AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
We collaborate with various stakeholders and partners to design and implement programmes that are aimed at increasing market access for smallholder farmers.
Bringing you analysis, latest information on markets and trading trends.

Inclusive, Competitive, Job-Creating, Sustainable and Growing Agricultural Sector.


How we were established
The National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) was established in terms of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act No. 47 of 1996, as amended by Act No 59 of 1997 and Act No. 52 of 2001. We are a statutory body reporting to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.
The way we do things
At NAMC, we believe in embedding and strengthening our core values in everything we do and offer. Our commitment to these values is evident in our behavior and services.
The principles we uphold are: Integrity, Assertiveness, Collaboration, Service Excellence, Fairness, Objectivity and Innovation.
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What we do
We collaborate with various stakeholders and partners to design and implement programmes that are aimed at increasing market access for smallholder farmers.
We oversee and monitor the functioning of the Agricultural Trust and advise the Minister of Agriculture on their state.
We conduct research on the agricultural markets and trading. We publish various evidence-based information through publications, commentaries and advisory notes. We advise the Minister of Agriculture on policy interventions and trends in the agri-trade locally and globally.
We administrate the applications of statutory measures (levies, records and returns, and registration) and conduct investigations, and make recommendations to the Minister of Agriculture for decision making.
AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY TRUSTS
AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY TRUSTS: TOTAL ASSETS VALUE – 2023
LEVY ADMINISTRATORS
TOTAL STATUTORY LEVIES – 2024
Our latest
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Rodney Khoza2025-11-06 15:33:472025-11-06 15:36:55SMALLHOLDER MARKET ACCESS ESTIMATES | SEPTEMBER 2025
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Rodney Khoza2025-11-06 15:31:522025-11-06 15:31:52SMALLHOLDER MARKET ACCESS ESTIMATES | JUNE 2025
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Daniel Rambau2025-10-31 13:22:392025-10-31 13:22:39SOUTH AFRICAN SUPPLY & DEMAND ESTIMATES | OCTOBER 2025
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Rodney Khoza2025-10-31 10:13:192025-10-31 10:13:49AGRIPRENEUR ISSUE 42: SEPTEMBER 2025
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Rodney Khoza2025-10-29 07:08:472025-10-29 07:08:47FOOD BASKET PRICE MONTHLY REPORT: OCTOBER 2025
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Rodney Khoza2025-10-27 09:07:392025-10-27 09:08:02TRADE PROBE ISSUE 102 | SEPTEMBER 2025
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Rodney Khoza2025-10-21 08:27:262025-10-21 08:27:26FOOD BASKET PRICE MONTHLY REPORT: SEPTEMBER 2025
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Rodney Khoza2025-10-16 13:54:122025-10-16 13:54:12FARM TO RETAIL PRICE SPREAD | SEPTEMBER 2025
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Rodney Khoza2025-10-14 11:54:082025-10-21 08:33:33STATUS REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY TRUSTS | 2024 SURVEY
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Daniel Rambau2025-10-14 08:39:142025-10-14 08:39:14NAMC Annual Report 2024/25
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Rodney Khoza2025-10-13 11:03:062025-11-05 09:18:18MARKET INTELLIGENCE REPORT QUARTER TWO | SEPTEMBER 2025
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Rodney Khoza2025-10-10 09:39:042025-10-23 15:48:19FOOD AND INPUT PRICES REPORT | SEPTEMBER 2025Stay up to date
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Rodney Khoza2025-11-08 14:36:342025-11-08 14:36:34UNLEASHING THE TRILLION-DOLLAR BOOM: WHAT'S FUELING AFRICA'S AGRIBUSINESS GROWTH?

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Rodney Khoza2025-11-05 11:38:432025-11-05 11:40:14THE RISING COST OF AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AND IMPLICATIONS ON FOOD PRICES IN SOUTH AFRICA
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Rodney Khoza2025-11-05 11:30:282025-11-05 11:32:15CHINA AS A GROWTH FRONTIER FOR SOUTH AFRICAN MACADAMIA EXPORTS


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Rodney Khoza2025-10-23 12:39:482025-10-23 12:39:48SAB INVESTS R650 MILLION TO STRENGTHEN SOUTH AFRICA’S FARMING ECONOMY


