THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA'S AGRICULTURE

: Sihlobo (W.) & Kirsten (J.)

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151pp., paperback, Tracey McDonald Publishers, Johannesburg, 2025

ISBN: 9781067228897

 

Wandile Sihlobo and Johann Kirsten suggest that South Africa's agricultural sector has great potential to grow, create jobs and revitalise the rural economy. They discuss the fundamental issues that constrain the sector and offer suggestions for how to overcome them.

Wandile Sihlobo is the Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa and author of A Country of Two Agricultures.

Johann Kirsten is Professor and Director of the Bureau for Economic Research at Stellenbosch University. Previously he was Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Pretoria (1996 -2016).