Inflation Brief – BFAP

Food inflation brief – March 2024 prices

Hester Vermeulen — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:02:54 +0000

This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for March 2024.

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Food inflation brief – February 2024 prices

Hester Vermeulen — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 05:01:53 +0000

This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for February 2024. This version of the Food Inflation Brief also incorporates the potential impact of the latest crop estimates on basic staple food prices in South Africa.

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Food inflation brief – January 2024 prices

Hester Vermeulen — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:20:12 +0000

This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for January 2024.

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BFAP Baseline 2023

Kandas_BFAP — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 06:58:00 +0000

Access the Baseline 2022 publication through the BFAP Baseline Site.

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Food Inflation Brief – December 2022

Dalene — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 12:11:45 +0000

Month-on-month inflation on Food and Non-alcoholic beverages has been losing momentum from October 2022 (+0.9%) to December 2022 (+0.4%). Food inflation was mainly driven by price increases in grain-based foods and vegetable oil products, followed by animal-source foods.

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Employment Brief 2022 Q3

Jaco — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 20:51:08 +0000

In this BFAP quarterly employment brief we highlight the agricultural job performance for the 3rd quarter of 2022. Although different surveys, such as the QLFS and the Agricultural Survey paint somewhat contrasting pictures, BFAP unpacks the reasons why we see the agricultural labour market as still robust and strong.

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Perspectives on Agriculture’s GDP performance in Q3 2022

Jaco — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:14:00 +0000

South Africa’s agricultural GDP rose by 22.3% year on year in the third quarter of 2022 – a correction from the sharp decline in Q2 due to the delayed maize harvest. This publication contextualises the latest release of GDP statistics by StatsSA and provides insights on the major factors driving agriculture’s contribution to GDP. Find the brief …

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Food Inflation Brief – October 2022

Jaco — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 20:31:17 +0000

Year-on-year inflation on Food and Non-alcoholic beverages gained further momentum in October 2022, with a 0.9% increase from September 2022. Food inflation was mainly driven by price increases in grain-based foods and meat followed by vegetable oil products.

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Chicken or beef: evaluating factors driving meat price inflation in South Africa

Jaco — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:43:16 +0000

Meat price increases were repeatedly highlighted in the domestic food inflation statistics in 2022. In this brief, Dr. Tracy Davids explores the direct and indirect drivers of this phenomenon and the prospects for normalisation in future.

Inflation Brief – BFAP

Food inflation brief – March 2024 prices

Food inflation brief – February 2024 prices

Food inflation brief – January 2024 prices

BFAP Baseline 2023

Food Inflation Brief – December 2022

Employment Brief 2022 Q3

Perspectives on Agriculture’s GDP performance in Q3 2022

Food Inflation Brief – October 2022

Chicken or beef: evaluating factors driving meat price inflation in South Africa

BFAP Baseline 2022