding the FPSUs and will be

encouraging other role-players to also give effect to the

Agri-Park in a similar manner.

4.1 Key Aspects of Implementation

In the West Coast District, FPSU catchments have been

identified based on a 30km distance along existing road

networks and will enable various role-players to target

suitable strategic land for production support as well as

land reform purposes.

Figure 4: FPSU-Focused Implementation

Based on the criteria below the DRDLR has undertaken

preliminary assessments within these catchments which

have highlighted strategic land parcels. It is envisaged

that the implementation of the Agri-Park at FPSU level

will create a tangible tool to:

• Enable integration of the Agri-Park Initiative and

accompanying DRDLR projects into the various Local

Municipal and District Integrated Development Plans

and Spatial Development Frameworks.

• Assist the LMs, DMs and other sector departments to

invest in a coordinated manner to best enable the

development and functioning of the Agri-Park.

4.1.1 FPSU Catchment

To give effect to the production bias of the FPSU,

catchments surrounding these sites were created. The

identified catchment area consists of all land parcels that

intersect with a GIS polygon which is made up a of a

30km travel distance on the existing road network

surrounding the FPSU and then buffered by one km to

ensure ease of access to an existing road. These

catchments then form the focus of spatial targeting for

land reform, and infrastructure and production

investment.

4.1.2 Land Reform Spatial Targeting

Within the FPSUs it is necessary to ensure that the

appropriate land parcels are accessed for land reform

purposes. The key objective is to identify land with as

few encumbrances as possible to ensure that the level

of production within the FPSU can be increased. To

achieve this, a preliminary assessment has been

undertaken utilizing the following criteria:

• Farms within the FPSU catchments (30km and

2km from roads)

• Vacant state owned land

• Land currently used for agriculture (livestock or

cultivation)

• CBA impact (<40% or not affected by CBA)

o CBA

o CBA Degraded

o Protected Area

• Proximity to current and past DRDLR projects

• Water Stressed Catchments

4.1.3 FPSU Site Identification

It is imperative that, together with the Local

Municipality, the specific site for the implementation of

the FPSU facilities be identified. This process should not

be delayed but rather initiated well before the FPSU is

prioritised for implementation as the formal land

formalisation (pre-construction) can take as long as two

years to conclude. In addition, the processes to secure

access to the land from the relevant land owner can

also be protracted.

To eliminate delays in these processes the following

criteria will inter alia form part of a pre-feasibility

process to be undertaken for (where possible) 3

alternative FPSU sites prior to proceeding with the

formal land use planning authorisations.

• Title Deed description

• Access title deed and get conveyancer’s certificate.

• Surveyor General Diagram – determine whether there

are any servitudes applicable to the site

• Zoning – Will the current zoning permit the intended

usage?

• Will the intended use be compatible with the

surrounding land uses?

• Vehicular access – Is there existing access and will it

require upgrading.

• Does the site fall within an Urban Edge as defined by a

statutory SDF?

• Is the site subject to biodiversity classification which will

hinder its intended usage?

• Access to water and water rights for irrigation or

industrial purposes as well as for domestic usage

• Availability of existing municipal services – Obtain

confirmation from the municipality should services be

available.


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• Determine whether the topography would inhibit

development either physically or due to additional

building costs

• Existing structures on site – Would these be usable for

the intended purpose in the short term or longer term.

• Will the site meet both the short term and longer term

needs of the FPSU and associated farming enterprises?

4.1.4 Production Focus

In general terms, it is noted that the level of production

by emerging farmers within most of the FPSUs is

currently too low to warrant the development of fully

functional FPSU infrastructure. This matter will be

addressed by:

• Enabling modular construction and implementation of

FPSU facilities and infrastructure.

• Focus the current initiative on facilitating production,

which in the short term should:

o Identify and assess all the emerging farmers

within the FPSU

o Undertake production assessments of the

current enterprises and identify specific input

and production focussed needs.

4.1.5 Agri-Park Skills Planning

An Agri Park Skills Plan shall be prepared, which

identifies the training and skills required for both the

administration/management of the Agri-Park as well as

the skills associated with the agro-processing

opportunities and farming enterprises connected with

each FPSU. These needs will become evident once an

audit of all the emerging farmers has been undertaken.

The appropriate partnerships can then be sought

through NARYSEC branch with FET colleges and other

training providers.

4.1.6 FPSU Prioritisation

The DRDLR has prioritised Agri-Park implementation

in Ebenhaeser and Doringbaai for the 2017/18

Financial Year. Here the focus will be on the securing

and approval of a suitable parcel of land and the

establishment of the necessary Farmer Production

Support (FPSU) Infrastructure as well as support to

emerging farmers and the local community within the

FPSU catchments.

Given the fact that the two prioritised FPSUs are in the

northernmost municipality of the district (Matzikama)

and are therefore only able to service the commodities

emanating from the Hardeveld/Sandveld-North,

Knersvlakte, Cederberg and Olifants Irrigation Agro-

Climatic zones and the associated poverty pockets, it is

proposed that the FPSUs at Clanwilliam and

Malmesbury be prioritised for implementation in the

subsequent Financial Years (2018/19-onward).

Figure 5: FPSU Prioritisation

4.1.7 Agri-Park Spatial Planning

The integrated spatial plan which needs to be taken up

into the SDF of the DM and LM’s is set out below.

The priority components of the West Coast Agri-Park

are addressed in more detail in the sections to follow.


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Figure 6: West Coast District Proposed Agri-Park

Components


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4.2 Agrihub - Vredendal

As noted above, the Agri-Park Master Business Plan has

identified Vredendal in the Matzikama Municipality as

the site for the West Coast District’s Agri-Hub.

Given the sphere of influence of the City of Cape Town

over the southern portion of the West Coast district,

Vredendal is well suited to its function as an Agri-Hub

to serve the northernmost areas of the district.

4.2.1 Site Identification

A 7-ha erf in the Vredendal industrial area has been

identified to house the Agri-Hub facilities. It falls within

the SDF-identified urban edge and has good access from

the R362 and the R27 roads, although upgrading of the

R362 is reportedly required to ensure optimal

functionality.

Figure 7: Preliminary Agri-Hub Location in Vredendal

4.2.2 Agri-Hub Catchment

The Agri-Park implementation guidelines provide that

in sparsely populated districts such as West Coast, the

catchment needs to be 120km. The

relatively linear north-south orientation of the district

results in 4 of the 7 proposed FPSUs in the district being

beyond the 120km ideal. In the short term, this is not

out of line with the prioritisation of the FPSUs at

Ebenhaeser and Doringbaai, and the FPSUs at

Clanwilliam as well as the future Aqua-FPSUs at

Lambertsbaai and Elandsbaai also fall within the 120km

catchment. Moreover, this arrangement also coincides

with the Functional Region associated with Vredendal

and thus is functionally coherent.

