Food security lies in new equipment

26 Oct 2011
The agricultural industry is a capital-intensive sector which demands farmers to have implements and tractors to support their produce. Although food prices have eased to 225 points from their February 2011 high of 238 on the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's global food price index, South African farmers need to complete capital expansion projects in the next several months to prevail during the market volatility predicted by the FAO's State of Food Insecurity in the World report.

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