agribusiness

September 16, 2019
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Rainfall outlook spells good news for crop production

This has not been a good year for southern Africa’s agricultural economy. The drought that started in October 2018 in some countries in the region and continued into 2019 has led to a double-digit decline in […]
May 13, 2019
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Agro-processing of oilseeds

Faced with current economic realities, farmers worldwide are investigating new ways of surviving, as well as expanding their business. One of the many opportunities to grow markets, turnover and profits, is by adding value to farm […]
May 3, 2019
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What agribusiness can do for South Africa’s economy

It is often said that the macroeconomic standing of the agricultural sector has diminished over time – and this argument is supported by the sector’s declining share of GDP, which fell from 4.2% in 1996 to […]
January 29, 2019

Opportunities on the rise for entrepreneurs

While the South African economy has been under-performing, the first positive signs of turnaround started to become visible by the second quarter of 2018, and by the end of the third quarter, data supplied by Statistics […]