This opportunity involves the establishment of a number of projects involved in the production and processing of medicinal plants.

 

The aim being to establish new projects in line with the established focus areas and the overall objective is to coordinate role-players around common focus areas in order to strengthen the emerging agricultural sector. The production and sale of raw material at wholesale prices does not create a viable business while there is still material available for wild harvesters to collect. The projects must engage in some level of processing if they are to generate meaningful returns. The project participants can undertake basic processing activities but will need to partner with / make use of the services of a factory such as Mpilo Drugs if they wish to engage in more complex processing activities (also to ensure quality control). Thus the other key aspect of this project is the existence of a partnership with existing industry players within iLembe.