The remaining four proposed FPSUs of Citrusdal,

Piketberg, Hopefield and Malmesbury do not relate to

the Vredendal Functional Region. In the overall Agri-

Park configuration, these FPSUs are nominally serviced

by the Agri-Hub located at Ceres in the Cape

Winelands district. However, it is likely that the real

functional relationships of these centres will be most

directed by the sphere of influence of the City of Cape

Town and this highlights the need to consider inter-

district linkages when designing FPSUs and their range

of functions. This is particularly the case in the West

Coast district because of the strong functional linkages

that centre on the N7 and R27 north-south routes

originating in the Cape Town metropolitan area.

Figure 8: Agri-Hub Catchment

4.2.3 Agri-Hub Implementation

The Vredendal Agri-Hub is anticipated to include the

following facilities and support services:

• An Abattoir and linked irrigated pastures (10 ha) to

round off animals for the premium meat market. The

abattoir should have an estimated capacity 150 cattle,

800 sheep, 500 goats and 100 pigs per month. It will

receive stock from the Bitterfontein, Ebenhaeser,

Clanwilliam, Citrusdal and Piketberg FPSU’s. It is

projected that the abattoir capacity should double in

capacity after five years to 300 cattle, 1600 sheep, 100

goats and 200 pigs per month. A further increase is

expected in the next 5 years which is difficult to

estimate at this stage.

• Animal feed production plant to produce formulated

animal feed from locally produced lucerne. It should

have an estimated capacity of 500 tons per month and

should be housed in a facility of about 2000 m2 to house

raw material, the machinery and finished product. It will

receive lucerne from Ebenhaeser, Clanwilliam, Citrusdal

and Piketberg.


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• Training facilities including lecture halls and lodging for

20 trainees.

• Intake, storage and dispatch facility of about 2000 m2

for produce from the feeder FPSU’s:

• Cattle, sheep, goats and pigs to go directly to the

abattoir or to the pastures for rounding off from FPSU’s

as indicated earlier.

• Vegetables from FPSU’s at Ebenhaeser, Clanwilliam,

Citrusdal and Piketberg to go to the packing and cooling

facility.

• Lucerne from FPSU’s at Ebenhaeser, Clanwilliam,

Citrusdal and Piketberg to go to market and the feed

production plant on site.

• Traditional medicinal plants and herbs from the

Bitterfontein FPSU.

• Small packing and cooling facility for vegetables to

handle about 200 tons of vegetables per month.

• Drying yard for sundried tomatoes to handle an

estimated 200 tons of fresh tomatoes at a time from

surrounding production areas and FSPU’s at

Ebenhaeser.

• Small packing, storage and dispatch facility (400 m2) to

pack sundried tomatoes and traditional herbs for the

local and export markets.

• Local market facility to sell local produce of about 200

m2.

• Office space (open plan office with desks), boardroom

(2) facilities, internet cafe and secretarial services for

local emerging farmers.

• Main production input supply facility (most probably a

cooperative) of about 2000 m2 (shop to purchase

production inputs like fertilizer, chemicals, seed

irrigation equipment, small tools, etc.) to be operated

with a strategic partner along the following lines:

o A small farmer / emerging farmer (client) will

approach the cooperative for production

inputs for a specific crop and quantity.;

o The cooperative and client will enter into a

supply / purchase contract stipulating, crop or

farming enterprise, quantity and timing, e.g.

number of sheep or area to be planted with

crop and when planting will take place. From

this it will be clear as to what is needed, when

and how much;

o The cooperative will inspect the client’s

operations on a regular basis to ensure that

the client adheres to the contract;

o The contract will also stipulate that the client

must deliver the produce to the cooperative

who will grade and pay the client market price

minus the costs of the inputs supplied. The

cooperative will then on sell the produce

delivered to one of the other facilities in the

Agri-Hub for further processing of packaging;

o Cooperative personal will, as part of their

service, supply extension services to the client;

• Main mechanization centre and equipment servicing

and repair centre with a shed of 500 m2 and yard of

2000 m2 to effect major repairs to the fleet of trucks,

tractors and vehicles that service the hub and its feeder

FPSU’s

• Collection services linked to the mechanization centre.

• Extension services with shared offices at the training

centre.

• Veterinary services through the local animal protection

association – waiting room, consultation rooms (2),

operating theatre and small animal housing facility.

Large animals will be housed at the pastures and

abattoir. The veterinarian will also inspect the abattoir.

• Market information centre with shared offices at the

training centre.

4.3 Ebenhaeser Priority FPSU

The Ebenhaeser FPSU is seen to link to and service an

approximately 30 km catchment area including the

settlements/farming areas of Koekenaap, Lutzville,

Strandfontein and Papendorp.

A parcel of land identified as a portion of RE Farm 187

Ebenhaeser has preliminarily been identified as a

potential site for the establishment of the FPSU

infrastructure. This site is located west of the

Ebenhaeser Primary School. The formal land availability

agreements and necessary planning procedures need to

be concluded.

Figure 9: Preliminary Site Identification – Ebenhaeser

FPSU

4.3.1 Focus Commodities

The following focus commodities (irrigation/water

availability permitting) are noted to` represent the most

favourable opportunities for emerging farmer

production in the Ebenhaeser FPSU catchment:

• Livestock (cattle, sheep, goats and pigs).

• Vegetable cultivation (tomatoes, butternut etc.).

• Lucerne cultivation

• Vegetable seed (including organically produced

vegetable seed) production given suitable climatic

conditions, the existing seed production sector and

marketing channels, taking onto count lessons learned

from previous projects that successfully linked local

emerging farmers to a Seed Marketing and Distribution

Agency.


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4.3.2 Production Support Services

It is anticipated that, subject to the necessary

production levels, the following production support

services will be provided in Ebenhaeser:

• Small Produce handling facility – receipt and dispatch

of produce from the catchment areas (mainly animals,

but also other produce) – 1000 m2.

• Mechanization and repair centre – 400 m2.

• Collection services linked to the mechanization centre

• Local market facility to sell produce locally – 200 m2.

• FPSU production input supply facility (a local branch of

the main production input supply facility) – 500 m2.

