by Wandile Sihlobo | Dec 10, 2018 | My categories
I was not planning on blogging tonight, but I could not help it after noticing another notable move in the South African maize (white and yellow) and sunflower seed prices. Both nearest and new season contract month prices of these commodities increased by more than...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Dec 9, 2018 | My categories
SA’s recent agricultural GDP figures, which show that the sector escaped the recession in the third quarter, expanding 6.5% on a quarter-on-quarter (seasonally-adjusted annualised) basis, are no call for celebration. The recovery could be temporary and weak as the...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Dec 1, 2018 | My categories
A recently published research paper by agricultural economists Jan Greyling and Philip Pardey in the Agrekon Journal brings home some key points about South Africa’s maize production in terms of commercial and smallholder share contribution. This is timely given the...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Nov 28, 2018 | My categories
The national Crop Estimate Committee kept its estimate for South Africa’s wheat crop unchanged from last month at 1.86 million tonnes. This is a 21 percent increase from last year – a drought period. Also, this means that the heavy rain and wind in the Swartland...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Nov 27, 2018 | My categories
It is a cloudy and humid afternoon in Nairobi. I am currently sitting in a small coffee shop at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in transit to Zanzibar where I will be participating in a conference about unlocking Africa’s agricultural potential through land...
