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Agribusiness Outlook for 2018
“Over the past couple of years, Agbiz has indicated that South Africa had reached a decisive T-junction on its road into the future and that critical decisions were necessary to place the country on a sustainable growth and development path. Clearly, the wrong decisions have been made by certain government leaders, especially by the...

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Was Zimbabwe the breadbasket of Africa before its land reform programme?
View PDF There is a commonly held view that Zimbabwe used to be the breadbasket of Africa, although the specific timeframe is unclear. This vague narrative gives an impression that Zimbabwe lost its “breadbasket” status during former President Robert Mugabe’s tenure. While Mugabe’s land reform programme seemingly contributed to a decline in Zimbabwe’s agricultural output, there’s...

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Global sunflower seed production declines
After experiencing an uptick in sunflower seed production in the 2016/17 season, the world is set to harvest a relatively smaller crop in the 2017/18 production season. The most recent estimates from SUNSEEDMAN, a Turkish based consulting group, suggests that 2017/18 global sunflower seed production could decline to 49 million tons, down by 2%...

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SA food products price inflation slows to 1.3% y/y
View PDF Food products’ price inflation eased to 1.3% y/y in September 2017, from 1.9% y/y in the previous month. The deceleration was broad-based, with the exception of dairy products which inched up from the previous month. Meat and meat products’ inflation, which has been the key driver of the headline inflation for some time,...

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Agbiz response to Minister Gigaba’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement
View PDF» This year’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement comes against the backdrop of low business confidence and low economic growth, with GDP being revised down to 0.7% for 2017 from 1.3% in the previous statement. At the same time, the consolidated budget deficit is projected at 4.3% in the 2017/2018 financial year, up from 3.3%...

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