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Overberg District: Rural Development Plan

Integrated Development Planning Summary (2017/2018)

March 2017

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O V E R B E R G D I S T R I C T R U R A L D E V E L O P M E N T P L A N

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Overberg 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

Document Purpose

This document serves as a concise summary of the Overberg District Rural Development Plan (Overberg 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

LM’s, DM’s and other sector departments to invest in a coordinated manner to best enable the development and functioning

of the Agri-Park

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This Report for the Overberg District Rural Development Plan has been compiled by the Department of Rural Development & Land Reform, under the direction of the Overberg 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 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

DOA Department of Agriculture

DLG Department of Local Government

DRDLR Department of Rural Development and Land Reform

DRDP District Rural Development Plan

EMPO Enterprise Project Management Office

FPL Food Poverty Line

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

PGDS Provincial Growth and Development Strategy

PLAS Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy

Abbreviation Description PSC Project Steering Committee

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

SDF Spatial Development Framework

SA Small Area

SLAG Settlement Land Acquisition Grant

SOYD Social Organisation and Youth Development

SPLUMA Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act

SPLUM Spatial Planning and Land Use Management

UBPL Upper Boundary Poverty Line

STATSSA Statistics South Africa

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


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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

“Agri” versus

“Agro”

The prefix “agri” is commonly used interchangeably with the

prefix “agro”. They both mean the same: of or connected to

the activities related to the practice of agriculture. In this sense,

agri-processing is the same as agro-processing etc.

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.

Term Used Description

• 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”.

Small Area Small area statistics are an electronic product produced by SATS

SA, which is the only product to be provided to users who

request data at a level lower (i.e. smaller geographic area) than

sub-place name. The product is based on a small area layer (SAL)

that was created by combining all EAs with a population of less

than 500 with adjacent EAs within the same sub-place. This is

the smallest geographic level at which household income is made

available to the public.


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Contents

TERMS & ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................. II

GLOSSARY ......................................................................................................... III

CONTENTS ....................................................................................................... IV

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

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

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

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

1.4 OVERBERG DISTRICT AGRI-PARK VISION ........................................................................3

1.5 OVERBERG AGRI-PARK COMPONENTS ............................................................................4

2. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ....................................................... 5

2.1 AGRI-PARK INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE AT PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT LEVELS

5

2.2 PROVINCIAL APPROACH TO COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND PARTNERSHIPS ......5

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

3.2 AGRI-HUB: BREDASDORP ................................................................................................ 11

3.3 SUURBRAAK FPSU ............................................................................................................ 12

3.4 HERMANUS – AQUA FPSU ............................................................................................. 16

3.5 ARNISTON AQUA-FPSU ................................................................................................. 17

3.6 STRUISBAAI AQUA-FPSU ................................................................................................. 19

3.7 GRABOUW FPSU ............................................................................................................. 20

3.8 VILLIERSDORP FPSU ......................................................................................................... 23

3.9 GENADENDAL FPSU ........................................................................................................ 26

3.10 RUMC (RURAL AND URBAN MARKET CENTRE) ......................................................... 29

3.11 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PROJECTS .................................................................. 30

Figures Figure 1: Overberg District ................................................................................................................2

Figure 2: Agri-Park Components.......................................................................................................4

Figure 3: WCG Provincial-Municipal Planning and Budgeting Engagement Cycle ................6

Figure 4: FPSU Prioritisation ..............................................................................................................9

Figure 5: Overberg Agri-Park Composite Map .......................................................................... 10

Figure 6: Preliminary Hub Location ............................................................................................... 11

Figure 7: Agri-Hub Catchment ....................................................................................................... 11

Figure 8: Preliminary Site 1 - Industrial ........................................................................................ 12

Figure 9: Preliminary Site 2 - Erf 309 ............................................................................................ 13

Figure 10: Suurbraak Spatial Targeting ......................................................................................... 15

Figure 11: Preliminary FPSU Site - Hermanus ............................................................................ 16

Figure 12: Proposed Arniston FPSU Site ..................................................................................... 17

Figure 13:Proposed Struisbaai FPSU Site ..................................................................................... 19

Figure 14: Grabouw Spatial Targeting ........................................................................................... 22

Figure 15: Villiersdorp Spatial Targeting....................................................................................... 25

Figure 16: Genadendal Spatial Targeting ...................................................................................... 28

Figure 17: DRDLR Projects (17/18) - Overberg ........................................................................ 32

Tables

Table 1: Agri-Park Institutional Structure ....................................................................................... 7

Table 2: Suurbraak FPSU Projects (17/18) .................................................................................. 14

Table 3: Spatial Targeting Outcomes – Suurbraak .................................................................... 14

Table 4: Hermanus FPSU Projects (17/18) .................................................................................. 17

Table 5: Arniston FPSU Projects (17/18) ..................................................................................... 18

Table 6: Struisbaai FPSU Projects (17/18) ................................................................................... 20

Table 7: Spatial Targeting Outcomes – Grabouw ..................................................................... 21

Table 8:: Grabouw FPSU Projects ................................................................................................. 21

Table 9:: Villiersdorp FPSU Projects ............................................................................................. 24

Table 10: Spatial Targeting Outcomes – Villiersdorp ............................................................... 24

Table 11:: Genadendal FPSU Projects ........................................................................................... 27

Table 12: Spatial Targeting Outcomes – Genadendal ............................................................... 27

Table 13: CASIDRA Projects .......................................................................................................... 30

Table 14: Ilima Projects .................................................................................................................... 31

Table 15: CASP Projects .................................................................................................................. 30


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1. Introduction

This document serves as a concise summary of the Overberg District

Rural Development Plan (Overberg 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 local and district municipalities as well as other

sector departments to enable the development and functioning of the

Agri-parks through coordinated investment.