• Small meeting and internet facility – 100 m2.

4.3.3 Production Opportunities

The following additional production opportunities are

noted for the Ebenhaeser FPSU:

• In the event of irrigated silage production, such

commodity together with cattle and pig farming could

be supported.

• Crop selection possibly include herb and essential oil

production given irrigation availability and hot/ dry

climatic conditions.

• Specific crop commodities required as ingredients for

artificial abalone feed production (e.g. oil seeds,

legumes).

• Small-stock programmes.

• Future Agri-production in the Ebenhaeser FPSU

catchment area to be informed by future potential

increased irrigation opportunities arising from the

proposed raising of the Clanwilliam Dam wall (+-

3000 ha), given such water being destined for emerging

farmers with opportunities for Avocado Pear and other

sub-tropical fruits (e.g. mango) or current perennial

crops (viticulture). Such eventuality will require

appropriate feasibility and development plans1.

4.3.4 Processing Opportunities

In addition to the prototypical facilities and support

services set out in the Agri-Park Masterplan the

following opportunities need to be investigated further:

• A handling, storage, cooling facility for harvested herbs

and essential oil crops, with a central processing facility

in the Vredendal Agri-hub given limited travelling

distances from the FPSU catchment production areas.

• Establishment of a herb and essential oil crop nursery

at the FPSU for distribution of plants/ seeds for

outgrowing in the catchment production areas.

1 NOTE: the upgrading and modernisation of the irrigation

chutes and canals for the existing irrigation scheme – in

particular possible measures to enclose the water channels

• Consideration of abalone feed processing facility at

Ebenhaeser FPSU (i.e. local employment, limited

transport) or at the Vredendal Agri-hub.

• Vegetable drying facilities, given low technology

applications, to be established within the catchment

farming areas (e.g. Lutzville) of the FPSU to provide

local employment opportunities and increase farm gate

or community co-operative income.

4.3.5 Production Considerations and

Risks

The following is noted:

• Production of vegetables to consider the following:

o Local West Coast market being minimal, with

Cape Town metropolitan market penetration

required to achieve economies of scale for

irrigated production and marketing.

o Production should be under contract to ensure

consistency.

o Processing to achieve value-adding (e.g.

sundried tomatoes – low technology) and

processing (e.g. tomato paste/ sauce –

existing factory outside Lutzville).

o Vegetable selection to include types with a

long shelf-life, low perishability and preferable

low-bulk to facilitate Cape Town metropolitan

area marketing.

• The low natural veld grazing capacity will not support

cattle unless associated with feedlots or irrigated silage.

• Intensive rearing (e.g. feed-lots) of sheep and goats to

be informed by detailed business plans given high

infrastructure, management and feed costs.

• Potential negative impact of both cattle and pig feed-

lots on the groundwater in the area and run-off into the

Lower Olifants Estuary.

4.3.6 Ebenhaeser FPSU Catchment

Area Projects

The table below sets out DRDLR projects that have

been identified for implementation during the

2017/2018 financial year:

to lessen evaporation/water loss – has the potential to

increase still further the potential additional land areas that

could be laid under irrigation to possible a further +-3000

ha.


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Table 2: Ebenhaeser Priority FPSU Catchment Projects (17/18)

Project Name Project Description Settlement Branch Budget Year Budget

Ebenhaeser FPSU - Establishment

and formalisation

1.Farmer identification

2.Land identification

3.Determine ownership to

check municipal by-laws in

terms of the land:

4. Formalise agreements

Ebenhaeser REID 2017/2018 Business Plan to

Determine Budget

153 Farms Spread over the whole

of Ebenhaeser

153 Farms Spread over

the whole of Ebenhaeser

Ebenhaeser RID

2016/2017

Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Ebenhaeser Producer database Producer database

establishment for wine

grapes, cash crops, lucern,

soya and seeds.

Ebenhaeser REID

Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Ebenhaeser Mechanisation Centre

Mechanisation centre

Establishment

Ebenhaeser RID

Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Bulk Irrigation Water

Infrastructure

Upgrading of the Bulk

Irrigation Water

reticulation

Ebenhaeser RID,

WCDoA,

DWA

2017/2018 Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Ebenhaeser Cold Storage Facility

Establishment of a cold

storage facility for

Ebenhaeser FPSU Cold

Storage

Ebenhaeser RID

Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Ebenhaeser Drying Facility Drying Facility _ Seeds Ebenhaeser RID 2017/2018 Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Ebenhaeser Storage Facility Storage Facility_ Seeds Ebenhaeser RID 2017/2018 Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Capacity Building and Training for

emerging farmers

SEDA for institutional

building and business

training for farmers

Ebenhaeser REID 2017/2018 Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Ebenhaeser -Determine Volume

of Production

Determine the volume of

production needed to set

target for increasing

volumes

Ebenhaeser WCDoA 2017/2018 Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Business plan preparation Business plan development

and implementation

(determine the needs and

inputs)

Ebenhaeser REID (Urban

Econ)


Determine Budget

Land title adjustment and PLAS

projects

Implementing 1HH 1HA Ebenhaeser LAR 2017/2018 Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Capacity Building and

empowerment of Women

Active involvement of

rural women

Ebenhaeser REID &

Women,

children and

people with

disability


Determine Budget


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4.4 Doringbaai Priority FPSU

To date, a proposal for a site for the Doringbaai FPSU

has not been concluded.


The following focus commodities are noted to

represent the most favourable opportunities in

Doringbaai:

• West Coast rock lobster and line-fish (snoek)

• Abalone

4.4.2 Production Support Services:

The following services and support facilities are

proposed to be provided for the Doringbaai FPSU:

• Small cray fish and fish handling and processing facility

with cray fish revival tanks, cooling, freezing, drying and

packing , receipt and dispatch of produce from the

catchment areas – 500 m2.

• Boat and engine repair centre – 200 m2.



• Adequate slipway, access control and boat handling and

storage facilities

• Existing protected boat launching facility with quayside

catch off-loading at Doringbaai


Given the reduction in the yield of West Coast Rock

Lobster catches it is proposed that the following

fisheries and aquaculture commodities be explored to

support West Coast coastal communities and underpin

the Doringbaai, Lamberts Bay and Elands Bay Aqua-

FPSUs and the proposed Doringbaai Aqua-Hub:

• On-shore abalone production at Doring Bay (i.e. Doring

Bay Aqua-hub) as per the Draft Agri-Park Masterplan,

with the first phase of “Doring Bay Abalone” already

operational.

• Line fish (snoek, etc) given an optimistic outlook for

such fisheries.

