The Agricultural Business Chamber, Agbiz, announced that Theo Boshoff will take over the reins as CEO as from 1 January 2022.
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Dieselfde goeie vooruitsigte vir rekordoeste wat vir somergewasse en tuinbouprodukte verwag word, is nou ook op die kaarte vir wintergewasse danksy die goeie klimaatstoestande wat tans ondervind word.
Terwyl die finansiële, maatskaplike en werkloosheidsimplikasies van die onlangse gewelddadige protesoptogte, brandstigting en wydverspreide plundertogte in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) nog bereken word staar verskeie gemeenskappe in dié provinsie ʼn langtermyn voedselkrisis in die gesig.
Desondanks die feit dat die landbousektor ʼn inkrimping van 3,2% getoon het tydens die eerste kwartaal van 2021, is kenners dit eens dat daar geen rede tot kommer is nie en dat vanjaar ʼn uitsonderlike landboujaar gaan wees.
Die 2021 begrotingsrede is ʼn eerlike interpretasie van die moeilike fiskale posisie waarin die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie homself bevind.
Landbou uitvoere het tydens die derde kwartaal van 2020 met 5% gestyg, op ʼn jaar tot jaar grondslag. Op die keper beskou, verteenwoordig dit ʼn rekord-kwartaallikse uitvoerwaarde van US $3,2 miljard. Dit is aldus ʼn markverslag wat onlangs deur die Landbousakekamer, Agbiz, uitgereik is.
Delivery number 418668 open for donations - Senwes is uniting the agricultural value chain with the launching of the Agri Value Chain Food Umbrella. This initiative is answering the call of Agbiz to ensure food security amidst the disrupted economic activities due to the lockdown, as a result of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Senwes, in collaboration with the Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz), will be hosting a virtual discussion series on the agricultural value chain. These are the first virtual discussions in the new revolutionary series - A new way of conversing and bringing the agri value chain together.
This was yet another challenging budget for South Africa. It was tabled at a time of low economic growth, constrained tax revenue and higher unemployment.
Agbiz welcomes the greater realism articulated in the State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President Cyril Ramaphosa, and especially welcomes the emphasis on inclusive economic growth to address key challenges facing South Africa.
“We end 2018 on a mixed note as dry and hot weather conditions in many parts across South Africa are currently a source of despondency in South African agriculture. The sentiment in the sector remains subdued as shown in a consistent deterioration in the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index, which fell to the lowest level in nine years in the fourth quarter of 2018”, said Mr Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz Head of Agribusiness Research.