Putting the agricultural employment landscape into perspective
The good news of improvement in SA’s unemployment rate should be interpreted with care. Farm employment remains strong, but headwinds are on the horizon for labour intensive industries.
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The agricultural sector remains one of the most resilient sectors in terms of job creation, but we anticipate farmers' profitability will be under pressure in 2022. Although commodity prices are at elevated levels, labour intensive fruit industries do not have the same price support and the pending cost inflation will hamper further job creation in agriculture.
