ABC Agbiz Congress

5-6 June 2012

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Governments in Africa should consider more favourable agriculture policies to create an enabling environment for agriculture and agribusiness to be globally competitive, delegates at the sixth African Economic Forum in Cape Town heard this week.

Agricultural Business Chamber CEO Dr John Purchase said Africa, which spends over $50-billion a year on food imports, required input from both the public and private sectors to increase the continent's agricultural output. Read full article»

Source: http://www.engineeringnews.co.za

This issue of the EBB addresses issues that directly impact agribusinesses, such as:
* The Green Paper on Land Reform.
* Proposed Labour Law Amendments.
* Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Bill.
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In recent years the sector has faced a number of challenges - in part - stemming from the impact of the Global Financial Crisis. These include a declining export performance, substantially increased imports into the South African market, and generally low rates of product and process innovation.

The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) will be hosting a workshop for all Food-processing participants in order to discuss the above challenges and to develop interventions to support industry development.  Minister Rob Davies will deliver a keynote address.  More information»

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Please RSVP with Christinah Molobi by 16 March 2012

Email: cmolobi@thedti.gov.za

Tell: 012 394 1003

Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Ms Edna Molewa is calling on all South Africans to join the Department in celebrating National Water Week by making a positive contribution toward efforts to conserve and protect the country`s water resources.

Every year during March the Department of Water Affairs celebrates National Water Week in South Africa, which also features the World Water Day on 22 March. This years campaign theme is Water is Life Conserve it, Respect it, Enjoy it.  Please click here to download the media statement by Minister Molewa»

The Southern Africa Trade Hub (SATH) is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded project that seeks to increase international competitiveness, intra-regional trade and food security in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region. SATH will realize this through supporting progress on the SADC regional integration agenda and increasing the trade capacity of regional value chains in selected sectors.  Read more»

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