• Net fish, mainly being harders targeted by beach-seine

fisheries, showing resource recovery, with such fishing

being traditional to West Coast fisheries, often being

supplementary to other fisheries (e.g. rock lobster, line

fish) or as a supplementary income for commercial

fishing boat crews or fish processing factory workers

during the off-season.

• White mussel, with harvesting areas within the FPSU

catchment areas including the following coastal areas;

Doring Bay to Lamberts Bay, Elands Bay to Kreefbaai,

Draaihoek to Dwarskersbos.

• Seaweed harvesting including the following:

o Beach-cast kelps for extraction of plant

growth stimulants.

o Gracilaria for production of agar (food

industry).

o Fresh harvested kelps (macroalgae) as feed

for on-shore farmed abalone, with the

harvestable biomas of such kelp informing the

expansion of abalone farms. A SMME BEE

enterprise presently harvests kelps for an

abalone farm in the Saldanha vicinity.

Macroalgae is also often used as an

ingredient in artificial diets for farmed

abalone.

• Near-shore cultivation of mussels and oysters, including

pearls, in sheltered waters and unused harbour space,

as well as off-shore caged pelagic fish cultivation

(ranching).

• Marine species subject to recent and current harvesting

feasibility trials, including octopus, red-bait and

swimming crabs.

4.4.4 Processing Considerations

The following considerations are put forward in

relation to processing facilities:

• Feasibility studies are required to assess the potential

opportunity of other fisheries in order to address loss of

employment in the West Coast rock lobster fishery and

to optimally utilize existing harbour water space and

infrastructure for aquaculture production and support.

• Potential on-shore aquaculture at Baboon Point (Elands

Bay) and quayside at Lambert’s Bay harbour requires

assessment.

• Explore the feasibility of handling, drying, sorting, milling

and packaging of wet and dry beach-cast kelp for the

plant-food industry, with such facilities well located in

close vicinity to Eland’s Bay, Doring Bay and Lambert’s

Bay.

• Explore the potential for the collection, receipt,

preparation and storage of fresh harvested kelp to be

used for feeding at on-shore abalone farms or as an

ingredient in artificial abalone feed (e.g. pellets).

• Determine the feasibility of on-shore facilities in support

of harbour-based and near-shore aquaculture (e.g.

seaweed, mussel and oyster cultivation, and off-shore

caged pelagic fish farming).


Risks

The following risks are noted:

• Resources of the West Coast rock lobster resource

remains severely depleted, stocks still being 2.6% of

their pre-fished levels requiring a reduction in catches

and illegal harvesting, with attempts to rebuild stocks to

achieve 20% above the 2006 level by 2016 and 35%

by 2021.

• West Coast rock lobster has a seasonal inshore-off-

shore migration pattern as well as a breeding season

increasing the seasonality of harvesting.

• 20% of the rock lobster catch is landed by “bakkies”

one (1) nautical mile off-shore (commercial) or landed


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by small-scale subsistence fishers during summer

months.

• West Coast only landing 40% of the national catch

(previously 60%) after the eastward shift in lobster

resources. This decline has had a devastating effect on

West Coast coastal communities, with economic

hardship experienced by most fishers on the West

Coast.

4.4.6 Doringbaai FPSU Catchment

Area Projects -

The following projects have been identified for

implementation in the Doringbaai FPSU catchment area

during the 2017/2018 financial year:

Table 3: Doringbaai Priority FPSU Catchment Projects

(17/18)

Project Name Project Description Settlement Branch Budget Year Budget

FPSU Site Identification and

formalisation

1.Land identification:

2. Determine ownership

to check municipal by-laws

in terms of the land:

3. Formalise agreements

Doringbaai REID 2017/2018 Business Plan to

Determine

Budget

Doringbaai Abalone Farm

Doringbaai Abalone Farm


Determine

Budget

Capacity Building and Training for

emerging farmers

SEDA for institutional

building and business

training for farmers


Determine

Budget

Business plan preparation Business plan

development and

implementation

(determine the needs and

inputs)

Doringbaai REID (Urban

Econ)


Determine

Budget

Doringbaai REID

Establishment of a new

Abalone Farm: Beneficiary

Identification, Feasibility

Studies, Business Planning


Determine

Budget

4.4.7 Spatial Targeting: Ebenhaeser

and Doringbaai

Because of the proximity of the two prioritized FPSUs

(and, therefore, a certain overlap in their respective

FPSU catchments), a desktop spatial targeting exercise

was undertaken jointly for the priority FPSUs. The

results of this are reflected in Table 4:

Table 4: Ebenhaeser and Doringbaai FPSU Spatial

Targeting Outcomes

Number of Farms 139

Number of Farms < 40% CBA 104

Total area (ha) 83511.15

CBA (ha) 22794.32

Cultivation (ha) 708.16

Livestock (ha) 64116.94


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Figure 10: Ebenhaeser FPSU Spatial Targeting


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Figure 11: Doringbaai Priority FPSU Spatial Targeting


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4.5 Bitterfontein FPSU

To date, a proposal for a site for the Bitterfontein FPSU

has not been concluded.

Figure 12: Conceptual Outline of Bitterfontein FPSU


The following focus commodities are noted to

represent the most favourable opportunities in

Bitterfontein

• Small stock (sheep, goats and pigs)

• Traditional medicinal and other herb cultivation.


The following services and support facilities should be

provided:


of produce from the catchment areas

• (mainly animals, but also other produce) – 1000 m2.








The following opportunities are noted for the

Bitterfontein FPSU:

• Traditional medicinal and culinary herbs to include such

herbs in demand by foreign African migrants residing in

the Western Cape and elsewhere in South Africa, given

such herbs currently being imported.

• Herb cultivation, where irrigations permits, to include

essential oils crops for processing on-farm, at the FPSU

or at the Vredendal Agri-hub as informed by production

volume, seasonality, etc.

• Establishment of a herb/ essential oil crop nursery at

the FPSU for distribution of plants/ seed for outgrowing

in the catchment production areas.


• A handling, storage and cooling facility for harvested

medicinal herbs, other herbs and essential oil crops

prior to transporting to a processing facility at the

Vredendal Agri-hub.


