Production and productivity developments in South Africa have regional consequences:
South Africa’s agricultural economy accounted for 43.1% of the agricultural GDP of
Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems: OECD Conference Proceedings, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), February, 2012, 19-40.
In recent decades, we have witnessed in most countries a slowdown in the rate of growth in spending on agricultural Research and Development (R&D) — especially R&D oriented to enhancing farm productivity.
The National Research Council's Science and Technology for Sustainability Program hosted two workshops in 2011 addressing the sustainability challenges associated with food security for all.
