Farmer's Weekly

Agriculture and consumers’ ‘right to know’ movement

The past year was exceedingly tough, and agriculture had to adapt to the shifting challenges brought on by COVID-19-related restrictions on operations, reduced demand, and bottlenecks throughout the value chain, from accessing diesel to moving export products through ports.

Despite these challenges, the sector did remarkably well. The pandemic may well be with us for a while yet, but we should not lose sight of other equally

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