Agricultural Economic
Review: 2019
[{“type”:”text”,”content”:”Before the lockdown, the South African economy already battled with high unemployment, policy uncertainty, corruption, rising government debt, low demand for South African products internationally, a looming credit downgrade, a weakening of the rand against major international currencies, poor service delivery and a host of other factors. Note that this report is mainly focused on the performance of South Africau2019s agricultural economy in 2019, while making brief references to developments during the first quarter of 2020.nnSouth African agriculture faced several challenges that had a negative impact on farming income and other economic variables in 2019. Some of the biggest challenges for the past year have been animal health, labour issues, and the changing climate. The impact of animal diseases (e.g. foot-and-mouth, listeriosis, African swine fever) as well as the unprotected strike by workers at the port in the Eastern Cape, pose a significant threat to sustainable export growth in the agricultural sector.”,”position”:0,”id”:”GFowQj7WUAaQrasr”}]