1.1 Strategic Objectives

The Strategic Objectives of an Agri-park are to:

• Establish Agri-parks in all South Africa’s District Municipalities that will kick start the Rural

Economic Transformation;

• 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 the majority of 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

1.2 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 takes place.

• Agri-parks must be supported by government (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 the Agriculture Policy and Action Plan(APAP).

• Maximise benefit to existing state land with agricultural potential in the provinces, where

possible.

• Maximise access to markets by 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 agro-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 past 10 years and promote rural

urban linkages

1.3 Agri-Park Definition

An Agripark (AP) is a networked innovation system (Not only physical buildings located in

single locations) of agro-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 rural economic

transformation (RETM). The Agri-Park will comprise of three basic units:

• The Farmer Production Support Unit (FPSU). The FPSU is a rural outreach unit

connected with the Agri-hub. The FPSU does primary collection, some storage, some

processing for the local market, and extension services including mechanisation.

• Agri-Hub Unit (AH). The AH is a production, equipment hire, processing, packaging,

logistics and training (demonstration) unit.

• The Rural Urban Market Centre Unit (RUMC). The RUMC has three main purposes;

o Linking 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: Overberg District


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1.4 Overberg District Agri-Park Vision

1.4.1 Overberg District Agri-Park Vision

The Overberg DM Agri-Park will be a catalyst for rural economic development

/ industrialisation ensuring development and growth to improve the lives of all

communities in the district.

1.4.2 Overberg District Agri-Park Mission Statement

To transform and modernise rural areas and small towns in the Overberg DM

through the development of the Agricultural sector over the next 10 years.

The Vision and Mission are translated into six objectives;

Objective One

To transform and modernise rural areas and small towns in the Overberg DM through the

development of the Agricultural sector over the next 10 years.

Objective Two

To develop integrated and networked Agri-Park Infrastructure over the next 10 years.

Objective Three

To facilitate the establishment and implementation of a sustainable Agri-Park governance and

management model over the next 3 years.

Objective Four

To facilitate funding, and investment for the development of the Agri-Park over the next 5

years.

Objective Five

To provide technical support and extension services to Agri-Park beneficiaries over the next

10 years and beyond.

Objective Six

To enhance the capacity and capability of officials responsible for the implementation of the

Agri- Parks over the next 3 years.


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1.5 Overberg Agri-Park Components

The figure below sets out the planned locations of the Overberg Agri-Park components.

Figure 2: Agri-Park Components


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2. 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 Overberg district

as well as neighbouring districts, 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 this effort to

manage relationships is to obtain clarity and mutual understanding amongst partner

organisation of respective roles and responsibilities.

2.1 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 are currently the PAPOTT and the DAPOTT;

• From a planning and project implementation perspective, the most important structure in

each district is currently 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 locally

focussed state expenditure (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.

2.2 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 relation to the above: -

• 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 mainstreaming 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

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for oversight and project implementation in designated CRDP nodes and could play a useful

role in feeding in ideas and 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 for short-term actioning:

• 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 for comment 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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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

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

Council (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.

Table 1: Agri-Park Institutional Structure


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3. 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. These catchments have been identified

based on a 30km distance along the existing road network and will enable various role-

players to target suitable strategic land for production support as well as land reform

purposes.

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 LM’s, DM’s and other sector departments to invest in a coordinated manner to

best enable the development and functioning of the Agri-Park.

3.1 FPSU Catchment

To give effect to the production bias of the FPSU, catchments surrounding these sites were

created. The 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 two km to ensure ease of access to an existing road. These

catchments then form the focus of land reform targeting and infrastructure and production

investment.

3.2 Land Reform Targeting

Within the FPSU’s 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 1km from roads)

• Vacant state owned land

• Currently used for agriculture (livestock or cultivation)

• Critical Biodiversity Area (CBA) Impact - As a percentage of the land parcel covered by a

combination of the following CBA layers:

o CBA

o CBA Degraded

o Protected Area

• Proximity to current and past DRDLR projects

3.3 FPSU Site Identification

It is imperative that together with the Local Municipality, the specific site for the

implementation of the FPSU infrastructure 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

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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) three alternative FPSU sites prior

to proceeding with the formal land use planning authorisations.

• Title Deed description and obtain a 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 and 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.

• Determine whether the topography would inhibit development

• Existing structures on site – Would these be usable for the intended purpose either 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?

3.4 Production Focused

In general terms, it is noted that the level of production by the emerging farmers within most

of the FPSUs is too low to warrant the development of fully functional FPSU infrastructure.

This matter will be addressed by:

• Enabling modular construction and implementation of 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.

3.5 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 skillset associated with

the agro-processing opportunities and farming enterprises connected with each FPSU.

3.6 FPSU Prioritisation

The DRDLR has prioritised Agri-park implementation in Suurbraak, Hermanus,

Arniston and Struisbaai for the 2017/2018 financial year. Here the focus will be on the

establishment of the necessary Farmer Production Support (FPSU) Infrastructure as well as

support to emerging farmers, fisherfolk and the local community within the FPSU catchments.

Given the fact that these prioritised FPSU’s are in the eastern half of the district it is proposed

that the FPSU’s at Grabouw and Villiersdorp be prioritised for implementation in the

following year. These will enable the Agri-Park to accommodate opportunities from the

Ruens-West, Breede and Grabouw-Villiersdorp-Franshoek Agro-Climatic Zones.

Figure 4: FPSU Prioritisation

3.7 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 on Figure 5. The priority components of the Overberg Agri-Park are addressed in

more detail in the sections to follow.


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Figure 5: Overberg Agri-Park Composite Map


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3.8 Agri-Hub: Bredasdorp

The Master Business Plan has identified Bredasdorp in the Overberg LM as the site for the

District’s Agri-Hub.

