Insights
Welcome to BFAP’s Insights page, where we provide comprehensive analysis and up-to-date reports on key agricultural issues. Explore expert insights on food inflation, market trends, climate change, and policy impacts to stay informed and make data-driven decisions in the agro-food sector.
This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for April 2024. Download here…
BFAP’s Agricultural Trade Brief interprets and contextualises the latest quarterly international trade data and provides insights on the major factors driving agricultural trade. This…
This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for March 2024. Download here…
This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for February 2024. This version…
The release of the country’s GDP results for the final quarter of 2023 brought several surprises, which we unpack in this Brief. For the…
BFAP has recently completed an assessment of the South African genetically modified (GM) crop area (2021/22 season focus) for CropLife SA. The assessment focused…
This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for January 2024. Download here…
BFAP’s Agricultural Trade Brief interprets and contextualises the latest quarterly international trade data and provides insights on the major factors driving agricultural trade. Click…
This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for December 2023. Download here…
BFAP’s Agricultural Employment Brief interprets and contextualises the latest quarterly labour force survey from StatsSA and provides insights on the major factors driving agricultural…
This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for November 2023. Download here…
In the third quarter of 2023, South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.2% in the third quarter of 2023. The contribution of…