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Western Cape trade visit to Maputo sees “Mission Achieved” for African Agri Strategy

Today, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture Dr Ivan Meyer returned from Maputo, Mozambique, where he led a Western Cape trade mission to the  57th FACIM trade exhibition. FACIM is a trade fair which attracts more than 2,500 exhibitors from 20 countries and 50,000 visitors. Meyer commented that FACIM allowed exhibitors and visitors to interact through […]

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Better coordination and collaboration can speed up the process of resolving the ban on vegetable exports

Better coordination and collaboration can speed up the process of resolving Botswana and Namibia’s ban on South African vegetable exports. For this reason, the participation of key role players from different spheres of government dealing with market access issues is essential to speedily identify and resolve market access challenges. Botswana and Namibia’s recent unilateral decision

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National Ban on the movement of cattle

On Tuesday, August 16, the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) announced a national ban on the movement of cattle.  This drastic intervention follows the recent rapid spread of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in South Africa. There are currently active outbreaks in Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal provinces and new

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Western Cape Agriculture hosts successful Agriculture Municipal Summit

On Thursday, 4 August 2022,  the Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, officially opened the Western Cape Department of Agriculture’s inaugural Municipal Agricultural Summit at Goudini Spa in Rawsonville. The two-day summit focussed on crucial matters that impact the agricultural sector in the local government arena. These included critical issues such as land

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