3.8.1 Site Identification

A preliminary site (Erf 1148 Bredasdorp) has been identified for the Agri-Hub. It is situated

to the East of the town on land owned by the Local Municipality. It is close to a feedlot,

vegetable tunnel project, has good access from the R319 route and is close to municipal

land, which is available for farming and leisure activities. Indications are that bulk

infrastructure (water and electricity) is available.

Figure 6: Preliminary Hub Location

This Agri-Hub will support the feeder Farmer Production Support Units and the fisher folk

from Arniston (28 km) and Struisbaai (39 km).

3.8.2 Hub Catchment

The Agri-Park implementation guidelines require that in sparsely populated districts, such

as Overberg, the catchment needs to be 120km. (Refer to Figure 7) The shape of the district

has unfortunately resulted in FPSU’s, being at or beyond the 120km ideal distance from the

Hub. This is further reinforced by the functional region linkages, which indicate that

Bredasdorp falls on the border between the Hermanus and Mossel Bay Economic

Functional Regions. The western FPSU’s may therefore have better economic linkages to

the Cape Metro as well as to the agri-centres of Paarl and Ceres, while the eastern FPSU

may have better linkages with Heidelberg and Mossel Bay.

Figure 7: Agri-Hub Catchment


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These cross-district linkages will need to be considered when designing the FPSU’s and

highlight the need for inter District co-ordination and integration.

3.8.3 Agri-Hub Implementation

The Agri-Hub is anticipated to, subject to detailed feasibility studies, include the following

facilities and support services:

• Possible shares in the local Abattoir which needs to expand capacity linked to irrigated

pastures (10 to 20 ha) to round off animals for the premium meat market. The abattoir

should further be linked to the upgrade of the local waste water plant to deliver water of

irrigation standard to be used on land made available by the local municipality to establish

irrigated pastures for small farmers. The abattoir will receive stock from the Napier,

Genadendal and Suurbraak FPSU’s.

• 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 the Napier, Genadendal and Suurbraak FPSU’s

• 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:

o Cattle, sheep, goats and pigs to go directly to the abattoir or to the pastures

for rounding off.

o Vegetables from FPSU’s at Napier, Genadendal and Suurbraak to go to

the packing and cooling facilty.

o Lucerne from FPSU’s at Napier, Genadendal and Suurbraak to go to

market and the feed production plant on site.

o Flowers / proteas from the FPSU’s at Napier, Genadendal and Suurbraak

to go to market.

o Honey bush tea (berg tee) from the Suurbraak FPSU.

o Small packing and cooling facility for vegetables to handle about 200 tons

of vegetables per month.

o Fish Intake, storage (coldroom – approximately 200 m²) and dispatch

facility for fish from the Arniston and Struisbaai FPSU’s – Total area

required 500 m².

• 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

(Including a shop) to purchase production inputs like fertilizer, chemicals, seed irrigation

equipment, small tools, etc.).

• Main mechanization centre and equipment servicing and repair centre with a shed of 500

m² and yard of 2000 m²to 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.

• Market information centre with shared offices at the training centre

3.9 Suurbraak FPSU

Two sites have been identified for possible utilisation as the Suurbraak FPSU. Refer to

Figure 8 and Figure 9.

Figure 8: Preliminary Site 1 - Industrial


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Both sites need to be subjected to detailed feasibility studies prior to formalisation

processes being followed. It should also be confirmed whether Erf 309 will be large enough

to accommodate future land use and activity envisaged for the FPSU.

Figure 9: Preliminary Site 2 - Erf 309

3.9.1 Focus Commodities

The following focus commodities (irrigation/water availability permitting) currently

represent the most favourable opportunities for emerging farmer production in Suurbraak:

• Vegetables

• Rooibos tea

• Meat

• Berry production (e.g. Blueberries), including individual and community-based contract

growers to larger export growers.

• Development of the local honey bush tea industry, with emerging farmers as contract

growers.

• Promotion of low intensity management crops, for example lucerne, given the close

proximity of the N1 for transport to the metropolitan area (e.g. horse market).

• Promote organic vegetable production as well as free-range poultry to increase captive

market.

3.9.2 Production and Processing Services

It is anticipated that, subject to the necessary production levels, the following production

and processing services will be provided in Suurbraak:

• Small Produce handling (300 m²) and coldroom (100 m²) facility – receipt and dispatch

of produce from the catchment areas (mainly animals, vegetables, lucerne, berries and

honey bush tea).

• Mechanization and repair centre – 400 m².

• Collection services linked to the mechanization centre

• Local market facility to sell produce– 200 m².

• FPSU production input supply facility (a local branch of the main production input supply

facility) – 500 m².

• Drying and fermentation yard for honey bush tea – 2 000 m²

• Small meeting and internet facility – 100 m².

• Avoid duplication of infrastructure available in Swellendam, given potential opportunity for

leased use thereof by the Suurbrak FPSU.

• Provide on-farm drying and fermentation yards for processing of harvested honey bush tea

to avoid transport cost of “wet” and bulk tea to a central facility.

• Livestock selling to consider “live selling” in Cape Town metropolitan area (e.g. higher

prices), given low local meat demand.

• Upgraded and/ or new infrastructure to accommodate intensive livestock and poultry

production

• Agri-processing of berries and vegetables to increase shelf-life and transportability, and

provide product diversification (e.g. berry jam, berry juice), with marketing through a local

farmers’ market/ farmstall linked to the N2 tourism route.

