Agri-Uur 4 Augustus Wandile Sihlobo
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Rising Corona-infections might not impact planting season negatively
AND... As usual on a Tuesday, Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist at the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa, Agbiz, provides a weekly insert about the latest on the global as well as South African agricultural markets.
Here is Sihlobo....
(FOR THE WEB: The South African agricultural sector has thus far successfully harvested summer crops and horticulture with minimal interruptions from the pandemic. Farmers and agribusinesses had to, however, adjust their usual work processes to comply with health regulations and limit the spread of the virus. In about a month, the focus will shift to planting activity of 2020/21 summer grains, oil seeds and various horticulture products. This is at a time when the Covid-19 infection numbers are on the rise, with the Western Cape, Gauteng, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal currently being the hot spots of the virus in South Africa. These provinces also account for 60% of South Africa’s agricultural output, which raises questions about whether the surge in infections could negatively impact the planting season.
AND... As usual on a Tuesday, Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist at the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa, Agbiz, provides a weekly insert about the latest on the global as well as South African agricultural markets.
Here is Sihlobo....
(FOR THE WEB: The South African agricultural sector has thus far successfully harvested summer crops and horticulture with minimal interruptions from the pandemic. Farmers and agribusinesses had to, however, adjust their usual work processes to comply with health regulations and limit the spread of the virus. In about a month, the focus will shift to planting activity of 2020/21 summer grains, oil seeds and various horticulture products. This is at a time when the Covid-19 infection numbers are on the rise, with the Western Cape, Gauteng, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal currently being the hot spots of the virus in South Africa. These provinces also account for 60% of South Africa’s agricultural output, which raises questions about whether the surge in infections could negatively impact the planting season.
