On 1 June 2022, one of South Africa’s giant mobile telecommunications company MTN, hosted the first ever Internet of Things (IoT) Agri Seminar. According to MTN, the webinar was hosted to promote
best practice sharing and collaboration in the Agricultural
Science and technological communities.

On 2 June 2022, the NAMC’s Markets and Economic Research Centre hosted a workshop seminar on Cassava. The purpose of the seminar was to provide a status update on the progress of the Cassava project.

As we countdown to the end of 2021, the NAMC reflects on its contribution to its core mandate of providing marketing advisory services to the Minister and the sector stakeholders. The NAMC played an instrumental technical role in assessing the impact of the July unrest to the economy and food systems.