• Use of waste-stream/ by-products (e.g. cheese whey from Bonnievale/Riversdale) to

support piggeries


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3.9.3 Suurbraak FPSU Projects

The following projects have been identified by the DRDLR for implementation during the

2017/2018 financial year:

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

REID 2017/2018 Business Plan to

Determine

Budget

Marketing Institution Establishment of a marketing

institution to service all fruit

producers

REID/WCDoA 2017/2018 Business Plan to

Determine

Budget

Capacity Building and

Training for emerging

farmers

SEDA for institutional

building and business training

for farmers

REID 2017/2018 Business Plan

to Determine

Budget

Establishment of a

Mechanisation shed

Mechanisation Centre: RID 2017/2018 R 2 500 000,00

Business Plan

to Determine

Budget


empowerment of

Women

Active involvement of rural

women

REID & Women,

children and

people with

disability

2017/2018 Business Plan

to Determine

Budget

Recruitment and

training of

NARYSEC youth

1.Recruitment of

unemployment youth.

2. Skills training.

3. Deployment to community

service

NARYSEC 2017/2018 Business Plan

to Determine

Budget

Table 2: Suurbraak FPSU Projects (17/18)

3.9.4 Spatial Targeting

The outcome of the desktop spatial targeting process is reflected in the table below.

Targeting Outcomes

Number of Farms 603

Number of Farms < 40% CBA Coverage 471

Total area (ha) 129418

Total CBA Coverage (ha) 51942

Total Cultivation Area (ha) 46356

Total Livestock Area (ha) 66243

Table 3: Spatial Targeting Outcomes – Suurbraak


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Figure 10: Suurbraak Spatial Targeting


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3.10 Hermanus – Aqua FPSU

A portion of Erf 248 Hermanus (Back-of-Port) has been preliminarily identified as a potential

site for the establishment of the FPSU infrastructure. The formal land availability agreements

and necessary planning procedures have not been concluded. Refer to Figure 11.

Figure 11: Preliminary FPSU Site - Hermanus


The Hermanus Aqua Farmer Production Support Unit will support fisher folk that catch wild

abalone and fish.

3.10.2 Processing Opportunities

Once at sufficient production levels, the FPSU may include a multipurpose handling facility

through phased modular expansion and increased functionality to maximise year-round use.

These may include the following:

• Small abalone and fish handling and processing facility with cooling, freezing, drying and

packing, dispatch of produce to processing facilities and the RUMC – 500 m².

• Local market facility to sell produce locally – 50 m².


3.10.3 Tourism and other Opportunities

Individual and community-based enterprises to take up incentivised investment opportunity

arising from the following:

• Revitalising of the harbour (i.e. improved access to land and infrastructure) through the

Operation Phakisa port revitalisation programme.

• The Hermanus harbour being reserved for marine tourism purposes (i.e. fishing fleet being

relocated to Gansbaai harbour), with increased opportunities for marine eco-and adventure

tourism (e.g. boat-based whale and dolphin watching, charter fishing, kayak trips, diving,

etc.) and support services (e.g. restaurants, seafood retail outlets).

3.10.4 Hermanus FPSU Projects -

The following projects have been identified for implementation during the 2017/2018

financial year:

Project Name Project Description Branch Budget Year Budget

FPSU Site

Identification and

formalisation


2. Determine

ownership to check

municipal by-laws in

terms of the land:



Determine Budget


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Project Name Project Description Branch Budget Year Budget

Marketing

Institution

Establishment of a

marketing institution to

service all fruit

producers


Determine Budget

Capacity Building

and Training for

emerging

farmers/Fsiher Folk


building and business

training for farmers


Determine Budget

Hermanus: Cooling

Facility and

Marketing Area

Establishment of a

Cooling Facility and

Marketing Area

RID 2017/2018 R 2 500 000,00

Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Capacity Building

and empowerment

of Women

Active involvement of

rural women

REID &

Women,

children and

people with

disability

2017/2018 Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Recruitment and

training of

NARYSEC youth

1.Recruitment of

unemployment youth.

2. Skills training.

3. Deployment to

community service

NARYSEC 2017/2018 Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Table 4: Hermanus FPSU Projects (17/18)

3.11 Arniston Aqua-FPSU

A portion of a road reserve Between Erven 409, 758 and 172 has been identified as the

potential site for the establishment of the Arniston FPSU infrastructure. The formal land

availability agreements and necessary planning procedures have not been concluded.

Figure 12: Proposed Arniston FPSU Site

3.11.1 Focus and other Commodities

The Arniston Aqua Farmer Production Support Unit will support fisher folk that catch wild

abalone and fish. Additional opportunities include:

• Restaurants

• Marine eco-and adventure-tourism

• Charter fishing, especially game fishing.


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The opportunity exists for Individual and community-based enterprises to take up

incentivised investment opportunity arising from the following:

• Revitalising of the harbours at Struisbaai and Arniston, and the boat landing slip at

Buffeljachtsbaai (i.e. improved access to land and infrastructure) through the Operation

Phakisa port revitalisation programme.

• Harvested wild abalone and fish handling, local market and management facilities to target

prioritisation and funding from DAFF’s Operation Phakisa: Ocean Economy initiative.

• Putting in place infrastructure to facilitate a community-based waterfront tourist precinct

(e.g. “Harbour Wall” located on Quay 4 of Mosselbay Harbour).

3.11.2 Arniston FPSU Projects

The following projects have been identified for implementation during the 2017/2018

financial year:

Name Project Description Branch Budget

Year

Budget

FPSU Site

Identification

and

formalisation




terms of the land:



Determine Budget

Marketing

Institution

Establishment of a marketing


producers


Determine Budget

Capacity

Building and

Training for

emerging

farmers/Fsiher

Folk

SEDA for institutional building

and business training for

farmers


Determine Budget

Name Project Description Branch Budget

Year

Budget

Arniston

Handling and

Cooling Facility

and Marketing

Area

Establishment of a Cooling

Facility and Marketing Area

RID 2017/2018 R 2 500 000,00

Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Capacity

Building and

empowerment

of Women


women

REID &

Women,

children and

people with

disability


Determine Budget

Recruitment

and training of

NARYSEC

youth

1.Recruitment of

unemployment youth.

