Agriculture: a key sector for Green Economy in South Africa

•Africa has experienced GDP growth: 3.1 to 6.6 % (2004 to 2013) •Despite growth, challenges related to: − urbanisation −climate change −declining agricultural outputs −Poverty & unemployment −Degradation of natural resource base •South Africa faces triple challenges of chronic high unemployment, poverty, inequality •High rates of rural poverty (30.7%) •2.9 million households (20%) involved in agriculture, mainly subsistence and smallholder farming. https://www.slideshare.net/secret/LsrhjTCzySJCZV