Cotton SA May Newsletter, provides a market outlook on the cotton industry. Due to the ongoing Russia/Ukraine Conflict, the local industry would not be severely affected, as little trade exists between South Africa and Ukraine in respect of textiles and clothing. In terms of local cotton estimates, the outlook for the remaining hectares remained increasingly weather dependent.

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.