Agriculture
Agro-processing and agriculture key for economic transformation─── 22:09 Tue, 31 Mar 2015
Bloemfontein - The Department of Trade and industry has highlighted the importance of agro-processing and agriculture as tools for radical economic transformation.
This was during the Eat Well, Eat Safe, Eat Local campaign at a school in the Eastern Cape yesterday.
DTI Minister Rob Davies said in a statement Agro-processing can exist and add value to agriculture but can also drive agriculture and create a market for farmers.
He also stressed the importance of ensuring more of the food we consume is produced in the country, saying this will assist with job creation and economic growth.
He says there several ways government is supporting the buy local campaign, such as supporting infrastructure that can sustain agriculture or providing incentive programmes to support agro-processing and aquaculture.
Statement