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| 13-04-2012 |
SA 'missing opportunity' on processed agricultural products
Business Day
Although SA became a net importer of processed agricultural products in 2005, the overall agricultural trade balance has remained positive in more than a decade, the Agricultural Business Chamber said yesterday. Lindie Stroebel, the chamber's economic...
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| April 2012 |
Landbou: Agendapunte vir 2012
Spilpunt, Magazine of MGK Operating Company Pty Ltd
Vanjaar gaan 'n besondere interessante jaar wees, met 'n paar bestaande en nuwe agendapunte wat dalk te lank onvoldoende aandag gekry het. Die Suid-Afrikaanse landbouer moet, soos altyd, sy oog op die internasionale omgewing en die plaaslike ekonomie en tendense hou, om ingeligte en nugter besluite te kan neem. |
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| 27-03-2012 |
Agriculture BEE code released for comment
Business Day
TRADE and Industry Minister Rob Davies yesterday gazetted the agricultural black economic empowerment (AgriBEE) sector code, setting the tone for a radical transformation process in the industry... South African-based multinationals and enterprises with an average annual turnover of R5m -R35m. Agricultural Business Chamber CEO John Purchase, who also serves on the AgriBEE Charter Council, said developing a sector code for the agricultural industry was "an arduous, but necessary process"... |
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| 26-03-2012 |
Rising imports of food worry Davies
Business Day
INCREASED imports of processed food, despite SA’s own capacity to manufacture food products, have dampened the rate of expansion in the sector, leading to slower job creation over the past decade, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies... However, last month, Agricultural Business Chamber CEO John Purchase said while the government had included the agro-processing sector among its strategic ... |
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| 15-03-2012 |
Landbou: Agendapunte vir 2012
Landbouweekblad
Vanjaar gaan 'n besondere interessante jaar wees, met 'n paar bestaande en nuwe agendapunte wat dalk te lank onvoldoende aandag gekry het. Die Suid-Afrikaanse landbouer moet, soos altyd, sy oog op die internasionale omgewing en die plaaslike ekonomie en tendense hou, om ingeligte en nugter besluite te kan neem... |
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| 09-03-2012 |
Eenheid in landbou al hoe nader
Landbouweekblad
Die onderskeie organisasies binne die georganiseerde landbou het nog ’n stappie nader aan eenheid beweeg toe konsensus oor die raamwerk vir ’n eenheidstruktuur bereik is. Dit sal ’n vrywillige forum wees en die sewe organisasies wat betrokke is, sal elk ’n verteenwoordiger in die bestuurskomitee aanwys. Die organisasies is Agri SA, die TLU SA, die Landboubesigheidskamer (LBK), die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging van Landbouverwerkers, die African Farmers Association of SA (Afasa), die National African Farmers’ Union (Nafu) en die United South African Agricultural Association (USAAA)... |
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| 09-03-2012 |
Budget praised for reference to agriculture
Farmer's Weekly
“I don’t think I’ve heard ‘agriculture’ mentioned so many times in a budget before.” This was the reaction of Dr John Purchase, CEO of the Agricultural Business Chamber, to the minister of finance, Pravin Gordhan’s, recent budget speech at a media briefing. “The budget had a strong developmental and redistributive focus.”
André Jooste, from the National Agricultural Marketing Council agreed: “The infrastructure budget (of government) will increase by less than the budget on social grants. We’ll need to find ways to address this.” |
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| 09-03-2012 |
High administered prices put investors off
Farmer's Weekly
Agribusinesses applauded finance minister, Pravin Gordhan for putting emphasis on reducing the cost of doing business in South Africa during his 2012 budget speech. Gordhan said that rapid increases in administered prices must be addressed. But, according to the Agricultural Business Chamber, Gordhan’s words carry little weight, as the increase in the fuel levy (28c/l) and “the remaining burdening regulatory regime” will only cause the cost of doing business to increase further.
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| 07-03-2012 |
Creamer Media's Engineering News
Agricultural Business Chamber CEO Dr John Purchase said Africa, which spends over $50-billion a year on food imports, required input from both the public ...
