Going to Pretoria this year?

At the end of this month, September 30, the AMT South African Annual Agricultural Outlook Conference will be held once again at the CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa.

Presentations are done on aspects across the agricultural value chain.

• Vusi Thembekwayo’s presentation will be titled “Leading at the edge of chaos”.
• The futurist, Neil Jacobsohn will discuss “Thriving inside the Perfect Storm – Finding opportunity in an world of radical change”.
• Daniel Silke will address the conference on “Outcome of the 2014 Election and the Effect on SA Agriculture 2015”.
• Mike Schüssler will present the Domestic and Global Economic Outlook 2015: Prospects for higher and sustained economic growth in the medium term.”
• Johan van den Berg (Santam Agriculture) will give a Weather Outlook for 2015 – Climate variability and climate change in the agricultural context.”
• Ernst Janovsky, (ABSA Agribusiness) will provide the global and SA outlook for the supply and demand of grains, oilseeds and livestock.”

The Keynote speaker will be Philip Lymbery from the UK with his presentation “Farmageddon: The true cost of Cheap meat – the Dark side of the Global Food system”.

A panel discussion on land reform, the economic and political future and how the different sectors will be influenced by these, will follow.

Find the programme with booking form here. Alternatively, find "Conference proceedings" on the Agrimark Trends website.