Production of forage seeds The project partners aim to set up a forage seed and marketing company.Applicant Klein Karoo Seed Marketing is a seed production company based in Oudtshoorn South Africa and Chartered Seeds Ltd. a seed marketing company based in Zambia.At present, livestock in Zambia has an insufficient supply of feed and for most farmers feed supplements are too expensive. The availability of forage crops is lacking as is the supply of forage seed.The partners will set up a seed production company in order to be able to supply dairy and beef farmers with good seeds. The use of good forage crops will allow these farmers to improve the quality and volume of their product and increase their profitability.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The Klein Karoo Group is committed to and involved in the implementation of the BEE policy of the South African Government. The CSR activities of the Group are mainly addressing the needs of Black South African citizens and especially focused on job creation.Furthermore, Klein Karoo is engaged in the training and technical support of employees and smallholder farmers.The applicant ascertains that no child labour or forced labour is used within the companies of the project partners, nor within the project, nor at the main supplier of the project. In case of selection of the application, a statement about the absence of child labour and forced labour will be part of the first Result of the administrative decision.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsIn total 34 jobs will be created within the project period; twenty on a basic-level, and fourteen on a medium-/high-level.After the follow-up investments in total 56 jobs will be created, 32 on a basic-level and 24 on a medium-/high-level.The salary level is at least 10% above the official minimum wages.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeTraining will be given to seed growers covering the topics: land preparation and fertilisation, sowing rates and methods, weeding and roguing of the seed crop, irrigation, harvesting and post-harvest handling.The numbers of people trained on basic-level is 320 and on medium-/high-level is 127.Innovative part of the knowledge transfer is in topics as propagation techniques of lucerne, clover, forage sorghum, Rhodes grass and rye grass, and seed processing and quality control systems for forage seeds.In additions, a quality Assurance and traceability system will be introduced that will be controlled and monitored by inspectors of the Seed Control & Certification Institute. Furthermore, a pest management system will be set up to minimise the use of pesticides. This will also be part of training to outgrowers.•	Chain effectsThe project will lead to better feed for livestock at an affordable price for small farmers. This will give them a chance to raise better cattle and get a better yield and thereby increase their income but also improve the situation for customers (of beef and milk) in Zambia.•	Position of womenThis project will have a positive impact on the position of women.Overall about 30% of the employees will consist of women while about 13% of management will be women. To set up a company for the production of five types of forage seed with a maximum capacity of 250 tons of seed.