Economics

Extreme vigilance in containing FMD critical for red meat export growth

The issue of lapses in biosecurity in livestock production has been on the ascendancy globally in recent years with periodic outbreaks for...

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Investment opportunities: A new agri-commodities exchange at the 2024 BRVM Investment Days Roadshow

After its first two forays into wooing foreign investors in South Africa, New York and London in 2015 and 2018, the BRVM...

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Competition Commission releases essential food pricing monitoring report

The latest edition of the Essential Food Pricing Monitoring (EFPM) Report released by the Competition Commission (Commission) on May 7, continues tracking...

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CEC anticipates total maize harvest of 13.39m tonnes

Following an El Nino-induced weather scare in the first two months of 2024 with excessive heat decimating crops, there was a sigh...

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Big surprise as agriculture GDP plunges in the second half of 2023

Despite massive challenges, South Africa’s economy managed to expand by 0.6% in 2023. With a rebound of 0.1% q/q in the final...

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Faith and Perseverance are Essential in Farming Because it’s Such a Difficult Business

Mzansi Agriculture Talk · Faith And Perseverance Are Essential In Farming Because It's Such A Difficult Business Production dynamics Farmers feed the...

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The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) re-emphasises the urgent need to fast-track implementation of the Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan (AAMP)

Mzansi Agriculture Talk · The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Re – Emphasises The Urgent Need The reported outbreak of the avian...

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Competition Commission investigation into the food industry is necessary

Mzansi Agriculture Talk · Competition Commission investigation into the food industry is necessary The release of the latest macro-economic data by Statistics...

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Northern Cape state of the province address tackles the just energy transition head-on

The Northern Cape province is ready to face energy security crisis head-on, by implementing the just transition policy to address poverty, unemployment,...