South Africa's agricultural export activity will likely soften this year from the 2021 record of US$12,4 billion. Lower production of key crops, animal disease spread and changes in phytosanitary regulations in key markets such as the EU will all weigh on the export activity this year
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In a stunning admission that import tariffs materially hurt consumers, so-called ‘anti-dumping’ tariffs on chicken are being suspended for a year. They should be suspended forever.
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As the harvest for the 2021/22 summer crop season draws to a close, the focus is shifting towards the 2022/23 production season, which commences in October.
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We are emerging from a policy-oriented weekend, where the governing African National Congress (ANC) gathered to discuss their policy ideas ahead of the December elective conference.
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The European Union is one of the regions that have, for some time, resisted the importation and cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) crops.
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Global agriculture faces numerous challenges. The most recent one that requires close monitoring is the heat-wave in various countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
