24 Jun 2009The first Harvest Day was held in 1967. The first NAMPO Harvest day on NAMPO Park was held in 1974.
Number of exhibitors
1999 - 508
2000 - 516
2001 - 513
2002 - 521
2003 - 540
2004 - 560
2005 - 576
2006 - 604
2007 - 618
2008 - 625
2009 - 632
Livestock/animal exhibitors
Cattle breeds - 28
Sheep breeds - 12
Goat breeds - 6
Horse breeds - 2
Poultry breeds - 1
Pig breeders association - 1
Number of visitors
1999 - 54 880
2000 - 50 400
2001 - 57 630
2002 - 61 203
2003 - 61 920
2004 - 68 435
2005 - 68 802
2006 - 66 068
2007 - 64 014
2008 - 64 198
2009 - 60 371
Visitors ? Reasons for attending
Seeing new products - 88 %
Buying products - 61 %
Trading - 32 %
Building networks - 52 %
Making buying decisions - 52 %
Collecting information - 54 %
Visitors ? Dispersion
Grain - 46 %
Mixed - 35 %
Fruit - 8 %
Vegetables - 10 %
Cattle - 38 %
Goats - 5 %
Sheep - 26 %
Pigs - 4 %
Poultry - 5 %
Winery - 4 %
Milk - 19 %
Game - 9 %
Exhibition area
Indoors - 17 060 m2
Outdoors - 137 780 m2
Total - 154 840 m2
Food supply
Points of refreshment - 19
Handled by volunteers. More than 500 volunteers involved.
6 points of sale are outsourced.
Interesting facts about last year?s NAMPO Harvest Day
Raw potato chips - 1 600 kg
Chutney - 330 kg
Eggs - 500 dozen = 6000 eggs
Margarine - 160 kg
Mustard - 100 litres
Rice - 200 kg
Serviettes - 45 000
Sugar - 150 kg
Tomatoes - 350 kg
Potatoes - 1000 kg
Flour - 1000 kg
Onions - 310 kg
Pies - 8 850
Hot dog buns - 1 620 dozen = 19 440
Cocktail buns - 842 dozen = 10 104
Hamburger buns - 552 dozen = 6 624
Terrain
NAMPO Park handles its own:
? Electricity distribution
? Water supply
? Sewerage
? Refuse removal
Voltage cable ? 5 m
Transformers ? 11
Maximum demand ? 650 ? 700 kW
Boreholes ? 9
Main water line ? 2.5 km
Water usage ? 380 000 litres/day
Paving ? 17 000m2
length of sewerage network ? 4.5 km
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