BFAP Baseline: Agricultural Outlook, 2016-2025

The Western Cape Provincial Minister of Economic Opportunities, Alan Winde, delivered the opening address at the launch of the 2016 Baseline produced by the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) on 12 August. "Now in its twelfth year, the BFAP baseline offers insight into key trends in areas including production, consumption, trade, food prices and jobs in the agriculture sector. The research provides medium and long-term projections for various industries in the South African agriculture sector.

Researchers from the Universities of Pretoria and Stellenbosch, as well as the Western Cape Department of Agriculture, collaborate to produce the report. The report, titled “Putting Plans into Action: Agriculture and Economic Growth”, provides an economic outlook for crops, animal and horticultural products. It details the jobs performance of the agriculture sector highlighting the biggest challenges to growth.

Minister Winde said the report reveals the extent to which the recent drought had impacted the sector."