AgriSA calls for concrete steps to ensure safety of rural communities
The Agricultural Industry Association has responded to Police Minister Bheki Cele’s address on the first of the two-day Rural Safety Summit in Parys in the Free State.
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The Agricultural Industry Association has responded to Police Minister Bheki Cele’s address on the first of the two-day Rural Safety Summit in Parys in the Free State.
About 300 producers would have no alternative market for their fruit should the Ashton factory in the Western Cape close.
6 June 2022 - It’s pleasing to see Agri SA president Jaco Minnaar come out forthrightly about the damaging affect on the agricultural sector of policy and governance missteps. (“SA farmers quitting because of policy uncertainty, says Agri SA’s Jaco Minnaar”, June 5).
The risks to SA’s economic prospects have risen after the floods in KwaZulu-Natal as the province faces a massive challenge to rebuild key logistics infrastructure for imports and exports.
AgriSA agricultural economist Kulani Siweya said this week that the findings were dire and pointed to the enormous cost of South Africa’s poor road maintenance on the functioning and growth of the sector.