Entries by Bongani Radebe

Abating adverse effects of Global Shocks on South Africa’s rice imports

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This Advisory Note provides alternative interventions on how South Africa should address the persistent but unsustainable reliance on imported rice. These interventions are critical given that global shocks such as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic are in most instances not foreseen, thereby ending up distorting trade. In the case of Covid-19, a number of countries instituted […]

FRUIT INDUSTRY | Request for a per hectare statutory levy to fund the area wide Mediterranean fruit fly control (medfly) programme

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On 8 June 2020, the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development received a request from Fruit Fly Africa (Pty) Ltd (FFA) for the implementation, of a per hectare statutory levy to continue the funding of the area wide Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) (Medfly) control programme, in selected production regions, for a new […]