South Africa: Population outstrips food growth

The SA Food Cost Review 2007 showed that between 1991 to 2007, food production growth only grew by 10%, while the population increased by 32%, and that increase excludes estimates of between one and 10 million illegal immigrants currently residing in the country. The report, which was compiled by The National Agricultural Marketing Council and the Department of Agriculture, said: “Population growth has outstripped agricultural production, in particular field crop production, by far.