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The significance of the banking sector in farmers’ decision to invest in production

Agriculture’s great performance in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared with some other sectors that have been struggling, should convince banks to extend lending to previously ignored farming communities.

The agriculture sector in South Africa is once again in the spotlight. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused unprecedented instability in some industries, a rise in input costs, and operating in an unstable, uncertain and

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