Welcome to the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy

BFAP is an independent research unit involving the University of Pretoria, the University of Stellenbosch, the Department of Agriculture: Western Cape and the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) and associate organizations. Our main objectives are:

• To facilitate informed decision-making by South African policy makers, agribusinesses, trade negotiators and farmers through improved analytical capabilities;
  
  
• To enhance the quality and quantity of applied disciplinary and cross-institutional research related to applied trade and policy modelling and commodity market analysis;
  
  
• To provide analysis of future policy and market scenarios and measure the impact of these on farm and firm profitability.

BFAP BASELINE 2009 BFAP BASELINE 2009 (part 2 consumer trends)

Small Scale Farmer's Brief

BFAP RPO - SOCCER WORLD CUP 2010 analysis

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