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| 02-03-2012 |
Sakevertroue op met 25%
Sake 24
Landbou-ondernemings is opnuut optimisties oor hul omstandighede nadat hulle in die laaste kwartaal van verlede jaar nie veel moed gehad het nie. Die Landboubesigheidskamer (LBK) en Nywerheidsontwikkelingskorporasie (NOK) se sakevertroue-indeks vir die eerste kwartaal van 2012 het op 64 punte te staan gekom, 25% hoër as in die laaste kwartaal van 2011. |
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| 26-02-2012 |
Eenheid gou hier
Sake 24
Eenheid in georganiseerde landbou blyk ’n werklikheid te word. Die loodskomitee onder voorsitterskap van prof. Mohammad Karaan het konsensus bereik oor die raamwerk vir eenheid. Dié komitee bestaan uit leiers van die National African Farmers’ Union (Nafu), die African Farmers’ Association of South Africa (Afasa), die United South African Agricultural Association (USAAA), Agri SA, TLU SA, die Suid-Afrikaanse Landbou-verwerkersvereniging (SAAPA) en die Landboubesigheidskamer (LBK).
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| 25-02-2012 |
Agriculture needs youth
Business Live
More young people are needed in agriculture to ensure the sector thrives in Africa.
"Despite Africa's huge reliance on agriculture for its GDP, about 35%, only a handful (about five) of countries invest 10% of their annual budgets in agricultural development. This is despite the Maputo Declaration, signed by African heads of state, committing to this target," said John Purchase, CEO of the Agricultural Business Chamber.
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| 24-02-2012 |
Hawetarief 'goeie nuus'
Dit is uitstekende nuus dat daar dié keer waarlik na boere geluister is, het mnr. Anton Rabe, uitvoerende direkteur van Hortgro Dienste, gesê ná die aankondiging dat hawetariewe vir 2012/’13 met 2,76% (en nie die beoogde 18% nie) verhoog is. ...Dr. John Purchase, uitvoerende hoof van die Landboubesigheidskamer (LBK), is ook in sy skik met dié aankondiging...
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| 23-02-2012 |
Agriculture needs youth
Business Live
More young people are needed in agriculture to ensure the sector thrives in Africa.
"Despite Africa's huge reliance on agriculture for its GDP, about 35%, only a handful (about five) of countries invest 10% of their annual budgets in agricultural development. This is despite the Maputo Declaration, signed by African heads of state, committing to this target," said John Purchase, CEO of the Agricultural Business Chamber... |
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| 23-02-2012 |
Sondetaks gaan hard slaan
Landbou.com
Intussen sê dr. John Purchase, hoof-uitvoerende beampte van die Landboubesigheidskamer (LBK), hy wil die Minister van Finansies gelukwens vir dít wat hy met ‘n baie beperkte begroting reggekry het. “Hy het baie goed gedoen met die min beweeg ruimte wat hy gehad het.” |
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| 21-02-2012 |
Boere vies vir Minister Tina
Die Burger
John Purchase van die Landboubesigheidskamer laat blyk in watter benarde posisie die polities beleërde georganiseerde landbousektor is. Hy het dit as ’n knyptang-situasie beskryf: Dis noodsaaklik om goeie verhoudinge met die regering te bou en die minister te akkommodeer, maar ook om haar te probeer hou aan haar ondernemings... |
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| 15-02-2012 |
Landbou dankbaar oor hawetariewe
Landbou.com
Dr. John Purchase, uitvoerende hoof van die Landboubesigheidskamer (LBK), sê hulle is baie in hulle skik met dié aankondiging. “Ons het kort nadat ons die verhogingsvoorstel ontdek het, groot kapsie gemaak en die saak hard aangedryf binne Business Unity South Africa. Ons is baie dankbaar dis verlaag, want dit maak Suid-Afrika baie meer mededingend met die wêreldmark...”
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| 10-02-2012 |
A challenging year ahead for agribusinesses
Farmer's Weekly
A fragile international economy, slow economic growth rate, the high cost of doing business in South Africa and political uncertainties will be some of the factors influencing the trading environment for agribusinesses in the coming year. This was according to the Agricultural Business Chamber’s economic intelligence manager, Lindie Stroebel, who recently published a report on the outlook and expectations for local agribusinesses for 2012.
