Mzansi Agriculture Talk
Economics
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1.1K4South Africa’s Orange Industry Faces Internal Challenges That Are Affecting Its Competitiveness.
South Africa’s orange industry, a key source of agricultural export earnings, is under pressure from rising input costs, stricter international regulations, and...
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1.4K4Agriculture Will Live as Long as Humanity Continues to Live and The Value of Farmers and Farm Workers Deserve a Bit More Appreciation
In South Africa and in all other countries, agriculture as sector of the economy remains strategic. The breakfast, lunch and dinner meals...
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3.2KInsights into South Africa’s Agricultural Employment Trends: Quarter 3-2025
The shifts in South Africa’s labour market in the third quarter (July – September) of 2025 carry important implications for the country’s...
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3.7KThe rising cost of agricultural inputs and implications on food prices in South Africa
Rising agricultural input costs continue to be a major expense to South Africa’s food production and affordability, particularly fuel, freight, and fertilizers....
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1.8KSouth Africa’s Soybean Industry: Growth, Challenges, and Global Competitiveness in the 2025 Production Season
By Ms Thandeka NtshangaseGrain specialist The South African soybean industry has undergone a period of remarkable growth and productivity. The industry has...
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5.4KSouth African maize market outlook and recovery prospects for the 2025-2026 marketing Season
By Ms Thandeka Ntshangase & Dr. Moses Lubinga,Agro Food Chains Unit, Natonal Agricultural Marketing Council A recovery period might be imminent after...
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1.9KAgriculture impacts GDP growth, decreasing by 28.8% in Q3
Real South African gross domestic product (GDP) weakened by 0,3% in the third quarter (July–September) of 2024. Stats SA says that the...
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985FAO calls for investment in agrifood systems to tackle the climate crisis
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) brought a critical message to the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29)...
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2.3KSouth Africa imports 98 139 tons of chicken meat in quarter 1 of 2024
According to the Quarterly Poultry Product Products Monitor released by the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC), during the first quarter (Q1) of...
