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November 2, 2016
The vice-chairperson of Fruit SA, Willem Bestbier, signed a memorandum of understanding on 1 November with the vice-chairperson of CIQA, Wang Xin, aimed at strengthening collaboration to ensure market access for fruit between South Africa and China. […]
October 26, 2016
The new Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between South Africa and the European Union will be implemented on 1 November 2016. This includes duty-free imports of 300 000 tons of wheat each calendar year. The tariff rate […]
October 26, 2016
The Agro-processing in Africa conference will be looking at the importance of agro-processing in the agricultural value chain. Most people think of agriculture only as the tilling of the soil, or rearing of animals. This is […]
October 20, 2016
Global food prices increased in September, but prices for cereals continued to fall, which should relieve some of the import-cost pressures for SA and help damp the increases in food prices. Food prices are rising because […]