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| 08-02-2012 |
Funding for emerging farmers key
Business Report
John Purchase, the chief executive of the Agricultural Business Chamber, expressed concern at the lack of investment bio-security veterinary services.
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| 03-02-2012 |
IDC to spend billions on developing SA agro-processing
Farmer's Weekly
South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) intends spending around R4,5 billion over the next five years to develop the country’s agro-processing sector. The Agricultural Business Chamber (ABC) said that it welcomes the IDC’s investment in the agro-processing industry, and is especially pleased that the majority of these investments are doing well and developing into profitable agribusinesses...
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| 03-02-2012 |
Port tariff hikes will hurt exports, job growth
Farmer's Weekly
Transnet is forging ahead with its decision to implement an 18,06% port tariff increase for the 2012/13 financial year. It has defended the proposed stiff hike, saying it’s necessary to tackle an infrastructure backlog in rail, ports and pipelines.
...Purchasing power is relatively low, especially for high value goods, and world agricultural trade is expected to be poor in 2012, said Lindie Stroebel, economist at the Agricultural Business Chamber. “The cost of doing business in SA is currently the most significant challenge and reflects directly on the bottom line of business and at national level.” |
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Business Day
EXPECTED higher agricultural product prices this season could bring about some relief for food producers, the Agriculture Business Chamber said last week.
Releasing the agribusiness outlook for this year, the chamber’s economic intelligence manager, Lindie Stroebel, said a major concern was that agriculture had shown signs of contraction since the start of last year. However, this was in line with the international economy remaining fragile, as the European Union’s sovereign debt crisis remained unresolved, and prospects still appeared gloomy. Read more»
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Business Live
Consumers will continue to pay more for food because of high international commodity prices - but not because of shortages resulting from heavy rains which are destroying summer crops and damaging farming infrastructure in Limpopo and Mpumalanga. ''Yes, some of the crops such as tomatoes, green peppers and subtropical fruits and vegetables will be affected, but not other crops like maize and wheat. The reason we are paying high prices is because of rising input costs such as energy, labour and logistics," said John Purchase, CEO at the AgriBusiness Chamber...
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| 27-01-2012 |
Beleggers skarrel vir die landbou
Landbouweekblad
Die vertroue in die toekoms van die landbou wêreldwyd is dalk nêrens duideliker as in eie geledere – onder boere en landbou-ondernemings self – nie... Dr. John Purchase, uitvoerende hoof van die Landboubesigheidskamer, bevestig dat daar in internasionale kringe besonder groot agting vir die Suid-Afrikaanse landbou is. Hy sê egter dat ’n mens se planne agtermekaar moet wees as jy ’n belegging uit daardie oord wil werf...
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| 24-01-2012 |
Struikelblokke op die wins-pad
Sake 24
Die koste om in Suid-Afrika sake te doen, is die grootste uitdaging vir ondernemings en hul winsgewendheid. Dit is die mening van die Landboubesigheidskamer (LBK) soos vervat in ’n dokument oor die vooruitsigte en verwagtinge vir landbousake in 2012.
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Agribusiness ripe to reap
Business Live
South African agribusinesses are well positioned to seize opportunities in developing countries as uncertainty in developed economies seems set to continue, said Agricultural Business Chamber head economist Lindie Stroebel...
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| 20-01-2012 |
Beurtkrag kan landbou ernstig knou – Agri SA
Landbouweekblad
Beurtkrag kan landbou- en voedselproduksie knou en in sommige gevalle selfs vernietig... Dr. John Purchase, uitvoerende direkteur van die Landboubesigheidskamer (LBK), sê ook dat dit van die grootste belang is om krag oordeelkundig te gebruik en te bespaar sodat beurtkrag vermy kan word. Daar is egter twee kwessies wat hom pla...
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17-01-2012
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Business Day
Agricultural Research Council CEO Shadrack Moephuli says agricultural productivity increases have masked the sharp decline in the number of farmers in SA and that the sector is in a "crisis" ... Agricultural Business Chamber CEO John Purchase yesterday disagreed that the sector was in crisis. "There are concerns in the industry for it to remain competitive," he said, citing agro-logistics, technology, energy security, water quality and attracting skills to the sector as concerns...
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