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ABC Agbiz Congress | |
The deadline for ABC Agbiz Congress registrations has been extended for another week.
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4 June 2012
15 August 2012
7 November 2012 |
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Crop Estimates | |
SA Grain Information Services
SAGIS's Weekly Bulletin
includes a collection of local and international grain information such as prices, stocks, import parity prices, economic indicators, the food prices of Statistics SA, weather conditions, etc.
www.sagis.org.za
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Workshop on the Impact of Logistics on Agriculture | | |
 On 11 May 2012, the NAMC and the ABC co-hosted a workshop on the transport cost benchmarking in agriculture.
The NAMC report provided a fantastic basis to lay-out challenges and identify the cost-drivers in the sector. RTMS, the smart truck projects, various other cost-cutting and "green" options, together with some industry specific programmes and interventions, were suggested to be amongst the possible solutions to addressing those challenges and to manage the cost-drivers.
Ultimately, the entire agro-industry's value chain, have a responsibility to provide food on a cost-effective manner to the end-consumer. Transport and distribution challenges and cost-drivers impact on all food products at some point or the other. Therefore these issues impact on everyone.
It was identified at the workshop that the agricultural sector's transport and logistics issues are not entirely unique, however, a clear understanding of the sector's specific issues are inevitable to make informed inputs on behalf of the sector and to ultimately address how logistics costs and challenges impact on the cost of food and food security.
It was strongly advised that industry specific groupings should be encouraged to continue their individual initiatives, as they are focussed on their industry's specific needs. To create a platform for industry groupings to learn from and assist each other, it was recommended to establish better sector-wide communication and collaboration:
- to create capacity to enable overarching and industry specific research,
- to establish a platform for industry specific programmes to learn from and assist each other,
- to pro-actively negotiate collectively for enabling policies and interventions, and
- to address challenges and create national interventions before it evolves into problems.
To read a summary of the report on the workshop, please click here» |
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ABC Joins IFAMA as Institutional Member | | |
 ABC has become an institutional member and strategic partner of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA). IFAMA is known for bringing together top executives, academics, policy makers, students and stakeholders to network and stimulate strategic thinking across the global food, fibre, fuel, floral and forestry systems. Read more about the membership»
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ABC Parliamentary Report | | |
 The ABC Parliamentary Report for April and May 2012 reports on:
Strategic plans presented by:
* Department of Water Affairs.
* Department of Labour, the CCMA, the Unemployment Insurance Fund and NEDLAC.
* Department of Rural Development and Land Reform.
* National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) as well as the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) and the Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB).
* Department of Trade and Industry.
Department of Labour briefed on the proposed amendments to the basic Conditions of Employment Act and the labour Relations Act.
Budget debates by various Ministers during May 2012.
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BUSA: Implement Youth Wage Subsidy Scheme Soon | | |
 BUSA has frequently emphasised the serious challenge posed by the persistence of high youth unemployment in South Africa, about which there is now clearly deepening concern throughout the country and globally. The funds made available by the National Treasury nearly two years ago for a youth wage subsidy should now be constructively deployed to help mitigate youth unemployment. Read media release»
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| Zero Hunger Programme | | |
 The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) recently presented on the Zero Hunger Programme and Food Security Policy. Click to download Presentation and Framework for the Zero Hunger Programme
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| Fews Net's Food Security Outlook Report | | |
Please find attached FEWS NET's Food Security Outlook Report for Southern Africa for the period April to September 2012. |
| Infrastructure Arica Business Forum 2012- Transforming Africa through Infrastructure | | |
The need for infrastructure development in emerging markets is critical. In most African countries, particularly the lower-income countries, infrastructure emerges as a major constraint to doing business. Read media release» |
| Upcoming Events | | |
ABC CONGRESS 2012
5 - 6 June 2012
Champagne Sports Resort, Drakensberg
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2012 IFAMA Forum & Symposium
9 - 14 June 2012
Shanghai, China
The Road to 2050: This conference addresses the future of agriculture and how all the players in the food chain must work together to feed a global population that is expected to climb to 9.2 billion people by 2050. More information»
iPAD Angola
12-14 June 2012
Annual Conference and Exhibition on Infrastructure Partnerships
Luanda, Angola
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Food Security Summit
18 - 22 Junie 2012
Johannesburg
20% discount for ABC Members who attend this event
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Infrastructure Africa Indaba
10 - 11 July 2012
Sandton Convention Centre
Johannesburg
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AMT AGRI Outlook Conference
3 - 4 September 2012
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Agri Business Congress
Growing economic development through AgriBusiness
5 - 6 September 2012
Lusaka, Zambia
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AGRI MEGA WEEK
13 - 15 September 2012
Mega Park, Bredasdorp, Western Cape
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16th China International Fair For Investment And Trade
8 - 11 September 2012
Xiamen, China
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Allfresh Conference
1 - 2 October 2012
CSIR, Pretoria
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South Africa / China Expo's
4 - 6 October 2012
Beijing
9 October 2012
Shanghai
SIAL Paris 2012 (Agro-processing Sector)
21-25 October 2012
Paris, France
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World Soybean Research Congress IX (WSRC) 2013
17-22 February 2013
International Convention Centre in Durban.
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