Table of Contents

Introduction

Africa and agriculture
South Africa and agriculture
Organised agriculture
The importance of rural development
Agriculture and the provinces
Labour and agriculture
The urban question

Marketing and finance

Agribusinesses
Agricultural shows and events
Commodity trading
Co-operatives
Development financial services
Exporting
Fibre trading
Fresh produce markets
Infrastructure and agricultural logistics – see “National issues” section
Intellectual property rights
Livestock auctions
Marketing
Providers of financial services
Risk management and insurance
Supply chain management

Resources and Good Agricultural Practice

Biodiversity
Biological farming
Birds and farming
Conservancies and farming
Environmental legislation
Fire
Invasive Alien Species (IAS)
LandCare
Natural building
Organic farming
Permaculture
Rangeland / veld
Soils
Water – see the National issues section
Waste management
Weather and climate
Wetlands
Wildlife on farms

Inputs

Animal feeds
Animal health
Animal traction: the use of animal power
Biocontrol
Boreholes and windmills
Compost and organic fertiliser
Conservation Agriculture
Crop protection
Earthworms and vermicompost
Fencing
Fertigation
Fertiliser
Fleet maintenance and spare parts
Forklifts
Fuel and lubricants
General farm equipment
Grain storage and handling
Implements
Irrigation
Packaging
Pumps and generators
Rainwater harvesting
Renewable energy
Seeds and seedlings
Speciality fertilisers
Structures and building supplies
Tractors, combines, balers
Trailers
Trucks and heavy machinery
Tyres
Water storage
4x4s and other vehicles

National issues

Biosecurity
Black Economic Empowerment
Climate change and global warming
Developing farmer support
Energy
Food security
HIV and AIDS
Human settlements
Infrastucture and agricultural logistics
Job creation
Land reform
People with disabilities
Safety and security
Water
Women
Youth

Agricultural education, training and careers

Agricultural education and training
Careers and employment in agriculture

Agricultural services and technologies

Agricultural consultants
Biotechnology and plant breeding 
Hydroponics and undercover growing
ICT and agricultural media
Laboratories and agriculture
Legal aid and legislation
Mapping
Precision farming
Precision livestock farming
Research and development

Agronomy and horticulture

Bamboo
Barley
Berries
Black tea
Canola
Cassava
Chicory
Citrus fruit
Coffee
Cotton
Cut-flowers
Deciduous fruit
Dry beans
Floriculture and nursery crops
Forage and pastures
Forestry
Fruit
Grain and oilseeds
Grapes
Groundnuts
Herbs and spices
Honeybush
Horticulture
Indigenous African crops
Indigenous medicinal plants
Maize
Mushrooms and truffles
Olives
Other crops
Other fibre crops
Potatoes
Rooibos
Sorghum
Soybeans
Subtropical fruit
Sugarcane
Sunflowers
Tobacco
Tree nuts
Vegetables
Wheat

Livestock

Animal husbandry
Animal Improvement and Breeders
Aquaculture
Beef
Beekeeping
Dairy
Donkeys
Gamebirds, waterfowl and other poultry
Goat and sheep dairy
Goats
Goats – mohair
Horses – the equine industry
Indigenous breeds
Ostriches
Other livestock
Pork
Poultry
Rabbits
Sheep
Sheep – wool
Speciality fibre production
Wildlife ranching

Value add and agro-processing

Abattoirs
Agro-processing
Baking
Biofuels
Canning and preserving
Dairy processing
Dried fruit
Essential and vegetable oils
Food safety and traceability
Hunting
Leather
Milling
Small and micro milling
Tourism in agriculture
Winemaking

Beyond our borders

Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)

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