2. Skills training.


service


Determine Budget

Arniston

Mechanisation

– Boat

Handling

Provision of equipment to

enable efficient and safe boat

handling

RID 2017/2018 R 2 500 000,00

Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Aniston -

Upgrading of

the Slipway

Arnistion - Upgrading of the

Slipway

RID 2017/2018 R 2 500 000,00

Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Table 5: Arniston FPSU Projects (17/18)


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3.12 Struisbaai Aqua-FPSU

An unregistered portion of land south of the existing harbour and adjacent to Erf 848

Struisbaai has been identified as the potential site for the establishment of the Struisbaai FPSU

infrastructure. The formal land availability agreements and necessary planning procedures

have not been concluded.

Figure 13:Proposed Struisbaai FPSU Site

3.12.1 Focus and other Commodities

The Struisbaai Aqua Farmer Production Support Unit will support fisher folk that catch wild

abalone and fish. Additional opportunities include:

• Restaurants

• Marine eco-and adventure-tourism

• Charter fishing, especially game fishing.

The opportunity exists for individual and community-based enterprises to take up

incentivised investment opportunity arising from the following:

• Revitalising of the harbour at Struisbaai through the Operation Phakisa port revitalisation

programme.

• Harvested wild abalone and fish handling, local market and management facilities to target

prioritisation and funding from DAFF’s Operation Phakisa: Ocean Economy initiative.

• Putting in place infrastructure to facilitate a community-based waterfront tourist precinct

(e.g. “Harbour Wall” located on Quay 4 of Mosselbay Harbour).

3.12.2 FPSU Infrastructure

Subject to the presence of sufficient production volumes this SPSU may include the following

facilities:

• Small fish handling and processing facilty with cooling, freezing, drying and packing, receipt

and dispatch facilities of fish – 500 m².

• Boat and engine repair centre – 200 m².



• Adequate slipway, access control and boat handling and storage facilities.


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3.12.3 Struisbaai FPSU Projects

The following projects have been identified for implementation during the 2017/2018 financial

year:

Name Project

Description

Branch Budget

Year

Budget

FPSU Site

Identification

and

formalisation


2. Determine ownership

to check municipal by-

laws in terms of the land:



Determine Budget

Marketing

Institution

Establishment of a

marketing institution to

service all fruit producers


Determine Budget

Capacity

Building and

Training for

emerging

farmers/Fsiher

Folk


building and business

training for farmers


Determine Budget

Arniston

Handling and :

Cooling Facility

and Marketing

Area

Establishment of a

Cooling Facility and

Marketing Area

RID 17/18 R 2 500 000,00

Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Capacity

Building and

empowerment

of Women

Active involvement of

rural women

REID & Women,

children and people

with disability


Determine Budget

Recruitment and

training of

NARYSEC

youth

1.Recruitment of

unemployment youth.

2. Skills training.

3. Deployment to

community service


Determine Budget

Struisbaai

Mechanisation –

Boat Handling

Provision of equipment to

enable efficient boat

handling

RID 17/18 R 2 500 000,00

Name Project

Description

Branch Budget

Year

Budget

Struisbaai -

Upgrading of the

Slipway

Struisbaai - Upgrading of

the Slipway

RID 17/18 R 2 500 000,00

Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Table 6: Struisbaai FPSU Projects (17/18)

3.13 Grabouw FPSU

No site has been identified for the establishment of the Grabouw FPSU.


The following focus commodities (irrigation/water availability permitting) currently represent

the most favourable opportunities for emerging farmer production in Grabouw:

• Emerging small-holding and peri-urban small-scale production of pigs, sheep, goats, cattle,

vegetables and flowers (including wild harvesting and cultivation of fynbos products).

• Emerging commercial farmer production from existing and future PLAS projects including

grapes, olives, apples, berries, pears and plums, as well as commercial-scale intensive

livestock and poultry production (e.g. piggeries, beef cattle feedlots and poultry farms i.e.

broiler and layers, both battery housed and free-range), with the metropolitan market

proximity favouring such livestock and poultry production.

• Value-adding to existing agri-by-products and waste-streams in the fruit and wine industry,

offering opportunities for fruit juice manufacturing/ bottling (e.g. apple, pear, plum, berry,

etc.) from 3rd grade fruit, retailing of 3rd grade fruit, oil and mineral extraction from skins

and pips (e.g. grape pressing, juiced fruit) and pig feed and compost from fruit-waste.


The dominance of the grape and fruit industry necessitates alignment of the FPSU

infrastructure and support services with existing commercial enterprises and support for the

following existing and emerging commodities:

• Floriculture including roses and other cut and ornamental flowers, with emerging farmers

and community-based groups well suited as “contract” or “out-growers” subject to the

necessary access to infrastructure (e.g. shade structures, irrigation, access to plant material,

etc.), with further opportunity in the cultivation and wild harvesting of fynbos.


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• Berry growing similar to floriculture, is well suited to emerging farmer “contract” or “out-

growers” subject to the necessary production inputs.

• Access to use of a multi-purpose FPSU juicing/ pip and skin processing facility at which

individuals or community-based groups can further process agri-by products and waste-

streams, including processing, bottling, packaging of all products (e.g. juice, pip and skin

extracts, animal feed, etc.). Marketing of certain products (e.g. fruit juice) could supply State

feeding-schemes (e.g. schools, hospitals, institutions).

