Agri SA has made a strong call for Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to make adequate resources available to boost agriculture’s competitiveness and to support farmers, especially in the drought-affected areas, when he delivers his the Medium-term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) tomorrow (October 30).
The MTBPS is an opportunity to report back and set out the context and assumptions that inform the following year’s budget.
Considering the important role of agriculture for the South African economy, AgriSA believes that without adequate resources the sector will not be able to continue producing quality food for the country and contribute towards job creation and poverty alleviation as envisaged by chapter six of the National Development Plan (NDP).
