20 Jul 2011A study by the Land Bank has shown that emerging farmers are failing because of a lack of government intervention and flawed agricultural policies, the bank said on Tuesday.
“Emerging farmers need a stable environment. The industry has had to adjust to the market, so the cost of financing farmers has increased,” Land Bank agricultural researcher Moraka Makhura said during the launch of the study in Midrand.
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