• Putting in place and/ or facilitating access to piggeries and kraal/ feedlot-based production

systems, including grazing areas, for peri-urban, smallholding and commercial farm-scale

livestock production (i.e. pigs, goats, sheep, cattle), as well as poultry houses for battery

production and free-range broiler and layer production for back-yard urban, peri-urban,

smallholding and commercial farm-scale poultry production. Such demand in Grabouw and

environs arises from the following:

• Significant numbers of cattle, sheep and goats being housed in make-shift cattle-kraals

abutting urban/ rural settlements, with such agri-practice posing environmental risks to the

settlement communities, having livestock roaming in the public areas, and posing a threat

to road user safety on nearby main roads.

• The role of kraal-based goat/ sheep/ pig farming and backyard-chicken production in

community food security.

• Co-use of the existing white meat abattoir at Grabouw or development of an additional

facility in the event of restricted access due to capacity.

• Establishment of a red meat abattoir in Grabouw to reduce/ eliminate backyard and “bush”

slaughtering of livestock.

• Facility infrastructure to bring Grabouw into the tourist grid given its location on the N2 (e.g.

farmers’ market, farmstays, eco-and adventure tours, MTB and hiking).


The outcome of the desktop spatial targeting process is reflected in Table 7.

Targeting Outcomes

Number of Farms 2495






Table 7: Spatial Targeting Outcomes – Grabouw

3.13.4 Grabouw FPSU Projects

The following projects have been identified by the DRDLR for implementation:

Project Name Project Description Branch Budget Yr Budget

FPSU Site Identification

and formalisation




terms of the land:


REID tbd Business Plan to

Determine Budget



producers

REID/

WCDoA

tbd Business Plan to

Determine Budget



farmers



for farmers


Determine Budget

Mechanisation shed Mechanisation Centre: RID tbd R 2 500 000,00


empowerment men


women


Determine Budget

Recruitment and

training of NARYSEC

youth

1.Recruitment of

unemployment youth.

2. Skills training.

3.Deployment to

community service

NARYSEC tbd Business Plan to

Determine Budget

Table 8:: Grabouw FPSU Projects


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Figure 14: Grabouw Spatial Targeting


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3.14 Villiersdorp FPSU

No site has been identified for the establishment of the Villiersdorp FPSU.


The Villiersdorp area has witnessed significant commodity transformation in the past 10-15

years, with traditional viticulture production and small-grain cultivation/ small-stock grazing

being augmented by diversification of fruit production (incl. apples, pears, peaches, plums,

apricots, berries, pomegranate and olives, as well as vegetables, flowers and livestock (e.g.

Alpacas).) Such diversification manifests in the following production areas:

• Fruit and vegetables north, east and south of Villiersdorp, with Vyeboom in the south-west

being notable.

• Viticulture (i.e. wine grapes) north of Rooihoogte and extending into the Stettyn and

Modderrivier areas.

• Small-grain and small-livestock production to the south (Riviersonderend River).

Such agricultural development is also resulting in numerous land reform initiatives and the

establishment of emerging farmers, including:

• LRAD Uitvlught Farming Trust (export fruit), and HORTGRO new orchards on Farm

Vredelust.

• BEE orchards at Arieskraal and Farm Cortin (Vyeboom), and Farm Kaapschon.

• Two-A-Day empowerment projects/ equity schemes at Lakeview (Villiersdorp) and Elands

River near Kaaimansgat.

• Klipfontein Trust at Vyeboom.

• Community projects on the Theewaterskloof and Boskloof Farms in the Villiersdorp area.

• Flower cultivation at the Deennebos Farm (Vyeboom).

The Villiersdorp environs comprise some of the most intensely farmed land in South

Africa, with the following commodities (irrigation/water availability permitting)

presenting the most favourable opportunities for emerging farmer production:

• Fynbos/Flowers (Proteas, Roses and other cut-flower production)

• Pome and Stone Fruit, together with olives and pomegranates

• Viticulture

• Berries

• Emerging small-holding and peri-urban small-scale production of pigs, sheep, goats, cattle,

vegetables and flowers (including wild harvesting and cultivation of fynbos products).

• Emerging commercial farmer production from existing and future PLAS projects including

grapes, olives, apples, berries, pears, peaches and plums, as well as commercial-scale

intensive livestock and poultry production (e.g. piggeries, beef cattle feedlots and poultry

farms i.e. broiler and layers, both battery housed and free-range), with the Cape Town

metropolitan market proximity favouring such livestock and poultry production.

• Value-adding to existing agri-by-products and waste-streams in the fruit and wine industry:

fruit juice manufacturing/ bottling (e.g. apple, pear, plum, berry, etc.) from 3rd grade fruit,

retailing of 3rd grade fruit, oil and mineral extraction from skins and pips (e.g. grape-seed

(pip) pressing, juiced fruit) and pig feed and compost from fruit-waste.


The high development has resulted in significant agri-processing services being present in

Villiersdorp, particularly in the fruit and wine industry, with packsheds and co-operatives in

Villiersdorp and Vyeboom, wineries to the north of the town and numerous fruit transport

and export/ marketing service. The Villiersdorp FPSU, agri-production, processing and

support services should augment existing formal agri-sector facilities/services as well as

potentially providing the following production and processing facilities/ services;

• Small produce handling (300 m²) and cold-room (100 m²) facility; receipt and dispatch

of produce from the catchment areas (mainly animals, vegetables, lucerne, berries and

honey bush tea).

• Mechanization and repair centre; 400 m².


• 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.

• A small vegetable packing and cold storage facility; 200 m².

• Small meeting and internet facility; 100 m².

Furthermore, several support initiatives are in place given that Villiersdorp is one of the 15

Rural Nodes selected for development in the Western Cape in terms of the National

Comprehensive Rural Development Programme.


