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IRMSA Awards 2016: Who Are You Nominating?
The Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) annually awards individuals and teams who have done exceptional work in the risk management space. A
gribusinesses are invited to nominate candidates for the following categories:
Individual awards
: (i) Risk Manager of the year; and (ii) Up and coming Risk Manager of the year, as well as
Industry awards:
(i) Projects and initiatives; and (ii) Risk influencer of the year.
Considering the drought and subsequent difficulties though which the industry has battled the past year or two, it would probably not be difficult to point out stars in your company's risk management team. Anyone interested in participating in this competition can obtain information from the following link http://www.irmsa.org.za/page/GalaAwards
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The debate about South Africa's 2016/17 summer crops production has returned to the top of the agenda as we enter the new production season. Normally, different organisations make different projections, which are attached to various assumptions about the future. Since output bottomed out in 2015/16 due to drought, much of the outlooks in the next production season are more positive, particularly with regards to maize. Earlier this month, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy estimated South Africa's 2016/17 maize production at 12.3 million tons; with the International Grains Council placing their estimate at 12.9 million tons; while the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have placed their view on South Africa's 2016/17 maize crop at 13 million tons. 
Overall the hectares planted to wheat in South Africa have dropped and so has the total production. However, the local demand for wheat as a food crop increased significantly during the past two decades. Recently the country imported more than 1.5 million tonnes of wheat, passing the critical limit of importing more wheat than it produces. Although there is an increase in irrigated wheat hectares and consequently yield, the dryland wheat production in South Africa has declined substantially and continues to do so. Mariana Purnell, General Manager of Agbiz Grain