Risks

• Caution against production of cattle given extremely

low veld carrying capacity (30-40ha/ LSU), unsuitable

natural grazing and the poor environmental and

financial performance of cattle feed-lots

4.5.6 Processing Considerations and

Risks

• Processing location of herbs (medicinal and other) and

essential oil crops to be informed by production volumes

given the following:

o Loss of product quality post-harvesting,

especially given transport distance to

Vredendal and hot climatic conditions possibly

requiring refrigerated transport.

o Impact of weight and bulk of “wet” herb

harvested product on transport cost.

o Accordingly, volume of production may favour

the following processing options:

o On-farm processing through a portable/

transportable processing unit stationed at the

FPSU (Bitterfontein), increasing farm sale

income.

o Processing at the FPSU in Bitterfontein with

local employment opportunities, or at the

Vredendal Agri-hub.

• Low population (i.e. consumption of meat) in the FPSU

catchment area will not warrant an abattoir facility at

the FPSU, with the existing abattoir (and its future

expansion) at Vredendal serving such purpose.

Consideration to be given to “selling live” in the Cape

Town metropolitan market given higher prices and off-

setting the fixed cost of an abattoir.

• Local conditions and the dependency on small-stock

farming dictates the following FPSU support

programmes and training to increase small livestock

production, animal health and farm environmental

performance:

o Appropriate breeding programme and new

stock selection

o Efficient grazing given a stocking rate of

12ha/SSU

o Feeding strategy

o Veterinary care

4.5.7 Bitterfontein FPSU Catchment

Area Projects -


implementation in the Bitterfontein FPSU catchment

area during and/or post the 2017/2018 financial year:


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Table 5: Bitterfontein Priority FPSU Catchment Projects

Project Name Project Description Branch Budget

Year

Budget

FPSU Site Identification

and formalisation

• 1.Land identification:

• 2. Determine ownership to check municipal

by-laws in terms of the land:

• 3. Formalise agreements

Local Municipality

West Coast District

Municipality RD &

LTA

t.b.d Business Plan

Herb/ essential oil crop

nursery feasibility

Determine the feasibility of the establishment of a

herb/ essential oil crop nursery at the FPSU for

distribution of plants/ seed for outgrowing in the

catchment production areas

NARYSEC/

WCDoA, REID

t.b.d Business Plan

Small Stock Production

Increase

Support programmes and training to increase

small livestock production, animal health and farm

environmental performance, including:

• Appropriate breeding programme and new

stock selection

• Efficient grazing given a stocking rate of 12ha/SSU

• Feeding strategy

• Veterinary care

NARYSEC/

WCDoA

t.b.d Business Plan

Veld/grazing management

support

Institute a grazing/veld management plan given

extremely low veld carrying capacity (30-40ha/

LSU), unsuitable natural grazing and the poor

environmental and financial performance of cattle

production.

REID, WCDoA t.b.d Business Plan


Training for emerging

farmers

SEDA for institutional building and business

training for emerging farmers

REID t.b.d Business Plan

Volume of Production Determine the volume of production for

increasing volumes

WCDoA t.b.d Business Plan

Business plan preparation Business plan development and implementation

(determine the needs and inputs)

REID (Urban Econ) t.b.d Business Plan

Identify emerging

producers

Identify all the emerging farmers/producers within

the FPSU catchment

REID t.b.d. Business Plan


empowerment

Active involvement of rural women REID t.b.d Business Plan

Recruitment and training

of NARYSEC youth

• 1.Recruitment of unemployment youth.

• 2. Skills training.

• 3. Deployment to community service

NARYSEC t.b.d Business Plan

Marketing Institution Establishment of a marketing institution to service

all producers

REID/WCDoA t.b.d Business Plan

Mechanisation - Identify the needs for mechanisation REID t.b.d Business Plan


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4.5.8 Spatial Targeting: Bitterfontein

A desktop spatial targeting exercise was undertaken to

determine spatial targeting potential in the Bitterfontein

FPSU catchment. The results of this are reflected in the

table below and illustrated in the map overleaf:

Table 6: Bitterfontein FPSU Spatial Targeting Outcomes

Number of Farms 180

Number of Farms < 40%

CBA

153


CBA (ha) 48735.32




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Figure 13: Bitterfontein FPSU Spatial Targeting


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4.6 Clanwilliam FPSU

The Clanwilliam FPSU is intended to support emerging

farmers that produce vegetables, rooibos tea, essential

oils and meat within its catchment.

To date, no site for the FPSU has been identified.


The following are the focus commodities identified for

the Clanwilliam FPSU:

• Vegetables

• rooibos tea,

• essential oils

• meat (Small stock at Wupperthal, Graafwater)


The following services and support facilities have been

recommended:










• A small vegetable packing (400 m2 ) and cold storage

facility (200 m2)

• Drying and fermentation yard for rooibos tea – 2 000

m2)


• Herbs and essential oil crop cultivation given agro-

climatic conditions (i.e. wetter elevated areas) favouring

certain herbs and oil producing crops (e.g. Cederberg)

with processing at a facility central to both the

Clanwilliam and Citrusdal FPSUs.


• Vegetable production in the Graafwater, Wupperthal

and Algeria areas to include local processing (e.g.

bottling/ preserving of green beans in Wupperthal) to

improve shelf-life, reduce perishability and bulk given

long transport distances over difficult terrain (e.g.

Wupperthal, Algeria) to consumer markets. Local

processed products also to target increasing local

tourism (e.g. 4x4 tourists).

• A handling, storage cooling and processing facility for

harvested herbs and essential oil crops located central

to both the Clanwilliam and Citrusdal FPSUs given their

proximity, together with a nursery for such commodity.

• Drying and fermentation yards for harvested rooibos

tea be considered on-farm or collectively for several

farms within the FPSU catchments to reduce the

transport of “wet” and bulk tea product to a single

facility at the Clanwilliam FPSU, and thereby create

employment and increased farm gate income in the

production areas.


Risks

• Livestock marketing to consider “live selling” in Cape

Town metropolitan area (higher prices) and low local

meat demand not warranting a local abattoir.





performance:


stock selection


12ha/SSU

o Feeding strategy

o Veterinary care

4.6.6 Clanwilliam FPSU Catchment

Area Projects -


implementation in the Clanwilliam FPSU catchment


Table 7: Clanwilliam Priority FPSU Catchment Projects


Year

Budget


and formalisation


• 2. Determine ownership to check municipal by-laws in terms of the land:


Local Municipality

West Coast District

Municipality RD &

LTA

t.b.d Business Plan

Clanwilliam Dam

Increased Capacity

Investigate the implications of the Clanwilliam

Dam Increased capacity:

• Identify production areas that can benefit from additional water

REID, Local

Municipality West

Coast District

Municipality,

WCDoA

t.b.d. Business Plan


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Year

Budget

• Identify appropriate commodities to gear up production within these areas

• Identify the additional bulk irrigation

infrastructure needed to take advantage of the additional capacity

• Target additional production areas for Land

Reform projects and acquisition.

