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Crop data reaffirms South African agriculture’s recovery path
This could be good for consumers as prices drop.
Global grain production good, but Southern Africa’s white maize crop hit by drought
South Africa imports all its rice and half its wheat so the exchange rate is a factor to watch
What does the latest inflation data mean for your shopping cart?
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City planners, street vendors and spaza shops could help keep South Africans fed. Here’s how
Local governments back many projects where people can grow vegetables in urban areas, but researchers say that it’s not enough to curb hunger
South African consumer food price inflation could average just above 6.0%
The outlook on food products prices will remain mixed, despite the recent broad increase in products prices.
Agricultural input costs remain elevated, squeezing farmers’ profits
Supply constraints in fertiliser-producing countries, coupled with rising shipping, oil and gas costs has pushed up the price of imported commodities such as fertiliser,…
A year into Covid, Durban’s beachfront farmers are still tilling the soil
Homeless pioneers persevere with a project that came to life during the first lockdown
More home-grown veg as British, US belts tighten
Almost 70 years after Britons were urged to Dig For Victory to produce hearty home-grown food to help the war effort, domestic horticulture is coming back.