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Vir die volle 2023 het die bruto binnelandse produk (BBP) met 0,6% gegroei, wat in pas is met die verwagting van onder meer die Reserwebank en tesourie. Verskeie bedrywe is wel in ’n resessie, waarvan landbou die grootste skok is. Baie syfers van die derde kwartaal is hersien. Dié bedryf het in die vierde kwartaal met 9,7% ingekrimp nadat dit ook in die derde kwartaal ingekrimp het, met 11,7%. Die syfer vir die derde kwartaal is boonop swakker hersien (van -9,6% af). Ekonome het verwag die landbou sou in die kwartaal terugbons. Ses bedrywe het gegroei en vier het ingekrimp. Vervoer en kommunikasie: 2,9% Mynbou: 2,4% Nutsdienste: 2,3% Persoonlike dienste: 0,9% Finansiële dienste: 0,6% Vervaardiging: 0,2% Staatsdiens: -0,6% Konstruksie: -1,4% Handel: -2,9% Landbou: -9,7% 

Zambia is one of southern Africa’s main producers and exporters of maize. This means if the maize harvest is down notably in the country, there will be no volume for exports to neighbouring countries that also need supplies. This happens at a time when South Africa, although potentially with sufficient supplies for domestic consumption, would have a massive decline in the volume of maize available for exports. At the start of this year, there were reports of roughly 2.7 million Zimbabweans potentially at risk of hunger because of the drought impact in their summer grain fields. Moreover, Reuters reported that “Zimbabwe plans to import 1.1 million metric tons of maize over the next year”.

Suid Afrika se landbou departement -Betalings vir dienste wat nie gelewer is nie, was die grootste deel van die departement van landbou, grondhervorming en landelike ontwikkeling se vrugtelose en vermorste uitgawes van R30 miljoen in sy vorige boekjaar. Luidens die komitee se verslag het die departement se vermorste uitgawes van die 2021-’22-boekjaar tot die 2022-’23-boekjaar “byna duisendvoudig” gestyg, vanaf R33 000 tot R30 miljoen. Ernstige kommer word in die verslag uitgespreek dat dié uitgawes deur ’n forensiese ondersoek gevind is. In die 2022-’23-boekjaar is slegs R6 000 se vrugtelose en vermorste uitgawes verhaal, terwyl R5,5 miljoen wat nie verhaal kon word nie, afgeskryf is. In dieselfde boekjaar was daar verder R234,5 miljoen se vrugtelose en vermorste uitgawes wat verband gehou het met die presidensiële indiensnemingstimulusprogram, in Engels bekend as PESI.

Emerging farmers in the priority areas of poultry, piggery, grains, vegetables, red meat, cannabis, aquaculture, rabbit, bee farming and agri-processing have been invited to apply for funding. This is part of the Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment’s efforts to grow the agricultural sector, create jobs and alleviate poverty in the province. The Comprehensive Agricultural Support Prorgramme, which closes on Friday, is informed by the department’s elevated priority focus to maintain sustainable food security in the province. “We are making a call to the historically disadvantaged and the vulnerable groups, our women, youth and people living with disabilities to apply for the farmer support grant and become part of our relentless fight against food insecurity,” Gauteng MEC for Social Development, Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Mbali Hlophe, has said over the weekend. Hlophe said the farmer support programme aimed to provide small medium and micro enterprise farmers with a much-needed boost to their farming establishments. The relief programme is building on its previous successes, which has seen an average of 250 beneficiaries per annum empowered into the mainstream economy since its establishment in 2004.

Outstanding articles of the week. 

The divergence between cattle prices in the two hemispheres that occurred throughout 2023 appears to have stabilized, but seasonal conditions continue to influence markets where consumer demand is weaker. Without strong demand pulling volume through the supply chain and bidding prices up, price setting falls back to the producer end of the chain and, with it, increased exposure to seasonal conditions and producer sentiment. Our outlook for global beef production remains neutral, with increases in Australia and Brazil offsetting declines in Europe and the US. READ MORE 

The researchers state that if carbon emissions remain high and environmental protection low, global heat stress will reduce fertility, affect the growth of calves, and can result in increased deaths. In dairy cows, it will also result in reduced milk production.  READ MORE

Lion and other big cat farming in South Africa – where approximately 8,000 big cats are bred at 366 known facilities and used for multiple purposes in the U$43 million industry, including for tourist entertainment, trophy hunting and body parts exports to Asia for TM. Bear farming in China - where some 20,000 bears are farmed for their bile on dozens of farms to sate the demand of the US$1 billion bear bile industry in China. READ MORE 

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