Procurement & local content
AHCSA's build-out — cultivation infrastructure, processing capacity, logistics and services — draws on a network of suppliers and service providers. Growing that network locally is a deliberate policy, not an afterthought.
30%
Minimum Local Content
AHCSA's local content policy
AHCSA maintains a minimum 30% local content requirement across its procurement — directing a defined share of project spend toward South African suppliers, service providers and labour rather than imported inputs, in line with AHCSA's broader focus on rural economic development and job creation.
Equipment & inputs
Cultivation, harvesting and processing equipment, and agricultural inputs for AHCSA's partner farms.
Logistics & infrastructure
Transport, storage and construction services supporting AHCSA's processing and farm infrastructure.
Professional & technical services
Agronomic, technical, compliance and advisory services across AHCSA's operations.
Want to become a supplier? AHCSA is always looking to grow its network of local suppliers and service providers across the value chain.
Get in Touch →In-house genetics, routed through our outgrower platform
AHCSA develops and maintains its own proprietary hemp cultivars in-house, rather than sourcing genetics from third parties. That planting material doesn't go to market on its own — it moves directly into contracted cultivation through AHCSA's outgrower platform, the system that recruits, trains and manages the partner farmers who grow it, and routes the resulting crop into AHCSA's processing and offtake structure.
In-house genetics
Proprietary cultivars developed and held by AHCSA.
Outgrower platform
Partner farmers recruited, trained and managed under AHCSA's structured programme.
Processing & offtake
Crop routed into AHCSA's contracted processing and market access structure.
Want to grow under this structure as a partner farmer?
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