For many years, South Africa has prided itself as the most food-secure country in the African continent and has also ranked relatively well with its peer BRICS countries.

2021 promises to be another good year for South Africa’s agricultural sector, at least from a production front.

Although South Africa's agricultural economy performed robustly in 2020, possibly grew by between 10-13%, according to our and Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy estimates, employment numbers remain disappointing.

The week ahead brings a flurry of critical data on the South African agricultural sector.

South Africa has been fortunate to have sufficient food supplies since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

IT IS NOW common knowledge that the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted agricultural and food supply chains in unprecedented ways, and the results continue to be experienced in developed and developing economies.