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Rodney Khoza2025-10-04 14:40:332025-10-05 10:43:20AGOA EXPIRY IMPACT ON AFRICAN EXPORT: THABILE NKUNJANA WEIGHS IN
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Rodney Khoza2025-10-02 19:50:432025-10-05 10:55:48THE PEOPLE'S COURT | AGOA UNCERTAINTY | 02 OCTOBER 2025
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Rodney Khoza2025-09-30 08:34:142025-10-05 10:34:48EXPORTS UP, JOBS DOWN: WHY AGRI-TRADE LEAVES RURAL WORKERS BEHIND
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Rodney Khoza2025-09-28 09:50:432025-10-12 09:51:17G20 FOOD SECURITY TASK FORCE WRAPS UP ON A HIGH NOTE
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Rodney Khoza2025-09-04 16:11:082025-09-04 16:11:20SOUTH AFRICA FRUIT AND NUT EXPORTS RISE DESPITE U.S. TARIFFS
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Rodney Khoza2025-09-02 13:14:132025-09-02 13:16:43BRICS+ OFFERS NEW HORIZONS FOR SA’S AGRI-TRADE
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Rodney Khoza2025-08-25 15:52:152025-08-25 17:29:29CAN BRICS DRIVE EXPORT GROWTH IN SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURE?
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Rodney Khoza2025-08-16 10:00:222025-08-25 18:11:52SURGE IN BEETROOT PRICES SEASONAL
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Rodney Khoza2025-08-14 08:00:302025-08-25 18:20:37SA SECURES HISTORIC CHINA TRADE DEAL FOR FIVE STONE FRUITS
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Rodney Khoza2025-08-12 09:00:012025-08-25 18:32:21TRUMP TARIFFS | SA HOPES FOR BETTER US TRADE DEAL: THABILE NKUNJANA WEIGHS IN
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Rodney Khoza2025-08-07 18:39:472025-08-25 18:38:21EMERGING RISKS SHAKE UP SA AGRICULTURE SECTOR
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Rodney Khoza2025-07-24 08:34:102025-07-28 13:35:03POULTRY SECTOR RECOVERING, PRICES NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE
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Daniel Rambau2025-07-22 16:50:052025-07-24 14:33:24GRAIN AND OILSEEDS WORKSHOP SETS STAGE FOR PRODUCTION SCHEMES
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Rodney Khoza2025-07-22 08:00:372025-07-22 14:23:05TRADE TURBULENCE ROCKS SA’S BOAT: OVER R10 BILLION AT RISK
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Rodney Khoza2025-07-20 09:35:532025-07-21 09:36:40INDABA TO TACKLE ESCALATING FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE: THABILE NKUNJANA & DR DIRK VERWOED
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Rodney Khoza2025-07-15 12:59:302025-07-16 13:00:00EXPORT READY? HERE’S WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT SACU
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Rodney Khoza2025-07-11 08:11:272025-07-15 15:12:56MORE PRICE PAIN AT THE TILLS COMING FOR SOUTH AFRICAN HOUSEHOLDS
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Rodney Khoza2025-07-07 08:13:092025-07-09 11:14:32ISSUES OF TRUST, AND A MATTER OF TIME AS SOUTH AFRICA BEGIN VACCINATION OF POULTRY

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Rodney Khoza2025-07-01 09:00:042025-08-05 17:47:02EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURAL PATTERNS: AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY STATISTICS, 2023
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Daniel Rambau2025-06-30 12:00:352025-08-05 19:34:07PROSPECTS TO EXPAND SOUTH AFRICA’S AGRICULTURAL TRADE WITHIN THE BRICS+ MARKET

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Daniel Rambau2025-06-30 12:00:252025-08-05 19:31:04BRICS+ PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE SOUTH AFRICA'S AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
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Daniel Rambau2025-06-30 12:00:202025-08-05 21:24:42ANIMAL HEALTH AND TRACEABILITY COULD UNLOCK SOUTH AFRICA’S BEEF EXPORT POTENTIAL IN BRICS+
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Daniel Rambau2025-06-30 12:00:062025-08-05 19:34:35AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA UNDER BRICS+
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Rodney Khoza2025-06-24 08:00:542025-07-09 12:45:25CLOSED DOORS: YOUNG FARMERS STILL LEFT OUT OF AGRI POWER CIRCLES
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Rodney Khoza2025-06-10 08:00:212025-07-09 12:46:06DIGITAL AGRICULTURE: THE GOLDEN KEY TO GLOBAL MARKET ACCESS

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Rodney Khoza2025-05-19 09:57:132025-05-21 09:59:02WHAT CAN PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA OFFER THE WHITE HOUSE IN HIGH-STAKES US TRADE TALKS?The AAMP is one of the seven priority plans identified by President Ramaphosa in the State of Nation Address (SONA) of 2019 as part of key economic sectors essential for the economic reconstruction and recovery during and post the Covid-19 pandemic.
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