Will Zimbabwe's decision to ban maize imports affect South Africa's maize market?
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Maize was South Africa’s fifth largest exported agricultural product in value terms in 2020.





Maize was South Africa’s fifth largest exported agricultural product in value terms in 2020.





On Wednesday morning, Statistics South Africa reported much higher figures for consumer food price inflation than some had expected. In April 2021, the country’s consumer food prices were at 6,7% year-on-year, the highest level since July 2017.





The Ad Hoc Committee (the committee) responsible for drawing up a land expropriation-without-compensation (EWC) constitutional amendment bill (the bill) was supposed to meet last Friday to debate the wording of the bill on a clause-by-clause basis.





On 13 May, Ms Thoko Didiza, Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, delivered her Budget Vote Speech.





The outlook for global agricultural conditions is once again in the spotlight this week as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is scheduled to release its projections for the 2021/22 production season.





One of the most controversial discussions in global agriculture in the recent past has been about genetically engineered crops (GE).
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