• Identify non-agricultural infrastructure that

may be needed to maximise the benefit from the additional capacity e.g. road upgrades and electrical bulk supply

• Identify upstream and downstream opportunities and constraints


Increase



environmental performance:

NARYSEC/

WCDoA

t.b.d Business Plan



farmers





increasing volumes





Identify emerging

producers


the FPSU catchment



empowerment



of NARYSEC youth






all producers



Feasibility - Handling,

storage cooling and

processing - herbs and

essential oil crops

Undertake a feasibility assessment to determine

the potential to establish a handling, storage

cooling and processing facility for harvested herbs

and essential oil crops

RID t.b.d Business Plan

Rooibos drying facilities Investigate the need for drying and fermentation

yards for harvested rooibos tea be considered on-

farm or collectively for several


TRANCRAA Completion of the TRANCRAA process. –

Assistance to Local Municipality

TRANCRAA t.b.d Business Plan


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4.6.7 Spatial Targeting: Clanwilliam


determine spatial targeting potential in the Clanwilliam



Table 8: Clanwilliam FPSU Spatial Targeting Outcomes

Number of Farms 645



CBA (ha) 96343.35




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Figure 14: Clanwilliam FPSU Spatial Targeting


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4.7 Malmesbury

Malmesbury was not originally identified as a FPSU as

part of the West Coast District Agri-Park but, for

reasons of support coverage and spatial linkages to

areas of high concentration of poverty and emerging

farmer activity, it has been proposed as a future FPSU.

No site has been identified for the FPSU, to date.


The following potential key commodities are put

forward:

• Emerging farmer small-holding and peri-urban small-

scale production of pig, sheep, goats, cattle, poultry and

vegetables.

• Emerging commercial farmer production from existing

and future PLAS projects including grapes, grain

products, pomegranates and olives, as well as larger

commercial-scale intensive livestock and poultry

production (e.g. piggeries, beef cattle feedlots, poultry

farms (i.e. layers and broilers).

• The current development of the area to the south of

Malmesbury as a “poultry belt” together with increasing

development of piggeries and beef feedlots, and similar

agri-development trends in the adjoining City of Cape

Town rural area, provides a positive receiving

environment for emerging farmer establishment,

production and marketing (i.e. metropolitan market

proximity).


Given Malmesbury is an established agri-services and

processing centre (i.e. grain, dairy, wine), FPSU

infrastructure and support services are to align with and

augment existing agricultural infrastructure and

services, with the prototypical facilities and services as

per the Agri-Park Masterplan (e.g. Hopefield) being

endorsed, noting the following:

• Increasing the capacity of both red and white meat

abattoirs (i.e. new or partnership expansion of existing

facilities), especially given entry capacity constraints

being experienced by emerging/ small producers of

poultry (i.e. broilers) and pigs in the Malmesbury area.

• Increasing agri-infrastructure and services demand (e.g.

vegetables and livestock production) from emerging

farmer settlement and agri-production development in

the Swartland Municipality’s identified agriculture

corridor abutting the N2 between Abbotsdale and

Kalbaskraal, as well as the WCG:DoA’s Riverlands and

Pella Projects, and peri-urban agricultural projects

within the municipal commonage and peripheral to

ILingelethu, including piggeries and kraal-based goat/

sheep production and food tunnels (e.g. Food Basket for

Africa, initially part of the Swartland Development

Foundation).

• Aligning FPSU infrastructure and services with current

initiatives and services offered by WCG:DoA office in

Malmesbury (e.g. extension services to farmers, rural

development services/ training offered by the

Goedgedacht Trust, and Agri-SETA training available

through the West Coast TVET College Campus

established in Malmesbury in 2015.

• Provision of (or access to) “starter” production

infrastructure units (poultry houses, piggeries) for small-

holding and peri-urban emerging farmers and

community-based groups.

4.7.3 Malmesbury FPSU Catchment

Area Projects -


implementation in the Malmesbury FPSU catchment


Table 9: Malmesbury Priority FPSU Catchment Projects


Year

Budget


and formalisation




Local Municipality

West Coast District

Municipality RD &

LTA

t.b.d Business Plan

Poultry Belt

Development

Investigate the requirements and needs of

emerging farmers to support the development of

the area to the south of Malmesbury as a “poultry

belt”

NARYSEC/

WCDoA, REID

t.b.d Business Plan


Increase



environmental performance:

NARYSEC/

WCDoA

t.b.d Business Plan


M A R C H 2 0 1 7 Page 28


Year

Budget

Starter production

Infrastructure -

Feasibility

Investigate the provision of / or access to “starter”

production infrastructure units (poultry houses,

piggeries) for small-holding and peri-urban

emerging farmers and community-based groups.

NARYSEC/

WCDoA

t.b.d Business Plan



farmers





increasing volumes


Business plan

preparation

Business plan development and implementation



Identify emerging

producers


the FPSU catchment



empowerment



of NARYSEC youth






all producers



4.7.4 Spatial Targeting: Malmesbury


determine spatial targeting potential in the Malmesbury



Table 10: Malmesbury FPSU Spatial Targeting Outcomes

Number of Farms 1550



CBA (ha) 19189.93




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Figure 15: Malmesbury FPSU Spatial Targeting


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4.8 Citrusdal FPSU

The Citrusdal FPSU serves a catchment area that

includes Elandskloof (25 km) and Piekenierskloof (20

km) and is envisaged to support emerging farmers that

produce vegetables, rooibos tea and meat.

No site for the FPSU has been identified, to date.



provided:








the main production input supply

• facility) – 500 m2.


• A small vegetable packing (400 m2) and cold storage

facility (200 m2)


m2)


The following focus commodities are identified for

Citrusdal:

• Vegetables

• Rooibos tea,

• Meat


• Endorse key commodities as per draft Agri-Park

Masterplan, with small-stock to a limited extent.

• Herb and essential oil crop cultivation.

• Vegetable production type selection to focus on larger

shelf-life, low perishability and low bulk to favour

marketing in the Cape Town metropolitan area, given

limited local consumption.

• Further aquaculture development of off-stream trout

and other species in the Upper Olifants River.