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The current diversification of agri-production and the demand for emerging farmer

establishment in the Villiersdorp area should consider the following agri-services,

production infrastructure and support services for such farmers:

• Floriculture including roses and other cut and ornamental flowers, with emerging farmers

and community-based groups well suited as “contract” or “out-growers” subject to the

necessary access to infrastructure (e.g. shade structures, irrigation, access to plant

material, etc.), with further opportunity in the cultivation and wild harvesting of fynbos.

• Berry growing, similar to floriculture, is well suited to emerging farmer “contract” or “out-

growers” subject to the necessary production inputs.

• Access to use of a multi-purpose FPSU fruit juicing/ seed (pip) and skin processing facility

at which individuals or community-based groups can further process agri-by products and

waste-streams, with such facility including processing, bottling, packaging of all products

(e.g. juice, seed and skin extracts, animal feed, etc.). Marketing of certain products (e.g.

fruit juice) could supply State feeding-schemes (e.g. schools, hospitals, institutions).

• Putting in place and/ or facilitating access to piggeries and kraal/ feedlot-based production

systems (including grazing areas), for peri-urban, smallholding and commercial farm-scale

livestock production (i.e. pigs, goats, sheep, cattle), as well as poultry houses for battery

production and free-range broiler and layer production for back-yard urban, peri-urban,

smallholding and commercial farm-scale poultry production.

3.14.3 Villiersdorp FPSU Projects



Year

Budget

FPSU Site

Identification and

formalisation




terms of the land:



Determine

Budget



producers

REID/WCDoA tbd Business Plan to

Determine

Budget


Year

Budget



farmers



for farmers

REID tbd Business Plan

to Determine

Budget

Establishment of a

Mechanisation shed

Mechanisation Centre: RID tbd R 2 500 000,00

Business Plan

to Determine

Budget


empowerment of

Women


women

REID & Women,

children and

people with

disability

tbd Business Plan

to Determine

Budget

Recruitment and

training of NARYSEC

youth

1.Recruitment of

unemployment youth.

2. Skills training.


service

NARYSEC tbd Business Plan

to Determine

Budget

Table 9:: Villiersdorp FPSU Projects



Targeting Outcomes

Number of Farms 778






Table 10: Spatial Targeting Outcomes – Villiersdorp


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Figure 15: Villiersdorp Spatial Targeting


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3.15 Genadendal FPSU

No site has been identified for the establishment of the Genadendal FPSU. It needs to be

noted that the Theewaterskloof Municipality does not own the commonage located around

Genadendal (i.e. Farm 39, Caledon). The Rural Areas Act, 1987 (Act 9 of 1987) used to be

applicable to Farm 39, Caledon and the property is currently the subject of a dispute between

the Theewaterskloof Municipality and the Genadendal Transformation Committee.

Further detail and investigation with regard to the engineering services to be required by

the FPSU will need to be undertaken. Genadendal/Greyton has limited capacity and the

Theewaterskloof Municipality is currently not in the position to confirm the availability of

services as the anticipated demand requirements are currently not available. The proposed

FPSU at Genadendal is totally reliant on the R406 route for its operations. The

Theewaterskloof Municipality Spatial Development Framework (TWK SDF), identified the

R406 linking Genadendal with the N2, as a scenic route. While Greyton, which is located

next to Genadendal on the R406, is almost totally dependent on the tourism sector. The

potential impact of the operation of the FPSU on the R406 needs to be investigated.


The following focus commodities (irrigation/water availability permitting) currently

represent the most favourable opportunities for emerging farmer production in Genadendal:

• Vegetables- Include small and emerging vegetable farmers as contract growers

(individually or community-based) to large vegetable buyers and retailers (i.e. both

fresh and frozen product).

• Meat

• Lucerne

• Honeybush/Proteas

• Promote intensive livestock and poultry production, including free-range of the latter,

as well as emerging export meat product demands (e.g. rabbit).

• Explore waste-stream/ by product beneficiation, with product sourced from nearby

agri-areas, for example juicing of lower grade apples and grapes, oil extraction from

wine pips, and olive leaf extract.

• Include small and emerging vegetable farmers as contract growers (individually or

community-based) to large vegetable buyers and retailers (i.e. both fresh and frozen

product).


It is anticipated that, subject to the necessary production levels, the following production

and processing services will be provided in Genadendal:

• Small Produce handling (300 m²) and cold-room (100 m²) facility – receipt and

dispatch of produce from the catchment areas (mainly animals, vegetables, lucerne,

berries and honey bush tea).

• Mechanization and repair centre – 400 m².



• FPSU production input supply facility (a local branch of the main production input

supply facility) – 500 m²

• A small vegetable packing and cold storage facility (200 m²)

• Small meeting and internet facility – 100 m²

• Increase vegetable production (i.e. quality and growing season) with climate control

structures (i.e. greenhouses).

• Livestock selling to consider “live selling” in Cape Town metropolitan areas (i.e. higher

prices), given low local meat demand.

• Upgraded and/ or new infrastructure to accommodate intensive livestock and poultry

production.

• Honeybush tea production, together with medium-term support for processing,

packaging and distribution, with initial development including a fermentation and

drying yard, either on-farm or at the FPSU.

3.15.3 Genadendal FPSU Projects



Year

Budget

FPSU Site

Identification and

formalisation

1.Land identification

(Feasibility including bulk and

connecting Services)



terms of the land:


Determine

Budget


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Year

Budget

3. Determine the potential

impact of the FPSU

operations on the R406

(Scenic Route)




producers

REID/WCDoA tbd Business Plan to

Determine

Budget



farmers



for farmers


Determine

Budget

Establishment of a

Mechanisation shed

Mechanisation Centre: RID tbd R 2 500 000,00

Business Plan to

Determine

Budget


empowerment of

Women


women

REID & Women,

children and

people with

disability

tbd Business Plan to

Determine

Budget

Recruitment and

training of NARYSEC

youth

1.Recruitment of

unemployment youth.

