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The production and export of soft citrus, lemons and limes is expected to continue its strong growth in the 2018/19 MY, based on the increase in area planted, high level of new-plantings....

Due to drought conditions, Zimbabwe’s corn crop for the 2019/20 MY is estimated to drop by 54 percent to 776,635 tons. In the 2018/19 MY Zimbabwe farmers produced 1.7 million tons of corn....

Sorghum production in South Africa decreased dramatically over the past decade as producers preferred to plant more profitable crops like corn and oilseeds.

Despite facing numerous challenges in the South African market, the United States filled the quota for bone-in chicken meat exports to South Africa for the second consecutive quota year....

On October 21, 2016, South Africa published the final list of agricultural products and beer names protected under the SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement...

The current dry, hot weather conditions and lower dam levels is expected to affect the flowering of citrus trees, mainly in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga region, resulting in a five percent decrease...

South Africa is the largest food service market in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a large and highly competitive hospitality industry. Hospitality and tourism are fast-growing sectors...

On December 5, 2016, the Registrar of the GMO Act informed stakeholders that all corn Genetically Engineered (GE) events that have been causing asynchrony with the United States have been approved...

Although the production area of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops in South Africa decreased in 2015 to approximately 2.3 million hectares, from 2.9 million hectares in 2014, due to a severe drought...

Post forecasts that the deciduous fruit sector will continue to experience growth based on the increases in investment and area planted being driven by the weak rand and increases in export revenue.

Under normal climatic conditions and taking into account the subsistence farming sector, South Africa’s total corn crop for the 2016/17 MY could reach 12.8 million tons.

The Agricultural Economic Fact Sheet for South Africa has been updated to include calendar years 2014, 2015 and 2016 (estimate). South Africa is battling one of the worst droughts ever recorded...