South Africa has not had three consecutive favourable agricultural seasons in a long time.

Worldwide, avocados exports by country totaled US$6.5 billion in 2020. That dollar value reflects a 56.5% increase for all avocados shippers over the five-year period starting in 2016.

Agriculture has a vital role to play in SA’s economic reconstruction and recovery path after the Covid-19 shock.

The coffee bean is a Janus; both one thing and the other, bitter and sweet. There’s no middle ground with coffee. You either like it sweet, one or two sugars please, or black, strong and as it comes.

Demand for the ever-fashionable avocado remains high across the board, with increased demand in countries like Germany where the school holidays have ended.

South Africa is developing a strategy for the industrialisation and commercialisation of cannabis.