AfricAloe The Limpopo district suffers from a big economic setback and unemployment, due to widespread HIV infection, decrease of irrigation water and reduction of agricultural land. The local partner African Caribbean Aloe Products bought land in Limpopo, an arid area where there is no frost, to develop Aloe Vera production. The director of the local partner was in the same business in Curaçao, but wanted to return to his home country. The applicant Orange Pearl BV is active in the field of Aloe Vera based products within their group of companies that develop and produce a variety of products based on the extract of the Aloe Vera plant.2QR Research is a Dutch company in the group of Orange Pearl B.V. which holds the worldwide patent on 2QR-complex which is used in Aloe Vera products and made of Aloe Vera concentrate. Both partners are keen on setting up a processing facility to produce Aloe Vera concentrate to:a. further professionalise the trial production of African Caribbean Aloe Products and assure off take;b. get a more constant flow of concentrate to the company 2QR andc. open up a local market for Aloe Vera products, among other a health drink.The PSI project will be the first Aloe Vera plantation and processing plant in South Africa.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)HACCP, ISO 9000 and an organic certificate will be obtained. With regards to social polities discrimination is not excepted, the workspace will be healthy and safe, corruption will be avoided. Child labour will not occur and healthcare transfer and costs for employees will be covered by the joint venture.Impact•	Employment and working conditions40 New positions will be created of which 14 at the plantation site and 26 for the factory. The salaries of the workers will be 15% above the average income in the area. Working conditions as sanitary facilities and proper work equipment will be provided. Furthermore, employees who market the health drink in their community will get a premium over their sales.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe creation of the Aloe Vera processing factory will introduce new technology to Limpopo. New is also the knowledge on optimisation processes and quality management. It is the aim of the investors that local employees will be placed at management positions as soon as they are trained sufficiently.•	Chain effectsAll inputs that can be provided locally will be purchased locally. Moreover the joint venture will aim to open up a local market for Aloe Vera products and will offer semi-finished products for local processors. In the spin-off phase an outgrowers scheme will be set up to help local small farmers to earn additional income.•	EnvironmentThe Aloe Vera will be produced and processed in an environmental friendly way. The joint venture will obtain a certificate for organic production. No elements will be used which contaminate land, water or air. (Organic) Waste will be used for compost. The local partner has also ensured that water is sufficiently available and will not diminish ground water for other farmers in the area.•	Position of womenThe processing facility will mainly be operated by women, who will be trained accordingly. They will be able to generate their own income what makes them less dependent on their husbands, who are normally far away working in gold and diamond mines. To set up a 10 ha Aloe Vera cultivation farm and processing and export facility with a capacity of 200,000 litres extract, equivalent to 20,000 litres of concentrate per year.