by Wandile Sihlobo | Sep 17, 2019 | Agricultural Trade
Farmer’s Weekly carried an article noting South African farmers’ concern that Botswana’s ambitions to export live cattle which could end up in South Africa, would add pressure on prices. This is an understandable concern given that the South African beef industry has...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Aug 29, 2019 | Food Security
If there was ever a time when incentives could help reduce the spread of animal disease, it is probably now in South Africa. Since April 2019 there have been 14 reported outbreaks of African swine fever in South Africa. All are in areas of the North West, Mpumalanga,...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Aug 11, 2018 | General Comments
THE WEEKEND ESSAY: By Wandile Sihlobo and Professor Johann Kirsten Some of the successful land reform programmes in the world took place in countries where the beneficiaries were those who occupied the land at the time of the reform. This may be true for the provision...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Aug 10, 2018 | General Comments
The United States Department of Agriculture has just released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, which covers most major grains and oilseeds estimates for the 2018/19 production season. The broader global theme remains roughly unchanged from...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Aug 10, 2018 | General Comments
Today I am working off-site in a small coffee shop in my neighbourhood. I’ve just ordered coffee and asked also for a glass of water. For some reason, the waiter brought water, saturated with cucumbers and lemon, which was not what I longed for, but it was...
