The situation at South Africa’s ports has become so bad that the citrus industry has said that the Transnet organisation is "perhaps the biggest threat to the country’s citrus industry".

• The closing session of last week’s Agbiz Grain Symposium offered an opportunity to explore global and domestic grains market developments.
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An export-led strategy underpins South Africa's trade policy, which entails a deliberate effort to get the country's agriculture and other industrial sectors to export products beyond existing international markets.

Unlike several other African countries, SA has not faced a food shortage in the recent past. Food production has increased over the years and SA has remained a net exporter.

 Unlike several other countries in the African continent, South Africa has not faced a food shortage in the recent past.

Logistics has always been the backbone of South Africa's export-oriented agricultural sector, although it does not always get as much attention as it has more recently due to various disruptions.