South Africa should continuously improve its capacity for animal disease control
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With South Africa focused on expanding its red meat and livestock product exports, strengthening biosecurity is essential to this ambition.
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With South Africa focused on expanding its red meat and livestock product exports, strengthening biosecurity is essential to this ambition.
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The past two years presented major challenges for the South African livestock industry. The spread of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) and higher feed costs were the two major factors that weighed on their business.
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Winter is coming, but it looks set to be mild.
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Despite all the commendable government work in opening up export markets, helping to control the spread of animal diseases, and supporting smallholder farmers over the recent past, South Africa's agriculture has been operating from one crisis to another.





The Middle East is deepening its economic ties with Africa.
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The damaging effects of persistent dryness and heatwave in South Africa's summer crop-growing regions have raised concerns about a possible rise in consumer food inflation in the coming months.
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