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2016 Matriculants Should Consider Agriculture As A Career

Agricultural and Agribusiness studies should be promoted among the youth of today
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Agricultural economist

Agricultural economist
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A youth removes weeds inside a Chinese farm as China's Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu visits the area for the Sudan-China Agriculture Cooperation Development Forum in Khartoum, Sudan September 24, 2016.
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According to AgriSA, the average South African farmer is 62 years old. In the 1980s, SA had about 128,000 commercial farmers, but this number has decreased considerably to about 30,000 in 2014

To solve these challenges, the sector would benefit from an influx of young, bright minds with new ways of thinking.

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