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South Africa Agricultural Business Chamber

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Welcome to the website of the Agricultural Business Chamber in South Africa.

 

The Agricultural Business Chamber (ABC) is a sectoral body, representing an important component of South Africa’s business life, namely agribusiness and companies serving the primary producer.

 

South Africa has a diverse agricultural sector with many agricultural cooperatives and agribusinesses throughout the country. In order to create an enabling environment for business in agriculture, the Agricultural Business Chamber was formed to support and aid the agribusinesses and companies serving the primary producer in advocating on their behalf. With our efficient and effective administrative structure, we are able to offer our members acumen and an aggressive edge within the agricultural environment allowing them to position themselves favourably within the agricultural sector. Another advantage is that we offer extensive opportunities for agribusiness members to build up and maintain advantageous relationships among each other and with other important role players in business, social and government networks.

 

Because of our dynamic efforts over the past decade we are confident to say that we have a definite right to express our opinion on behalf of agribusinesses, to influence the policy and legislative environments and be associated with influential groups both locally and internationally. The Agricultural Business Chamber’s projects, research and activities are directed towards supporting the development of competitive agriculture value chains, profitable and sustainable business in agriculture and effective transformation in the sector through Black Economic Empowerment and emerging farmers support.

 

We are confident that our members will be empowered by a greater awareness of undertakings within the agribusiness sector due to the Agricultural Business Chamber’s initiatives and projects.

 

Find all the up-to-date local and international agribusiness publications, members’ information, Agricultural Business Chamber events and more at the click of your fingers.

 

  

Donderdag, 11 Maart 2010                                     Daily News provided by:

  

Landbouers onregverdig benadeel, sê adjunkminister

Regeringsubsidies in die landboubeleid van sekere lande, plaas onregverdige druk op Suid-Afrikaanse kommersiële landbouers. So het doktor Pieter Mulder, adjunkminister van landbou, onlangs aan ’n vergadering van sowat veertig landbouministers in Parys, Frankryk gesê. Volgens Mulder maak hierdie beskermingsmaatreëls dit onmoontlik vir Suid-Afrikaanse landbouers om op gelyke vlak met landbouers van hierdie lande mee te ding.

 

GM-mielies vir voedselsekuriteit

’n Groter geneties-gemodifiseerde mielie-aanplanting, kan bydra tot Suid-Afrika se voedselsekuriteit. Volgens Wally Green, ’n onafhanklike konsultant vir biotegnologie, maak GM-mielies sowat sewentig persent van die land se totale 2009/2010 mielie-aanplantings uit. Volgens Green toon ’n opname dat die aanplant van GM-mielies in 2009 met tweehonderd-een-en-sestig duisend hektaar en GM-sojabone met vyf-en-veertig duisend hektaar, toegeneem het.

 

Vertroue in agribesigheid meer positief

Die Landboubesigheidskamer en Industriële Ontwikkelingskoöperasie se landboubesigheidsvertrouensindeks het pas verskyn en is steeds negatief. Volgens Lindie Stroebel, bestuurder van ekonomiese en finansiële inligting by die besigheidskamer, toon die indeks egter ’n verbetering op die vorige kwartaal. Vertroue in die landbousektor het ook gedurende die eerste kwartaal van 2010 met sowat elf persent gestyg teenoor die eerste kwartaal van 2009.

 

Voedselsekuriteit in Suidelike Afrika gesond

Die vroeë waarskuwingsnetwerk teen hongersnood, oftewel Fewsnet, se voedselsekuriteitsverslag oor Suidelike Afrika vir Januarie tot Junie 2010, dui daarop dat voedselsekuriteit in Suidelike Afrika stabiel gebly het. Die verslag gee ’n oorsig van huidige voedselsekuriteitstoestande en vordering in die 2009/2010 oesjaar. Die organisasie skryf die stabiele toestand toe aan goeie oeste en hoër voedselproduksie gedurende 2009/2010.

 

 

Hierdie nuus is saamgestel deur AgriConnect - vanuit die landbou, vir die landbou. http://www.agriconnect.com. Vir meer inligting omtrent AgriConnect se dienste, skakel 012 843 5600 of lynette@agriconnect.co.za

 

 

ABC's new contact details Minimize

 

Our new postal address is:
P O Box 76297
LYNNWOOD RIDGE
0040
 
Our telephone number and fax number from 
1 September 2009 to 26 March 2010 are:
Telephone number:
012 349 1315
Fax number:
012 349 1330
 
 Our physical address from 
1 September 2009 to 26 March 2010 is:
Aartappelhuis / Potato House
6 de Havilland Crescent
Persequor Technopark
Persequor Park
Pretoria

The ABC will be moving into our new offices on 26 March 2010
The offices are next to Safari nursery in Lynnwood Road, Pretoria
Here is a pre-view of the building, taken of the construction site in November 2009

 

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You can now access all the presentations presented at the 
Agribusiness Forum 2009 by clicking here

Upcoming events Minimize


24 March 2010
ABC Council meeting,
Bloemfontein
(Sponsor: Santam Agri)

 
1 June 2010
ABC Council meeting,
Lord Charles Hotel, 
Somerset-West
 



2 - 3 June 2010
ABC Congress
Lord Charles Hotel, 
Somerset-West

Official invitation
Registration form:
1. Delegates
2. Observers
Hotel accomodation form

 
3 June 2010
ABC Annual General Members' Meeting,
Lord Charles Hotel,
Somerset-West
 
11 June - 11 July 2010
FIFA World Cup Soccer
 
8-9 July 2010
Global Citrus Conference
Camps Bay, Cape Town
More info
 
25-26 July 2010
4th Agribusiness Africa Conference and Agribusiness Exhibition,
Gallagher Convention Centre,
Agrifica / TheFarmAfrica
Tel. 012 804 9729
 
18 August 2010
ABC Council meeting
ABC Offices,
Lynnwood road, Pretoria
 

21 - 22 September 2010
AMT Agri Outlook Conference,
"The Future of Agriculture"
CSIR, Pretoria
Preliminary programme
Registration form

 
25 November 2010
ABC Council meeting
Lichtenburg
(Sponsor: NWK)
 

These events are specifically supported by the ABC and/or its members; through participation therein and/or recognition or the organisation thereof.

  
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