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The South African retail food sector is strong, despite the development of the COVID-19 crisis and the March 2020 national lockdown.

In 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality commissioned an external body to propose a number of short- and long-term solutions in an attempt to solve the ongoing nitrogen crisis...

The growth of South African tree nut production is expected to continue in the 2019/20 MY, based on the increase in area planted as the industry responds to increasing demand from export markets...

This is an initial assessment of the Dutch foodservice-HRI industry after several months of being largely closed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Over the past decade, sorghum production in South Africa decreased dramatically as producers preferred to plant more profitable crops, like corn and oilseeds.

After a series of coronavirus (COVID-19) detections on Dutch mink farms, the government has announced its intention to responsibly cull the inventories of the infected farms...

The South Africa Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development announced an outbreak of African Swine Fever in a small scale setting in the Eastern Cape Province.

The production of South African citrus, mainly soft citrus, lemons and limes is expected to continue its strong growth in the 2019/20 Marketing Year (MY), based on the increase in area planted...

Since late April, six mink farms at eight locations in the Netherlands have identified mink infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19).

After the temporary closure of a slaughterhouse in Groenlo (Gelderland), some government inspectors working at a facility in Helmond (North Brabant) tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Dutch retail sector is fairly consolidated, with the two largest food retailers controlling 56 percent of the market.