1. Suriname Quality Fruits & Vegetable PACKINGHOUSE
VEAPS Vereniging Exporteurs Agrarische Produkten Suriname

2. Description of the Initiative Suriname Quality Fruits & Vegetables Packing House
Establish a fruit and vegetable packing house oriented to exporting quality produce from Suriname to EU and Caribbean.

3. Strategic Importance of the Packinghouse
Reduce costs, become export competitive
Increase reliable production in volume and quality
Guarantee food safety
Move to more sustainable production practices (comply with Global Gap)
Reduce bureaucracy and handling inefficiencies, particularly at the airport

4. STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE IMPROVE QUALITY
CHEMICAL DAMAGE
MECHANICAL DAMAGED FRUIT
PACKINGHOUSE DISORDER NO EFFICIENCY

5. IMPROVED OPERATIONS & HANDLING
POLYTHENE CRATES used to collect the products
IMPROVED SORTING &
WASHING TABLES
SIZING RINGS

6. EFFICIENT HANDLING & PACKAGING SYSTEMS
Mechanised forklifttruck

7. GLOBAL GAP COMPLIANT Vegetable & Fruit washing/drying stations
Drying units

8. PACKINGHOUSE SCHEME –stakeholders

9. ACTIONS TO CARRY OUT STEP-BY-STEP PLAN (WHAT, WHO, WHEN)
Activity
Responsible
Date
Initial Support for Packinghouse concept (MinAg, SBF, VEAPS, Governor of Central Bank)
Umar Taus, Riekhnath Sanchit
Completed ( )
Develop Terms of Reference for Packinghouse feasibility and business plan
Taus, Sanchit, Algoe
30 June 2012
Tender for Consultancy for Business Plan and Design of Packinghouse & funding request proposals
15 July 2012
Overseeing consultancy conducting study
Aug-Oct 2012
Presentation & Dialogue with Food and Product Authority (VWA) in Holland
Sept 2012
Outreach events to present business plan to stakeholders
MAAHF (Extension)
1-31 Nov 2012
Submit proposals and secure financing for funding
Taus, Sanchit, Algoe, SBC
Nov-Dec 2012
Initiate construction of Packinghouse
Feb 2013
Initiate operations of Packinghouse
Jan 2014 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10. Resources Needed Investment Funding for the Packing House
RESOURCE (financial and other e.g., facilities, services, etc.)
Estimated Cost
Possible Sources
Hire consultant to prepare tender
US$10,000
MinAg (LVV)
Consultancy for feasibility, business plan, funding requests
US$50,000
Outreach Events
US$7,500
Investment Funding for the Packing House
Land
- Building, land reclamation
Equipment & supplies
Operating Costs (first 3 yrs, $200,000/year)
Contingencies (5%)
Granted by GoS
US$2,000,000
US$600,000
US$200,000
Loan Financing from NOB, IDB, exporters (VEAPS), equipment producers (India/China), others
Total Investment
Required
US$4,802,500

11. PRODUCTS/ RESULTS MEASURES OF SUCCESS
Feasibility Study/Business Plan/Packinghouse design/Funding proposals
31 October 2012
Financing secured
31 December 2012
Initiate construction of Packinghouse
February 2013
Initiate operations of Packinghouse
January 2014

12. LEADERSHIP INFLUENCE LEADERS (“Trekker”) TECHNICAL LEADER(s)
Soeresh Algoe, Deputy Dir., MAAHF
Umar Taus, President, VEAPS
Riekhnath Sanchit, Secretary, VEAPS
TECHNICAL LEADER(s)
Radjendre Debie
Philip Tjon A Tjoi
INTIATIVE ACTION TEAM
MAAHF (Extension service)
Maureen Silos