Two Seasons Garlic Business Plan — Implementation Roadmap
The phases from 12 hectares to 92 across two provinces, dependencies and the gate at each stage.
Implementation Roadmap
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- Overview & contents
- 1. Executive Summary
- 2. Investment Thesis
- 3. Company and Business Overview
- 4. Problem, Customer Need and Value Proposition
- 5. Products and Services
- 6. Industry Analysis
- 7. Market Analysis
- 8. Customer Analysis
- 9. Market and Competitive Landscape
- 10. Business Model
- 11. Go-to-Market Strategy
- 12. Operating Model
- 13. Management and Organisation
- 14. Strategic Plan
- 15. SWOT Analysis and Strategic Implications
- 16. Risk Analysis
- 17. ESG and Sustainability
- 18. Implementation Roadmap
- 19. Financial Model and Revenue Build
- 20. Projected Income Statement
- 21. Projected Balance Sheet
- 22. Projected Cash Flow
- 23. Capital Expenditure and Working Capital
- 24. Funding Requirement and Structure
- 25. Break-Even Analysis
- 26. Investment Case and Returns
- 27. Debt Serviceability
- 28. Sensitivity and Scenario Analysis
- 29. Key Performance Indicators and Management Dashboard
- 30. Conclusion
- A. Appendix A: Assumption Register
- B. Appendix B: Conditions Precedent to the Seed Subscription
- C. Appendix C: Glossary
Sixty months in five phases; the critical path runs through seed multiplication and the packhouse audit, and each funding round is timed to a planting window.
|
Phase |
Months |
Workstream |
Key milestones and deliverables |
Dependencies |
Responsible |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pre-launch |
0–10 |
Legal, land, water, planting stock, infrastructure |
Seed close; leases and water executed; CPs satisfied; cultivar trial results; irrigation on both blocks; curing sheds; core mechanisation |
Seed round; term facility credit approval |
CEO, FD, Ops |
|
Launch |
7–19 |
First plantings; first harvest |
12 ha planted (Feb–Jun 2027); first Limpopo harvest Sep–Oct 2027; Karoo Dec–Jan; 45 t seed selected and stored |
Irrigation complete; planting stock delivered |
Ops |
|
Ramp-up |
13–30 |
Series A; packhouse; retail trial; 28 → 48 ha |
Series A close M14; packhouse built M14–22; GFSI audit M22–26; retail trial FY2028; programme listing FY2029 |
Seed retained at FY2028 harvest; Series A |
FD, Commercial |
|
Scale-up |
31–48 |
Series B; peeling line; food service; export; 70 ha |
Series B close M33; peeling line commissioned M40; peeled programme M44; SADC agencies; solar roll-out |
Series B; listing secured |
FD, Commercial, Ops |
|
Expansion |
49–60 |
92 ha; seed sales trial; FY2032 decision |
92 ha planted; 176 t seed retained; certified planting-stock trial; expansion decision by board |
Market absorption evidence |
Board |
Table 34. Implementation phases, milestones and dependencies.
The critical path is agronomic, not financial. Series A must close before the FY2029 planting window because the seed retained at the FY2028 harvest determines whether that area can be planted at all; capital arriving after that window is a season late regardless of how much of it there is. The packhouse audit must be passed before the FY2029 listing is sought, which places the build in months 14–22 and the audit in months 22–26. Each round is opened three months before its required close to allow for slippage.