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Agri Processing Support

Western Cape Department of the PremierRef: https://www.westerncape.gov.za/service/agri-processing-support

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Collected on 17 June 2026

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What this means

This is a Western Cape Government web page describing the “Agri-processing Support” service (Service ID: 10030) under the Department of Agriculture. It explains a sub-programme that supports agricultural producers to enter value-adding processing and marketing activities, aiming to create jobs, expand marketing opportunities, and increase producers’ incomes. The page lists support services provided via the Agrihub at Elsenburg and describes mobile processing units (Mobile Meat Processing Unit and Mobile Fruit and Vegetable Processing Unit), including compliance, testing, technical advice, funding application facilitation, and capacity building. It also provides contact details and links/forms for bookings, training requests, and client requests, plus an email address for “Agri-ProcessingOnWheels”.

Facts

Places

Western Cape

Reference

https://www.westerncape.gov.za/service/agri-processing-support

Amounts

R 638

Key Takeaways

  • Western Cape Government service: Agri-processing Support
  • Service ID: 10030
  • Sub-programme aims: new product development, marketing opportunities, increased producer incomes, enabling agri-processing capacity in the Western Cape
  • Agrihub location: Elsenburg
  • Support includes: downstream beneficiation, food safety/quality compliance, product analysis and testing, technical advice on agro-processing equipment procurement, facilitation of agri-processing funding applications, capacity building
  • Mobile Meat Processing Unit (MMPU): decentralises Agrihub services to rural producers unable to access Elsenburg
  • Mobile Fruit and Vegetable Processing Unit: vehicle-drawn containerised trailer designed for GMP; follows hygiene principles aligned with HACCP and R638
  • Email: Agri-ProcessingOnWheels@westerncape.gov.za
  • Contact person: Londiwe Thabethe; Tel: +27 21 808 773; Email: Londiwe.Thabethe@westerncape.gov.za
  • Links/forms mentioned: attached form for bookings; request for training; client request for mobile processing unit; download pamphlets and guides
  • Western Cape Government
  • Western Cape Department of Agriculture
  • Elsenburg Agrihub
  • Londiwe Thabethe
  • Agri-ProcessingOnWheels@westerncape.gov.za
  • Mobile Meat Processing Unit (MMPU)
  • Mobile Fruit and Vegetable Processing Unit
  • HACCP
  • R638 (Hygiene requirement for food premises and transport of food and related matters)