Lead the way

Abstract

In 2020, agriculture’s export figures provided welcoming support to South Africa’s balance of payments and played a crucial role in stimulating economic growth and social stability in the country. The expected growth of agriculture’s gross domestic product for 2020 is in the range of 10–13% year-on-year and, based on the first three quarters, the upper-end estimation seems very likely. Amid the turbulent and devastating events of 2020, the more favourable climatic conditions led to excellent summer grain, winter grain, and fruit crops. The positive growth of the country's agricultural production could not have come at a better time.