Agbiz’s Wandile Sihlobo urges SA citrus exporters to diversify as Middle East conflict threatens shipments — the region buys just 8% of farm exports.
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Farming
Input Shock: How Middle-East War Sent SA Fertiliser and Fuel Costs Soaring
Middle East war drove SA fertiliser to record levels and fuel up 15-40%, hitting exporters; Absa AgriBusiness urges producers to secure stock early.
Headwinds and Bright Spots: How AgriTrends Reads SA Agriculture’s 2026
Absa AgriTrends Autumn 2026 warns of global shocks, costs and climate risk for SA farming while flagging horticulture, citrus and a possible China tariff cut.
Dikoloti Warns Farmers: FMD Controls Vital for EU Beef Access
Acting Minister Dikoloti has told Digawana farmers that strict FMD protocols are essential to regain Zone 11’s green status within 3–6 months and protect
46th SADC Summit across SADC — agrifood value-chain opportunity for regional operators
Southern Africa grows a meaningful share of what it eats, yet the region still imports processed food it could plausibly manufacture closer to the farm gate. That mismatch between raw agricultural output and finished agrifood value is the contradiction sitting inside...
Blue Economy growth agenda — agrifood value-chain opportunity — for regional operators
Fish is agrifood, but SADC's institutions rarely treat it that way. Fisheries governance sits with maritime and environment portfolios, agriculture ministries manage crops and livestock, and the value chains that connect a landed catch to a processed, packaged,...
Angolan kwanza in RTGS across SADC — farm-to-market implications — and what comes next
Agricultural trade across SADC borders runs on thinner margins and longer payment cycles than almost any other sector in the bloc's commerce, which makes it unusually exposed to exactly the kind of currency friction that a settlement-system change can either ease...
SADC ninth Industrialisation Week — farm-to-market implications for regional operators
Agriculture sits explicitly in the title of the theme SADC chose for its ninth annual Industrialisation Week: "Resilient, Sustainable and Inclusive Industrialisation through Infrastructure Development, Agricultural and Critical Minerals Transformation in Pursuit...
Producer margins
Fuel, fertiliser and price swings are squeezing the space between what a farmer spends and what a farmer earns. For Botswana, the margin is where the sector’s viability is decided.