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Wandile Sihlobo

What South Africa’s excessive rains mean for food prices

Opinion -
We will have a poorer harvest than the glowing 2020-21 harvest, but will probably not have to import supplies

This is how South Africa could unlock its agriculture growth potential

Opinion -
Unlocking the full growth potential over the long run will require policy interventions in agriculture and cross-cutting government departments

South Africa’s agricultural sector is likely to have an unusual period of three consecutive favourable seasons

Opinion -
But higher international commodity prices will keep input costs elevated for the livestock and poultry sector

How a land reform agency could break South Africa’s land redistribution deadlock

Opinion & -
Things can happen much quicker if the arteries of land reform are unblocked

What the lay of the land may be

Article & -
Whatever route the ANC goes, a balance has to be found between property rights and restitution

Policy cannot disrupt food production

Article -
The expropriation of land without compensation will hurt the poorest people, who are already living with food insecurity and empty bellies

Wheat import tariffs – the best thing since sliced bread?

Article -
Bread prices are not necessarily linked to increases in the payments to wheat farmers and wheat import tariffs.

State to assist drought-hit farmers financially

Article -
Gordhan sounded pragmatic in his budget speech about dealing with drought, but will all those affected have access to funds, asks Wandile Sihlobo.

Drought-resistent maize key to food security

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Wema was developed for dryland farmers, particularly smallholders, who are dependent mainly on rainfall.

Young blood a prerequisite for future of farms

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Food security has the potential to become a crucial issue amid surging population growth, and our farmers are ageing.

The youth are agriculture’s future

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The farming sector is growing and facing major changes that increasingly require more skilled labour.

Land tenure limits Eastern Cape’s crops

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Given the agricultural potential in former homelands and the challenges of communal land policies, this may be the time to review them.

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