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Smallholders must be included in the agri economic recovery

While its importance to the South African economy cannot be denied, the agriculture sector has a tendency to display its worth in time of crisis. This unique characteristic has indeed proven true on many occasions, especially when the country was experiencing wide-scale economic adversity.

Even now, with the other large sectors of the economy (mainly

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