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Agbiz involved in land reform and related policy developments
 The past two months have seen considerable movement in the land reform policy domain as no fewer than two Bills and one set of draft regulations were published for public comment and consequently received considerable media attention. In each instance, Agbiz was involved in the policy discussions in the lead up to publication and continue to remain at the forefront by consulting widely and formulating comments for submission.
Theo Boshoff, Agbiz Head: Legal Intelligence
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ECONOMIC AND AGRIBUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
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SA agricultural sector likely to get a 2% relief on diesel price next month
 Agribusinesses and farmers could be paying 2% less for a litre of diesel and petrol next month. Diesel (0.05% Wholesale Inland) and petrol (95 ULP Inland) prices could decline by 21 cents per litre (c/l), respectively, on 07 June 2017. This could bring the wholesale diesel price down to R11.59 per litre from R11.80 per litre. The retail price of petrol could ease at R13.58 per litre from the current level of R13.79 per litre. Although this expected fuel price decrease is marginal, it is of importance as it coincides with a high fuel consumption period in the agricultural sector - harvesting period for summer crops (with expected large harvest of maize) and a planting period for winter crops. Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz Head: Economic and Agribusiness Intelligence, provides more information in the
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Daily view on commodity markets
Daily commentaries on agricultural commodity markets and macro-economic trends
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www.agbiz.co.za
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South Africa's agricultural sector: Current realities and future prospects
 Often said is the statement that the macroeconomic standing of the agricultural sector has diminished - and this argument is supported by the sector's declining share of GDP, which has declined from 4.2% in the 1996 down to 2.3% in 2015. What is not captured in this narrative, however, is the fact that the value of the agricultural sector has grown by 40%, from R50.5 billion to R71.4 billion over the same period. The phenomenal growth of the sector against its declining relative share to the economy only means that other sectors - particularly the manufacturing and services sector - have grown at a much faster pace from a higher base.
Agbiz economists, Tinashe Kapuya and Wandile Sihlobo provide
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 Agbiz Grain hosted the second CELC seminar in May 2017. The event, which took the form of a stakeholder involvement workshop, was facilitated by the General Manager of Agbiz Grain, Ms Mariana Purnell, who is a member of the Crop Estimates Liaison Committee.
The workshop focused on a project called "Sentinel-2 for Agriculture", an 8 billion Euro investment of the European Union and the European Space Agency. The Sentinel-2 satellite is destined to monitor the main crops in SA. It is a collaborative effort between the Agricultural Research Council and the Belgian university, UC Louvain. Role-players from the ARC and its partners gave feedback by means of
presentations
regarding the validation process for using the satellite Sentinel 2 for agricultural purposes (Sen2Agri) and its application to crop estimates in SA. Mariana Purnell shares more information in the linked article»
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 Agbiz Grain recently hosted the Southern Africa Grain Network delegates in Pretoria, South Africa. According to Mariana Purnell, General Manager of Agbiz Grain, the Southern Africa Grain Network (SAGNET) is an organisation with representation from eastern and southern Africa, that focuses on key strategic issues which affect regional grain trade. It was registered as a not-for-profit organization on 19 January, 2017 in Lusaka, Zambia -
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Cereal Science and Technology SA (CST-SA) recently hosted the second New Voice Symposium in Pretoria. The initiative is aimed at giving post doctorate, PhD and masters students an opportunity to present their research in front of an audience to build their confidence.
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Tuta absoluta, commonly known as the tomato leaf miner was first detected in South Africa in August 2016. To date this pest has been detected in all the provinces of South Africa in pheromone traps in both tomato and potato fields. It has so far negatively affected tomato production in the KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, Western Cape and North West.
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