Africa has predominantly a resource-based economy with agriculture and mining the most significant sectors. Farm gate prices for fresh produce agricultural products vary typically between 30% and 50% of retail prices.

Up to 70% of households in South Africa’s informal settlements suffer from food insecurity which put people at risk of detrimental health outcomes such as obesity, chronic diseases and mental health disorders.

Southern Africa’s maize supply; this is one of the themes we have been consistently revisiting since the beginning of the year when it became clear that the region would need to import a large volume in the 2019/20 marketing year.

SOUTH Africa’s prolonged land reform programme, if not resolved now, will soon be likened to deadly United States atomic bombs dropped over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II in 1945.

With the agricultural sector seen as an epicentre of growth and development across the African continent, many (myself included) have argued that the sector needs to attract young talent in order to maximise its potential.

At no other time since the birth of the democratic dispensation in 1994 has the land question become such a defining feature of national elections. In a bid to win the hearts and minds of the electorate political parties upped the tempo of their election drive as May 8 drew nearer.