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WHY SOUTH AFRICA’S CROP SUB-SECTOR MUST DIVERSIFY?

Despite that the many indigenous crops that have been grown in the country for many decades in the past, South Africa’s agricultural sector is based on a few commercialised crops. The most important summer crops produced at commercial scale include maize, soybeans, sunflower seed, groundnuts, and sorghum (South Africa online, 2022).