Agbiz head of agribusiness research, Wandile Sihlobo compares South Africa's maize yields to a second biggest producer in sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria...
Wandile Sihlobo 7 Feb 2019
Wine is one of South Africa's largest agricultural exports, therefore the growth in its exports contributes positively to the country's agricultural trade balance...
Wandile Sihlobo 31 Jan 2019
One challenge that became apparent by the end of 2018 was environmental related, as grain and oilseed producing areas of the country experienced dryness which led to delays in plantings...
Wandile Sihlobo 15 Jan 2019
South African farmers planted 28,800 hectares of sorghum in the 2017/18 production season - the smallest area on record in a dataset starting from 1936/37. This is a disappointing picture, given that sorghum was once seen as key to the development of the biofuel industry in South Africa...
Wandile Sihlobo 2 Jan 2019
There are growing concerns that the current dry weather conditions in most parts of South Africa could lead to a lower maize harvest in the 2018/19 production season...
Wandile Sihlobo 20 Dec 2018
Subsequent to a decline from 54 to 48 points in the third quarter of 2018, the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index weakened further to 42 in the last quarter of the year. This is the lowest point since the fourth quarter of 2009...
Wandile Sihlobo 5 Dec 2018
A recently published research paper by agricultural economists Jan Greyling and Philip Pardey in the Agrekon Journal brings home some key points about South Africa's maize production in terms of commercial and smallholder share contribution...
Wandile Sihlobo 3 Dec 2018
Celebrations were in order when Kenya recovered from the 2017 drought, when food price inflation was at double digits, causing political tension during the general election, however...
Wandile Sihlobo 23 Nov 2018
South Africa is ranked as the most food-secure country in Africa and is 44th out of 133 countries worldwide...
Wandile Sihlobo 20 Sep 2018
With NEDLAC's Jobs Summit fast-approaching, agriculture is once again back in the spotlight as one of the sectors that could potentially play a role in job creation...
Wandile Sihlobo 5 Sep 2018
The delays in the publication of adjustments to the South African wheat import tariff are once again causing an interesting pattern...
Wandile Sihlobo 20 Aug 2018
The United States Department of Agriculture has just released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, which covers most major grains and oilseeds estimates for the 2018/19 production season...
Wandile Sihlobo 13 Aug 2018
Within the aquaculture space, a notable uptick in jobs was in fish hatcheries and fish farms, with a modest uptick in ocean and coastal fishing jobs...
Wandile Sihlobo 6 Aug 2018
With agriculture having its fair share of challenges, Wandile Sihlobo continues the discussion surrounding both domestic and regional developments with a closer look at agricultural trade performance...
Wandile Sihlobo 19 Jul 2018
