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South Africa needs to bolster its biosecurity to control the spread of disease in livestock and poultry.

Biosecurity is vital for SA’s successful agricultural growth and export strategy

Frequent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, avian influenza and African swine fever suggest weakness in biosecurity controls and the effect of climate change

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Land is about much more that Photo: Michele Spatari/Bloomberg/Getty Images

South Africa’s agriculture to recover in 2025

Better dam levels and a stable electricity supply for irrigation will continue to benefit the horticulture sub-sector and floriculture

  • Eyaaz
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Canned pilchards are sold in smaller quantities (typically 400g cans and smaller) which gives consumers some flexibility regarding their purchasing patterns.

Tinned fish overtakes chicken as South Africa’s preferred protein

The most affordable protein is dry beans, which cost R0.32 per protein gram, followed by eggs at R0.48 per protein gram

  • Des Erasmus
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Annual consumer inflation was unchanged at 3.2% in February at 3.2%, with increases registered in housing and utilities, food and alcoholic beverages and restaurants and accommodation offset by decreases in the services sector, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday. (Guillem Sartorio/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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  • Eyaaz
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