Fewer farmers, but food production keeps rising

16 Jan 2022

Jeanne-Marie Versluis

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The value of agricultural exports increased from R160 billion in 2020 to about R173 billion last year.

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Even though there are about 22 000 fewer farmers in South Africa today than there were in 1994, the country has never produced as much food as it is now.

With the at least 32 000 commercial agricultural producers that the country has (mainly in six provinces), the volume of agricultural production is growing by 2.1% a year.

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