Agri SA’s annual Snapshot of South African Agriculture reveals some fascinating insights into where the country’s fruit and vegetable exports are going. The report counts South Africa among the top exporters of a number of products.

According to new research from University of Virginia economist Federico Ciliberto, widespread adoption of genetically modified crops has decreased the use of insecticides, but increased the use of weed-killing herbicides as weeds become more resistant

A presidential panel set up to investigate South Africa’s land reform plans has given the policy of expropriation without compensation the green light, but has attached strict conditions to it.

The final Report for the President of South Africa on Landreform.  ( Click on the Link above to see the report.) 

Report on Landreform- 

The lemon season in Spain, Italy and Turkey is ending earlier this year.

South Africa’s 2020/21 winter wheat season had a bad start because of dryness.

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP), founded in 2004, serves the agro-food, fibre and beverage sectors in South Africa and Africa.

Welcome to the eighty-second (82nd) issue of the Trade Probe publication produced under the Markets and Economic Research Centre (MERC) of the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC).

Global Perspectives In the last week of January 2021, the United State (US) maize export sales reached record levels, with 7.43Mt sold and China purchasing about 5.86Mt. Grains and Oilseeds.

Prof. Ferdi Meyer, Prof. Nick Vink, Dr. Tracy Davids and Dr. Hester Vermeulen recently published a paper on the food price dynamics in Africa. The paper sets out to identify and discuss the main drivers of food inflation in Africa, with a view to analysing the impact of shocks, specifically the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine. 

A scientific review identifies glyphosate as a possible cause of the global rise in wheat intolerance. This condition is increasingly reported by people who don’t have a diagnosis of celiac disease (a condition where your immune system attacks your own tissues when you eat the protein gluten), GMWatch reported.

Through the past 30 years of exceptional progress, South Africa's agriculture has confronted numerous challenges with varying impacts across subsectors. This past week presented three challenges whose impact will become clearer in the weeks ahead.