The CoP team hosted a project close-out workshop on 17th October in Sandton, Jhb, to discuss "Developing a Fibre Micro-industry to Generate Economic Growth from Degraded Land Post-Mining: Building Inclusive Growth through Economic Complexity".
Workshop programme
Presentations:
- Haroon Bhorat: Synthesis and Background: Developing a Fibre Micro-industry to Generate Economic Growth from Degraded Land Post-Mining
- Sue Harrison & Shilpa Rumjeet:Can fibre-rich plants serve the joint role of remediation of degraded mine land and fuelling of a multi-product value chain?
- Jenny Broadhurst & Tapiwa Chimbganda: Identification and evaluation of downstream options for the recovery of value and/or products from fibre producing plants
- François Steenkamp & Robert Hill: Building Economic Complexity in the South African Fibrous Plant Economy
- Hanri Mostert & Louie Van Schalkwyk: From Tailings to Tillings - Fibre Farming for the Future: Legal Interests
Photo credit: Blake Woodhams, 2019
