Request for Grant Applications
The Strategic Partnership Grant Fund (SPGF) has been established to address Southern Africa region industry issues in cereals, legumes and other agricultural commodities and their related services in finance, transportation, storage, and information technology.
SPGF is a financing mechanism to allocate funds to support efforts of the South Africa private sector to make investments in the Southern Africa regional agriculture sector that will increase trade in agricultural products, help accelerate agricultural sector growth in the region and improve regional food security. It focuses on South African companies as catalysts for increasing trade capacity in agricultural value chains in the wider Southern Africa region.
The USAID-funded Southern Africa Trade Hub (SATH), administers the SPGF, in cooperation with Agbiz.
Click here for information on the proposal process, evaluation criteria and eligibility. |
SABS & the DTI on an Early Warning System for TBT notifications
Please find attached for your information and use a brochure from the SABS & the dti on an Early Warning System for Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) notifications. The brochure provides a web address through which Agbiz members can subscribe to the system. A subscriber to the system can select sectors of interest on which notifications will be received. The link below provides access to a searchable database of WTO TBT notifications.
http://www.sadcstan.co.za/wto/index.asp |
FEWS Net - June 2012
Linked find FEWS NET's June 2012 Southern Africa Food Security Outlook Update. |
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Senwes reports healthy growth
Senwes' profit after tax for the year ended 30 April increased by 21,6% to R265 million, while a return on equity of 21,5% was achieved. Headline earnings for the period increased by 14,3% from 116,2 c/share to 132,8 c/share. The turnover of this integrated agricultural services business received a boost of 73,5% to R13 billion mainly as a result of an increase in commodity prices. More
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Infrastructure Africa Conference
Africa - A time for transformation 10 - 11 July 2012 | Sandton Convention Centre | Johannesburg
Dr John Purchase (Agbiz CEO) will be moderator of the panel discussion on "Agriculture -Transforming this crucial Sector".
Click here for more information and to register» |
Agri-Food Career & Bursary Fair
Sustainable Food for Life
22 - 23 August 2012 | University of Pretoria
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Agri Mega Week 2012
One Agriculture - One Vision
13 - 15 September 2012 | Bredasdorp
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