• Consideration of a fruit juice extraction plant (citrus) to

process sub-standard product produced in the Olifants

River Valley orchards, with processing at a processing

facility central to both the Clanwilliam and Citrusdal

FPSUs

• A nursery, handling, storage and cooling facility for

harvested herbs and essential oil crops located central

to both the Clanwilliam and Citrusdal FPSUs, including

essential oil processing, with such facility also used for

the extraction of citrus oils subsequent to juicing of the

product, thereby maximising the all-round use of such

facility. Such facility could also process grape seed oil,

with such seed sourced from Olifants River Valley and

Swartland wineries.





facility at the Citrusdal FPSU, and thereby create


production areas





performance:


stock selection


12ha/SSU

o Feeding strategy

o Veterinary care

4.8.5 Citrusdal FPSU Catchment Area

Projects -


implementation in the Citrusdal FPSU catchment area

during and/or post the 2017/2018 financial year:

Table 11: Citrusdal Priority FPSU Catchment Projects


Year

Budget


and formalisation




Local Municipality

West Coast District

Municipality RD &

LTA

t.b.d Business Plan


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Year

Budget

Aqua-culture feasibility Determine the feasibility to develop additional

aquaculture enterprises of of off-stream trout and

other species in the Upper Olifants River.


Increase poultry

Production

Determine the feasibility to increase poultry

production: Preferably free-range to reduce costs,

including both layer and broiler production,

supplementing the existing emerging farmer

poultry broiler producer enterprise (i.e. Hopefield

Chicken Co-operative) and the existing white

meat abattoir (i.e. Seasons Find Chicken Abattoir)

in Hopefield.



nursery feasibility





NARYSEC/

WCDoA, REID

t.b.d Business Plan

Feasibility - handling,

storage and cooling

facility for harvested

herbs and essential oil

crops


nursery, handling, storage and cooling facility for

harvested herbs and essential oil crops located

central to both the Clanwilliam and Citrusdal

FPSUs, including essential oil processing, with such

facility also used for the extraction of citrus oils

subsequent to juicing of the product, thereby

maximising the all-round use of such facility. Such

facility could also process grape seed oil, with such

seed sourced from Olifants River Valley and

Swartland wineries.

NARYSEC/

WCDoA, REID

t.b.d Business Plan


Increase





stock selection

• Efficient grazing given a stocking rate of

12ha/SSU


• Veterinary care

NARYSEC/

WCDoA

t.b.d Business Plan


support





production.


Olive Oil Feasibility Determine the feasibility to increase olive

production, for culinary olives and oil production,

subject to availability of suitably treated WWTW

water abutting Hopefield

REID, WCDoA,,

Local Municipality

West Coast District

Municipality

t.b.d Business Plan







farmers





increasing volumes






M A R C H 2 0 1 7 Page 32


Year

Budget

Identify emerging

producers


the FPSU catchment



empowerment



of NARYSEC youth






all producers



4.8.6 Spatial Targeting: Citrusdal


determine spatial targeting potential in the Citrusdal



Table 12: Citrusdal FPSU Spatial Targeting Outcomes

Number of Farms 650



CBA (ha) 69672.36




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Figure 16: Citrusdal FPSU Spatial Targeting


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4.9 Piketberg

The Piketberg FPSU serves a catchment area that

includes Wittewater (11 km), Goedverwacht (22 km)

and Eendekuil (33 km)) and is envisaged to support

emerging farmers that produce vegetables, rooibos tea

and meat.


The following services are envisaged:








the main production input supply

• facility) – 500 m2.



facility (200 m2)


m2)


Piketberg FPSU is seen to include the following focus

commodities:

• Vegetables

• rooibos tea,

• meat (mutton and beef).


• Dry-land herbs and essential oil crops on the slopes of

the Piketberg given lower irrigation requirement.

• Cultivation of buchu (essential oil) given Piket-bo-Berg

being the main production area in South Africa.

• Floriculture (i.e. flowers) both in the wild and in

orchards/ growing houses, with such industry well-

established at Piket-bo-Berg and Porterville Mountain

(e.g. Proteas, Pincushions and other flowers).

• Olive cultivation, for culinary olives and oil production,

subject to the availability of suitably treated WWTW

water in areas abutting towns in the catchments.


• A nursery, handling, storage and cooling facility for

harvested herbs, essential oils and buchu at the

Piketberg FPSU, with production volume and distance

dictating on-farm processing within production

communities (e.g. Goedgedacht) or at the Piketberg

FPSU.





facility at the Piketberg FPSU, and thereby create


production areas

• Necessary infrastructure (collection, handling) for

floriculture facilitated by the FPSU.

• Infrastructure (oil-press) for olive oil production possibly

including contract use, partnership or co-operative

usage with existing producers, with product collecting

marketing and distribution assistance through the

FPSU.


Risks

• Consideration of “live selling” of small and large

livestock in the Cape Town metropolitan area or

slaughter at abattoir in Malmesbury.

• Programmes for small-stock farming in the Eendekuil,

Wittewater and Goedgedacht catchment areas. Local

conditions and the dependency on small-stock farming

dictates the following FPSU support programmes and

training to increase small livestock production, animal

health and farm environmental performance:


stock selection


12ha/SSU

o Feeding strategy

o Veterinary care

4.9.6 Piketberg FPSU Catchment Area

Projects -


implementation in the Piketberg FPSU catchment area



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Table 13: Piketberg Priority FPSU Catchment Projects


Year

Budget


and formalisation


• 2. Determine ownership to check municipal

by-laws in terms of the land:


Local Municipality

West Coast District

Municipality RD &

LTA

t.b.d Business Plan

Feasibility floriculture

production increase

Investigate increasing floriculture production (i.e.

flowers) both in the wild and in orchards/ growing

houses, with such industry well-established at

Piket-bo-Berg and Porterville Mountain (e.g.

Proteas, Pincushions and other flowers). Also

investigate the need for collection and handling

infrastructure.


Feasibility production

increase - dry-land herbs

and essential oil crops

Investigate the increased production of dry-land

herbs and essential oil crops on the slopes of the

Piketberg given lower irrigation requirement.



nursery feasibility





NARYSEC/

WCDoA, REID

t.b.d Business Plan

Feasibility - handling,

storage and cooling

facility for harvested

herbs and essential oil

crops


nursery, handling, storage and cooling facility for

harvested herbs and essential oil crops (Including

buchu) including essential oil processing, with such

facility. Production volume and distance dictating

possible on-farm processing within production

communities (e.g. Goedgedacht) or at the

Piketberg FPSU

NARYSEC/

WCDoA, REID

t.b.d Business Plan


Increase (Eendekuil,

Wittewater and

Goedgedacht)





stock selection



• Veterinary care

NARYSEC/

WCDoA

t.b.d Business Plan

Investigate “live selling”

of small and large

livestock in Cape Town

Metro.

