The Western Cape has many unique plant species like lavender, geranium, rosemary, and marigold that have a wide variety of applications. However, although these crops are produced, little is known about their economic viability.
Changing consumer behaviour in the main export markets indicate that consumers are looking for products that have less health risk and are produced in harmony with the environment and without the exploitation of labour.
The study addresses two important research questions that are in essence motivated by the trade policy reform that took effect in the 1990s to reverse decades of inward industrialisation strategies.
The goal of trade liberalisation and deregulation is to create increased opportunities and global competitiveness in the trade of agricultural products. However, it has also created a considerable degree of price squeeze and risk into the South African wheat industry.
It will build a database of the various agritourism ventures in the Western Cape which will be managed on the Elsenburg GIS.
Fuelled by technological advances, the role of Intellectual property rights (IPRs) in international trade has grown considerably over the last three decades. Advances in the fields of communication, information processing and biotechnology brought with it the need for greater intellectual property rights protection.