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What will South Africa’s agriculture sector look like a decade from now?

By most standards, South Africa’s agriculture industry has overachieved in many respects, such as the increase of 44% in the gross value of agricultural production between 2010 and 2020. This was driven mainly by horticultural production, which grew 70%; animal production, which saw an increase of 43%; and field crops, which surged 22% over the same period.

With exports already reaching record levels of R69,5

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