www.greenagri.co.za
IAIA Green Agriculture 03/11/2015
Presentation overview
Overview of GreenCape
GreenAgri Portal:
Project partners
Why it was created
Examples of what is featured
User analytics
Conclusion
Way forward
ENERGY
Energy Efficiency
Built Environment
Renewable Energy
RESOURCES
Water
Agriculture
WASTE
Waste
Overview of GreenCape
Bioenergy
Resource Efficiency WISP
Sector
Desks
Projects Smart meters and grids Waste Economy Water as a Constraint
Green Finance
GreenAgri: Project Partners
WCDoA initiative
Partnered with GreenCape, because of expected advantages
Real need for relevant and reliable information on sustainability
How do we package such information so it is easily accessible?
Anticipated advantages • Provide a platform for industry participants to actively discuss ‘green’
matters.
• Allow users the opportunity to network with ‘green’ industry participants.
• It will allow for greater understanding of ‘green’ policies and activities undertaken by the Western Cape Government.
• It can assist with the collection of data as well as obtaining feedback on
proposed policies, projects and initiatives.
• It could assist industry participants to keep up to date with the ever changing ‘green’ policies, practices and inventions.
• Web based portal for sustainable agriculture production information
• One-stop portal for all farmers, researchers, private and non-governmental agencies
• Launched 09/09/2015
• Engaged with various role players
Stakeholder engagements
7
• Agri Weskaap • SAB • GrainSA • CCC • DEADP • Woolworths • CS4 Solutions • WWF • CSIR • Vinpro • Winetech • SAWIS • SA mohair • Cape Wool • Water Affairs • Nemlab
• Hortgro • Citrus
Growers Association
• SANBI • WESGRO • NCPC • DEDAT • ACTOM • Aerovision • Aerobotics • SATI • NMMU • CPUT • NWGA • SAWMA • Living Lands
• Green Choice
Alliance
• Flower Valley
Conservation
Fund
• FSD
extension
Symposium
• Koos Bouwer
consulting
• Charl De
Villiers
consulting
• SmartAgri
project team
• US • SOILL (*) • Potatoe SA • UCT • Red meat
producers SA (*) • PorkSA • Cape Nature (*) • Ostrich
Chambers (*) • DEADP • IPW • ARC (*) • Biodynamic
Society SA • Western Cape
Boardband
Spatial distribution of actual crop water use (ET)
User Analytics
659 Users since launch
Increasing number of international users
Conclusion
Conventional agriculture is not sustainable
Farmers need to take to take a holistic approach
Portal contributes to filling knowledge and information gap
Green Tech opportunities for industry
The way forward A new and exciting project that we will continuously work to improve
Marketing campaign to create awareness
Stakeholder feedback
Please give us your input!