Halaal park: coming to the table
Cape Town sets its sights on the production of halaal food in the hopes of establishing a new export industry
The global market for halaal food was worth US$2.3 trillion in 2015, and rapid growth could push it to $3.7 trillion in 2020, according to the Dubai government’s 2016 Global Islamic Economy Report. The Western Cape aims to tap into this huge market with the development of a halaal food park. First mooted in 2015, it is a key element of the provincial government’s agriculture and agri-processing development initiative, Project Khulisa. "The Malaysian government initiated discussions on the project," says Alan Winde, Western Cape minister of economic opportunities. "They have a lot of expertise in the agri-park space." The task of assessing the feasibility of the Western Cape food park and its conceptualisation was entrusted to the Western Cape Fine Food Initiative (WCFFI), a nonprofit organisation promoting the interests of food processors. In its work on the food park, the WCFFI has received assistance from the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology under a co-opera...
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