High hopes for South Africa’s agri sector in 2021, despite first-quarter decline
Jun 25, 2021
3 minutes
by Hamlet Hlomendlini
Over the past few years, South Africa’s agriculture sector has grown at a faster rate than the rest of the economy, with certain industries seeing output increases of more than 10% in 2020. This was largely supported by high commodity prices.
Notwithstanding its incredible performance last year, the sector’s output decreased 3,2% in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, while the economy grew by 4,6% on a seasonally adjusted and annualised
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