Food Inflation in South Africa – 2018 Q4
BFAP explores key factors expected to shape South Africa’s food inflation over the next 3 months and the cost of healthy eating. Read more.
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An Overview of a Breeding and Technology Levy Collection System for SA
Investment into seed research is vital for a sustainable and competitive agricultural sector. In this context, this overview looks at the importance of a breeding and technology levy for wheat, barley and soybeans in South Africa. View the summary report here
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Perspectives on 2018 Q2 GDP release
One of the key sectors that contributed to the second successive quarterly decline was agriculture. Download this one-pager to read more about the factors influencing agriculture’s performance.
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Food Inflation in South Africa – 2018 Q3
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS? With rapid exchange rate depreciation and an uncertain political climate in South Africa, BFAP explores food price trends over the next three months. Read more
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BFAP Baseline 2018
AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK 2018 -2027 THE 2018 EDITION of the BFAP South African Baseline presents an outlook of agricultural production, consumption, prices, and trade in South Africa for the period 2018 to 2027 within the context of the current uncertainty regarding land reform policies. The information presented is based on assumptions about a range of economic,
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The Potential Impact of the National Minimum Wage on the Agricultural Sector
An analysis of agricultural wages in South Africa. Download the report here
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Drought Policy Brief Western Cape Agriculture
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Economic impact of the 2017 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreak in South Africa
A report by BFAP to the South African Poultry Association. Download here to read the full report.
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BFAP Baseline 2017
AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK 2017 -2026 Managing Agriculture’s Footprint in an Uncertain Environment Download the BFAP 2017 Baseline
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Do South African Consumers Have an Appetite for an Origin-based Certification System for Meat Products? A Synthesis of Studies on Perceptions, Preferences and Experiments
JOHANN F. KIRSTEN The introduction of protected designation of origin (PDO) type certification schemes in countries outside Europe is a recent phenomenon as the philosophy of origin based foods obtains global traction. It is therefore interesting to understand whether consumers in these countries have a similar appreciation for these certification schemes and whether they are
Bucking the trend of Africa’s Food Trade Deficit
Extract from Panel discussion at IFAMA 2017, Miami Florida Download here to read the extract.
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Impact of trade controls on price transmission between Southern African maize markets
Maize is an important staple crop in southern Africa that has often been prioritised from a policy perspective, particularly in the imposition of export controls under periods of perceived uncertainty. This tendency has been particularly relevant in Zambia, which has also emerged as an important surplus producer in southern Africa in recent years. Its favourable transport differential and non-GM maize
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