by Wandile Sihlobo | Apr 2, 2019 | General Comments
The countryside of the Western Cape will be awakened again by end of this month when farmers start to prepare the soils for winter crops plantings as the 2019/20 production season approaches. Meanwhile, other winter crops growing areas such as the Northern Cape,...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Apr 1, 2019 | General Comments
The Port of Beira in Mozambique is now fully functional after a few glitches caused by wind damage to infrastructure following Tropical Cyclone Idai. This is according to a letter issued by Jan De Vries, Commercial Manager at Cornelder de Moçambique on 28 March 2019....
by Wandile Sihlobo | Mar 30, 2019 | Africa Focus, Agricultural Environment and Natural Resource, Agricultural Labour Market, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trade, Food Security, General Comments, Land Reform
It is hard to get a clear picture of crop conditions in Zimbabwe after Cyclone Idai. But reports from a number of media outlets who have people on the ground paint a concerning picture. This afternoon, Al Jazeera came out with a headline — Cyclone Idai destroys...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Mar 29, 2019 | General Comments
March 2019 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) provided further evidence that the world will have fairly large maize, soybean, and rice supplies in the 2018/19 season. Meanwhile, wheat production...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Mar 27, 2019 | General Comments
Today I participated at the Potato Industry Forum organised by Potatoes South Africa. I was asked to make a few remarks about South Africa’s agricultural policy, with a particular focus on land reform. After my speech, Dr André Jooste, CEO of Potato South Africa...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Mar 26, 2019 | General Comments
With everything going on the agricultural and land policy front, I really don’t want to spend much time on grains and oilseeds production data updates. But I am a bit concerned that the picture painted by the figures released by South Africa’s Crop Estimates Committee...
