Tag: finance

Agriculture trends on the World Bank agenda in 2021 included greener food security and insect farming.

5 Agriculture trends on World Bank radar in 2021

by Staff Reporter

28th December 2021

From food security to insect farming. The World Bank has released new reports on the top issues that ruled global agriculture in 2021. Fixing food finance to build a greener ...

Agricultural economist Hamlet Hlomendlini believes it is in the interest of commercial banks to play a part in fostering growth for small-scale agribusinesses. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

Catch-22: Small-scale farmers vs. commercial banks

by Hamlet Hlomendlini

4th October 2021

Commercial banks play a significant role in enabling growth in the agribusiness sector, argues well-known agricultural economist Hamlet Hlomendlini. Although they must lend money responsibly, it is also critical that ...

Journalist, author and well-known political commentator Jan-Jan Joubert. Photo: Supplied/Neels Jackson

Agriculture ‘shining light in Tito’s gloomy budget’

by Jan-Jan Joubert

7th April 2022

While agricultural leaders were left disappointed by Tito Mboweni’s budget speech, the well-known political commentator Jan-Jan Joubert has a different perspective. He believes that agriculture is, in fact, the finance ...

Finance minister Tito Mboweni delivers his 2021 budget speech in Parliament. Picture: GCIS/Flickr

Budget speech: More tears than cheers for agriculture

by Sinesipho Tom

7th April 2022

While finance minister Tito Mboweni cheered the agricultural sector in his 2021 budget speech, it seems the sector was left rather disillusioned. Agri SA executive director Christo van der Rheede ...

WATCH: Hardship of a young black farmer

by Duncan Masiwa

9th April 2020

The greatest obstacles young black farmers in South Africa face include the lack of support, training, access to markets, finance, the price of inputs and mentorship. In this week’s Farmer’s ...

THE NEW FACE OF SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURE

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