Agriculture records good year of income, jobs growth in 2022

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) finds in its latest Agriculture Survey for 2022 that the sector generated R450-billion in income for the year, compared with R404-billion in income generated for 2021.

This 11.2% increase in income was driven by the animals and animal products industry, which generated R172-billion of sales, followed by horticulture generating R109-billion and field crops generating R95-billion.