2. Skills training.


service

NARYSEC tbd Business Plan to

Determine

Budget

TRANCRAA Completion of the

TRANCRAA process. –

Assistance to Local

Municipality

TRANCRAA t.b.d Business Plan

Table 11:: Genadendal FPSU Projects



Targeting Outcomes

Number of Farms 384






Table 12: Spatial Targeting Outcomes – Genadendal


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Figure 16: Genadendal Spatial Targeting


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3.16 Additional Aqua-FPSU’s

Two additional Aqua FPSU’s are under consideration to support the fisher folk at

Kleinmond, Buffeljachtsbaai, feeding into the Gansbaai Aqua-Hub These FPSU’s may include

the following facilities:

• Small fish handling and processing facilty with cooling, freezing, drying and packing,

receipt and dispatch facilities of fish – 500 m2.

• Boat and engine repair centre – 200 m2.

• Local market facility to sell produce locally – 50 m2.

• Small meeting and internet facility – 100 m2.

• Adequate slipway, access control and boat handling and storage facilities.

Depending on the state of the abandoned fish factory at Buffeljachtsbaai, the old fish factory

would be ideal for the facilities required at this Aqua FPSU.

3.17 RUMC (Rural and Urban Market Centre)

Although the site for Overberg RUMC has not been finalised the Overberg DM has

proposed that it be situated at Grabouw where it can take advantage of its proximity to

the N2 and the surrounding agri-infrastructure and commercial resources. The RUMC

could also be integrated with the proposed FSPU infrastructure and resources.

Consideration should however be given to a shared RUMC facility at Stellenbosch, which

could be accessed by the proposed Agri-Parks in the Overberg, Cape Winelands and West

Coast Districts. Stellenbosch as a shared RUMC would have the additional advantage of

being close to agricultural educational institutions as well as the extension and research

structures at the University of Stellenbosch, Elsenberg College, the Agricultural Research

Counsel and the Provincial Department of Agriculture.


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3.18 Department of Agriculture Projects

To give effect to the Agri-Park the Department of Agriculture Western Cape have

prioritised the following production support projects within the Overberg District.

3.18.1 CASIDRA Projects

Casidra (Cape Agency for Sustainable Integrated Development in Rural Areas') is an

implementing agency of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape (PGWC).

Casidra Projects

Project

no. Description

Budget

(Yr) Settlement District

75/2016 Supply and delivery of fertilizer spreader 16/17 Swellendam Overberg

63/2016 Replacement of a lean-to structure 16/17 Suurbraak (swellendam)

Overberg

65/2016

Agulhas national park's 2016 kids in the park programme

16/17 Overberg Overberg

54/2016

Junior landcare: awareness and capacity

building at schools for 2016/2017 16/17

Overberg

district Overberg

41/2016 Construction of a tunnel 16/17 Elim Overberg

Table 13: CASIDRA Projects

3.18.2 CASP and ILIMA Projects

CASP Funding - The purpose of the grant is to provide effective agricultural support

services, promote and facilitate agricultural development by targeting beneficiaries of land

reform’s restitution and redistribution; and other black producers who have acquired land

through private means and are engaged in value-adding enterprises domestically, or involved

in export.

CASP Projects - Overberg

Project Name Farm Name Project

Description,

Value R

1000)

Loufontein Loufontein Apples and pears 2500

Davids Beekeeping (Alternative crops) n/a Beekeeping 88

Theewatersvallei (Alternative

crops) n/a Beekeeping 88

Amanzi Amanzi Fruit 1400

Uitvlught Elandskloof Fruit 3000

Kaapschon Norham & Dewhurst Fruit 2611

Starking Fruit Packers CC Cortina Fruit 2050

Altius Trading Klein Ezeljacht Fruit 1400

Elandsrivier Elandskloof Fruit 3474

Lakeview Lakeview Fruit 4701

Klipfontein Klipfontein Fruit 4481

Protea Farm Protea Farm Protea 1500

Iqhude Supply and Farming Iqude Supply and Farming Grain Production 574

Table 14: CASP Projects

http://www.casidra.co.za/tender-bulletin/item/tender-no-75-2016

http://www.casidra.co.za/tender-bulletin/item/tender-nr-63-2016

http://www.casidra.co.za/tender-bulletin/item/tender-nr-65-2016




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Ilima Funding - The purpose of the grant is to assist vulnerable South African farming

communities to achieve an increase in agricultural production and invest in infrastructure

that unlocks agricultural production.

ILIMA Projects - Overberg

Project Name Farm Name Project

Description,

Value R

1000)

Desh Farming Desh Farming pigs 445

Koffiekral Koffiekral Poultry 127

Iqhude Riverside Beef 463

Amaqhawe Napier Municipal Land Beef 4449

Kersgat Kersgat Beef 410

Rietbou Boerdery Rietbou Boerdery Coop Livestock 536

Agterplaas Agterplaas Sheep 378

Goedgeloof phase 1 Lezmin 1715 CC Livestock and grain 144

DEHS Farming Smiles Farm Sheep 658

Van Breda Boerdery Versig Sheep 677

Frans Marias Marais Boerdery Livestock 135

Ngodi Farming Ngodi Farming Livestock 93

Goedgeloof phase 2 Lezmin 1715 CC Livestock and grain 2391

Fluks Boerdery Fluks Boerdery Livestock 313

Madiba Produce Madiba Produce Livestock 95

Ruiters Boerdery Ruiters Boerdery Livestock 400

Segelaar Boerdery Segelaar Boerdery Livestock 215

Genadendal Groente Boere Genadendal Vegetable & Potato Production 652

Table 15: Ilima Projects


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3.18.3 DRDLR Projects (17/18) Map

Figure 17: DRDLR Projects (17/18) - Overberg


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