South African agriculture: Current realities and future expectations
Driving meaningful change within the African agricultural landscape
14 August 2024 at 14:00
Speakers
Prof Ferdi Meyer
Managing Director (BFAP)
As agricultural economist, Ferdi has more than 20 years of experience, specialising in the agricultural market, trade – and policy modelling and analyses, value chain analytics, strategic foresight and scenario planning. He was a founding member of BFAP in 2004 and as managing director, his passion lies in motivating people and growing institutions and businesses with strong national and international networks. Ferdi serves on various boards of firms, frequently appears as an invited speaker on national and international platforms and holds a position as Professor Extraordinary in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Stellenbosch.
Dr Tracy Davids
Director and Manager of Commodity Markets & Foresight (BFAP)
An established specialist in agricultural market analysis, Tracy is a Director and leads the Commodity Markets and Foresight program at BFAP. Her research focus includes commodity market modelling, price formation and spatial price relationships, competitiveness and international trade. Tracy has an extensive record of international collaboration, contributing regularly to international market outlook publications and conferences. She has a consistent publication record in peer reviewed journals and is currently also a Research Fellow at Stellenbosch University. She obtained a PhD in agricultural economics from the University of Pretoria in 2018.
Dr Mmatlou Kalaba
Director and Senior Analyst of Commodity Markets & International Trade
Mmatlou is a senior analyst, BFAP director, and research fellow at Stellenbosch University. His focus areas include international trade and agricultural policy. He was previously with the University of Pretoria as senior lecturer. Mmatlou supervised PhD and Masters students and furthermore has publications covering topics such as non-tariff measures, climate change, information communication technology, regional trade agreements, and policy reforms.
10 Year outlook for South African agriculture
The BFAP Baseline is an annual event that presents a 10-year outlook for South African agriculture, and agro-processing production, consumption, prices and trade. It considers the performance of South African agriculture and agro-processing and their contribution to inclusive growth, employment and economic prosperity in the South African economy.
The 2024 edition, generated by BFAP’s integrated modelling system, will present an outlook of the agricultural industry in South Africa for the period 2024 to 2033 and will delve into crucial aspects required to shape a more prosperous future, such as a stable and conducive policy and investment environment, comprehensive infrastructure development and services, including electricity, roads, and water with well-functioning municipalities, efficient farmer support programs, and complete and effective state services.
This year’s theme is South African agriculture: Current realities and future expectations.
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