Fresh Produce

The facility features cold storage, dry warehousing, and repackaging centres to standardize agricultural packaging and reduce post-harvest losses.

These increases in transport costs make moving vegetables from farms to markets more expensive, with the costs passed directly to consumers.

South Africa is now Africa’s third-largest potato producer after Egypt and Algeria.

Overall production has remained steady compared with last year, but only because of this geographic shift.

An additional US$4.5 million was allocated to the Citrus Research and Development Foundation for citrus research activities.