With Christmas only five weeks away, the current trend in meat prices signals prospects of expensive braais during the 2020 December festive season. Seasonal demand for meat remains solid and has ...
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The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) again left the repo rate unchanged at a record low of 3.5% in its November 2020 meeting. The SARB’s inflation forecast indicates that it will be below the ...
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"The fact that people prefer one thing over another doesn’t reveal their WHY" *Dr. Nimrod Israely This article tackles general problems common to the Agri-sector in rising economies.MARKETING - ...
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This article tackles general problems common to the Agri-sector in rising economies.THE CHANGING CONCEPT OF NEEDSOur hunter-gatherer ancestors began trying their hand at farming some 12,000 years ...
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In the midst of an unprecedented economic and health crisis one sector in our economy has outshone the rest. The agricultural sector expanded by almost 28% in the first quarter compared to the same ...
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Samira Amellal, Director General/ CEO Croplife Africa and Middle East In a year when the World Food Programme has been rightfully recognized in receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, the state of ...
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MALTHUS; WE CAN'T KEEP ON FEEDING THE GROWING WORLD POPULATION! The need and difficulty of feeding the world population are growing year by year. Thomas Robert Malthus predicted in 1798 that the ...
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Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB South Africa – In just over a week’s time, the planting of summer crops particularly maize begins in the eastern producing areas of the country. ...
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Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Against the backdrop of a contracting overall economy with South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) for 2020 forecast to decline by over 8% ...
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Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agri-Business After cutting the repo rate by 300 basis points so far this year, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) kept the rate ...
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