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Creating a Local Creating a Local Competitive Advantage for Competitive Advantage for Ilembe: AgricultureIlembe: Agriculture
Results of the PACA Exercise20 - 28 October 2003
Part 1: IntroductionPart 1: Introduction
What is Participatory Appraisal of What is Participatory Appraisal of Competitive Advantage (PACACompetitive Advantage (PACA®®
)?)?
Participatory
Appraisal of
Competitive Advantage
Involve local stakeholders Motivate local stakeholders to take an
active role in an LED initiative Transfer know-how to local stakeholders
and businesses
Do a quick scan of the local economy Assess and refocus ongoing local
economic development activities
Identify strengths, skills, talents and opportunities
Identify business and LED opportunities
What is the objective of PACA?What is the objective of PACA?
Identify, with a rapid appraisal, the main strengths and weaknesses of the local economy and its main sectors (duration: 1 - 2 weeks)
Identify options for practical activities to strengthen the competitiveness of firms -- Criteria:– feasible with local resources– quickly implimentable (starting next week)– quick, visible results (with 3 months)
What have we been doing? What have we been doing?
Kick-off workshop on 20 October 2003 From 21 to 28 October 2003:– Six mini-workshops with about 100
participants– A dozen interviews – Workshops in the coastal and hinterland
regions
Part 2: DiagnosisPart 2: Diagnosis
Main findings in AgricultureMain findings in Agriculture
Looming crisis of the sugar market Communication breakdown between large
commercial farmers and the Ilembe District Municipality
Large vs. Small farmers is not the most relevant typology (categorising)
Huge opportunities for emerging farmers in the sector
Solutions are already there - like high quality diversified vegetables and value adding processing
Looming crisis of sugar caneLooming crisis of sugar cane
Stability of cane market resulted in poor creativity
Millers monopolize the market Quota and cane supply agreements are
hand-cuffing emerging sugar farmers Failure to acknowledge and recognise non-
sugar cane farmers
Communication breakdownCommunication breakdown
There is a lack of communication of farmer needs and government expectations between the large commercial farmers, government in general and IDM
Large vs. Small farmers is not the Large vs. Small farmers is not the most relevant typology most relevant typology (categorising)(categorising) Such categorisation leads to channeling
support where it is not needed Categorising in terms of small and large is
debilitating - especially for “small” yet well established farmer
e.g. a farmer may be “small” but highly effective and successful
Need to categorize farmers according to level of establishment, their being commercial and non-commercial and being included in the value-chain
Huge opportunities for emerging Huge opportunities for emerging farmers in the sectorfarmers in the sector
Very good opportunities for sectoral growth through:– value-adding– strategic partnerships between emerging
and commercial farmers for purposes like skills transfer, optimized production, gain easy access to markets etc.
Solutions already thereSolutions already there
There are farmers producing high value vegetable crops in Ilembe
There are farmers who are processing their crops on their farms
Such farmers are very willing to share information and to do mentoring
Part 3: ProposalsPart 3: Proposals
Key Proposals for the Ilembe Key Proposals for the Ilembe DistrictDistrict
Learnership to upgrade level of skills Mentorship Developing Markets Organic Farming Uses of Marginal Land Communication Support Institutions Promote Diversification
Learnership as a skills- transfer Learnership as a skills- transfer methodmethod
Commercial farmers:– Development of workplace skills plans
(learnerships) • in order to take advantage of Skills
Levy• in order to develop potential skilled
employees or subcontractors
Embedded MentorshipEmbedded Mentorship
Mentorship to be an integral part of the partnerships between commercial and emerging farmers– e.g.• Apprenticeship• Mentorship based on a partnership
agreement
Technical support should be embedded in the value chain
Quantify and confirm marketsQuantify and confirm markets
Create linkages based on confirmed markets, e.g.– Romac Farms– African Farms– Bloemendaal– Rolon Sugar Estate– And many more…..
Organic FarmingOrganic Farming
Pursue an organic traditional grower approach
Organic products has a higher premium than normal products
Uses of marginal landUses of marginal land
Marginal land can be used for hydroponic farming (tunnels)
Aquaculture (fish farming) by-product (nitrate rich water) can be used in hydroponic farming
Create a platform for Create a platform for communicationcommunication
Regular business breakfast of commercial farmers with Ilembe District Municipality
Support and participate in shows of the Dept. of Agriculture
Create formal linkage between SASA and Ilembe
Dissemination of Information and Dissemination of Information and communicationcommunication
Produce a Newsletter for emerging farmers Broadcast via radio stations (talkshows)– Ilembe FM launch pending
Establishment of an Ilembe Agricultural desk
Supporting InstitutionsSupporting Institutions
Workshop with supporting institutions and associations– Guiding question: How to move to more
adequate segmentation? – How to cater for the specific support
needs of dynamic emerging farmers?
Promoting diversificationPromoting diversification
Arranging a monthly event (e.g. topical inputs) for dynamic emerging farmers– This will also encourage and promote
newcomers to the market Promote sharing of information and best
practices
So what next….?So what next….?
Way forward workshop Integration into Ilembe LED strategy Submit comprehensive report to Ilembe
District Municipality (IDM) IDM to place results into 2004 IDP Monthly follow-up activities until April 2004
Thank you for your attention!
The PACA AgricultureTeamThe PACA AgricultureTeam
Conrad Jardine (GTZ)
Madumelana Mhlongo (XD consultants)
Rehana Pilodia (mesopartner Africa)