WEBINAR – Wandile Sihlobo on challenges and opportunities of Covid-19 on local agriculture and food security

You are invited to a LIVE BROADCAST sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in conjunction with the Cape Town Press Club

The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on local agriculture and food security is of major concern to all South Africans.  Wandile Sihlobo, chief economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) will address the topic, armed with the latest statistics.

Sihlobo is a commissioner at the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC).  He is the author of ‘Finding Common Ground: Land, Equity and Agriculture’. He is a member of the South African Agricultural Economics Association.  He has previously served as an economist at Grain South Africa (Grain SA).  He holds a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Stellenbosch University.

in 2018, Agricultural Writers SA named Sihlobo as Agriculturalist of the Year.  He is a columnist for Business Day and Farmers Weekly magazines.  He also contributes to Fin24 and Daily Maverick.

Photo: Farming Portal

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Presented by the Cape Town Press Club in conjunction with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation: