AGRICULTURE NEWS - There are large gaps in the available agricultural production data, particularly when it comes to the contribution of smallholder farmers to the informal agricultural economy in South Africa.
A broad, co-ordinated effort was therefore needed to gain the necessary insight into the sector, according to the managing director of the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP), Prof Ferdi Meyer.
During the recent virtual launch of BFAP’s Baseline Agricultural Outlook for 2020 to 2029, Meyer said that government, the public sector, the agriculture sector, and researchers needed to collaborate to “unpack and truly understand” the informal farming sector.
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