Agro Processing Master Plan News Today

As South Africa prepares for the May 29 National General Elections, the nation stands at a critical juncture. These elections are arguably the most highly contested since the historic 1994 multi-party elections that marked the dawn of democracy. South Africa faces a new set of challenges, including perennial electricity shortages, a struggling economy, rampant crime, and widening inequalities. Long-standing issues such as rising unemployment, poverty, and racially skewed land ownership also pers...

The Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan offers a framework to grow the agriculture and agro-processing sector and create jobs.

New mango cultivars introduced in South Africa

As the South African citrus export season kicks into high gear in the coming weeks, a significant bilateral protocol has been established with the Vietnamese government, paving the way for local oranges to enter the markets of Vietnam.

During his 2024 Budget Speech, Minister of Finance, Enoch Gondwana announced an excise increase of 7.17% on wine, 7.17% on sparkling wine and 6.67% on brandy...

SA now exports roughly half its agricultural products in value terms. In 2022, South Africa’s agricultural exports reached a record $12.8bn.

Andrew Russell, Chairman of SA Canegrowers. tells the OFM Business Hour there is a great deal of uncertainty for the sugarcane growers that deal ...

Failure to operationalise the Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan will be tragic for the agricultural sector and create a precedent of premature abandonment of yet another well-conceived plan that was never fully implemented. Failure to operationalise the Agriculture and Agro-processing...

The agricultural sector is brimming with workers after even more jobs were created on farms in the third quarter.

More government support is coming for South Africa’s smallholder vegetable farmers