Consideration of “live selling” of small and large

livestock in the Cape Town metropolitan area or

slaughter at abattoir in Malmesbury.

REID, WCDoA,,

Local Municipality

West Coast District

Municipality

t.b.d Business Plan




water.

REID, WCDoA,,

Local Municipality

West Coast District

Municipality

t.b.d Business Plan







farmers





increasing volumes



M A R C H 2 0 1 7 Page 36


Year

Budget




Identify emerging

producers


the FPSU catchment



empowerment



of NARYSEC youth






all producers



4.9.7 Spatial Targeting: Piketberg


determine spatial targeting potential in the Piketberg



Table 14: Piketberg FPSU Spatial Targeting Outcomes

Number of Farms 936



CBA (ha) 19665.91




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Figure 17: Piketberg FPSU Spatial Targeting


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4.10 Hopefield FPSU

No FPSU site has been identified to date for Hopefield,

which is seen to serve emerging farmers from existing

and new PLAS projects established within the 30km

catchment that produce vegetables, grapes and meat.



provided at Hopefield FPSU:











facility (200 m2)


The following are noted as focus commodities for the

Hoepfield FPSU catchment:

• Vegetables

• grapes

• meat (mutton and beef).


• Olive production, for culinary olives and oil production,

subject to availability of suitably treated WWTW water

abutting Hopefield.

• Poultry, preferably free-range to reduce costs, including

both layer and broiler production, supplementing the

existing emerging farmer poultry broiler producer

enterprise (i.e. Hopefield Chicken Co-operative) and the

existing white meat abattoir (i.e. Seasons Find Chicken

Abattoir) in Hopefield.


Risks

• Caution that given a “dry” summer and limited

irrigation availability, production of vegetables will be on

a seasonal (winter) basis, unless in areas with

groundwater resources are targeted (e.g.

Portugeesfontein).

• Meat production to consider economies of scale in

order to reduce unit cost/kg and competition in the

nearby Cape Town metropolitan market. Red meat

abattoir at Malmesbury.

• Caution regarding both cattle, pig and sheep feed-lots

given potential groundwater pollution due to sandy soils.


Risks

• Necessary infrastructure to support poultry production

(e.g. collection, receipt and dispatch) and olive

production.

• Programmes for small-stock farming in the Eendekuil,

Wittewater and Goedgedacht catchment areas. Local

conditions and the dependency on small-stock farming

dictates the following FPSU support programmes and

training to increase small livestock production, animal

health and farm environmental performance:

• Appropriate breeding programme and new stock

selection



• Veterinary care

4.10.6 Hopefield FPSU Catchment Area

Projects -


implementation in the Hopefield FPSU catchment area


Table 15: Hopefield Priority FPSU Catchment Projects


Year

Budget


and formalisation




Local Municipality

West Coast District

Municipality RD &

LTA

t.b.d Business Plan

Increase poultry

Production

Determine the feasibility to increase poultry

production: Preferably free-range to reduce costs,

including both layer and broiler production,

supplementing the existing emerging farmer

poultry broiler producer enterprise (i.e. Hopefield

Chicken Co-operative) and the existing white



M A R C H 2 0 1 7 Page 39


Year

Budget

meat abattoir (i.e. Seasons Find Chicken Abattoir)

in Hopefield.


nursery feasibility





NARYSEC/

WCDoA, REID

t.b.d Business Plan


Increase





stock selection



• Veterinary care

NARYSEC/

WCDoA

t.b.d Business Plan


support





production.





water abutting Hopefield

REID, WCDoA,,

Local Municipality

West Coast District

Municipality

t.b.d Business Plan



farmers





increasing volumes


Business plan

preparation

Business plan development and implementation



Identify emerging

producers


the FPSU catchment



empowerment



of NARYSEC youth






all producers




M A R C H 2 0 1 7 Page 40

4.10.7 Spatial Targeting: Hopefield


determine spatial targeting potential in the Hopefield



Table 16: Hopefield FPSU Spatial Targeting Outcomes

Number of Farms 474



CBA (ha) 33871.22




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Figure 18: Hopefield FSU Spatial Targeting


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4.11 Proposed Aqua FPSU’s

Although no Aqua Farmer Production Support

Units have been identified the provisional locations at

Lamberts Bay and Elands Bay have been recommended.

4.11.1 Elandsbaai

No site has been identified in Elandsbaai yet. It is

suggested that this could be sought municipal land as

part of the existing Cederberg Fishing Infrastructure

Development and Management Project currently in

progress, with the FPSU catchment area encompassing

Lambertsbaai (31 km) and Doringbaai to support fisher

folk that catch cray fish and fish (snoek).



provided:

• Small Cray fish and fish handling and processing facilty

with cray fish revival tanks, cooling,

• freezing, drying and packing, receipt and dispatch of

produce from the catchment areas – 500 m2.




• Existing adequate slipway, access control and boat

handling and boat storage facilities.

4.11.3 Lambertsbaai

No site has been identified yet.



provided:

• Small Cray fish and fish handling and processing facility

with cray fish revival tanks, cooling,

• freezing, drying and packing, receipt and dispatch of

produce from the catchment areas – 500 m2.




• Existing deep-sea access harbour at Lambert’s Bay

4.12 RUMC (Rural Urban Market

Centre) – Stellenbosch

The site for the West Coast RUMC has not been

confirmed. It is however proposed that the West

Coast, Cape Winelands and Overberg District

Municipalities should seriously consider a shared Rural

Urban Market Centre at Stellenbosch. This will not only

save on development and operational costs, but it will

also create economy of scale and bargaining muscle in

negotiations with local and overseas buyers.

Stellenbosch is also situated very close to Cape Town,

the main urban and export centre and is very close to

all the major routes into Cape Town as indicated on

the map below:

• N7 – Vredendal to Cape Town

• N1 – Ceres to Cape Town

• N2 – Bredasdorp to Cape Town

Stellenbosch as a shared RUMC has further advantages,

namely: It is close to support, educational institutions,

extension and research structures such as the

University of Stellenbosch, Elsenburg College, the

Agricultural Research Counsel, the Provincial

Department of Agriculture and Nietvoorbij

Figure 19: Stellenbosch RUMC Linkages


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Figure 20: West Coast Agri-Park DRDLR Projects (2017/18)


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