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.
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…
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…
In the second quarter of 2023, the agricultural sector grew by 4.2% quarter on quarter. It should be noted that this follows a decline…
South Africa’s seasonally adjusted quarter- on-quarter real GDP increased by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2023, but agricultural GDP contracted by 12.3%. This…
South Africa’s seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter real GDP dropped by 1.3% in the fourth quarter of 2022. This publication contextualises the latest release of GDP…