This past week, The Economist released its Corteva-sponsored Global Food Security Index results for 2021.

• There is optimism that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is set to provide further opportunities for the expansion of South Africa’s agricultural exports into the African continent.
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The rampant looting and violence early in July following the incarceration of former President Jacob Zuma was a stark reminder of the importance of accurate risk management particularly on farms which are often targeted in such circumstances.

 We believe South Africa's agricultural sector will grow by over 6% this year after an already solid growth of 13,4% y/y in 2020. Still, this expansion will likely slow to a long-term average of around 3% in 2022, in our view

The extent of market concentration in SA’s agriculture sector is a perennial topic for debate, no doubt because of the complexity of the country’s food system, the dangers of generalisation, and some debilitating data problems.

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".