 South Africa's Agricultural Economy in BriefRobert C. Moncure No 316387, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Abstract: Excerpts from the report: The area of the Republic of South Africa is 472,000 square miles or 302 million acres, about one-sixth the size of the United States. Nearly 90 percent of the area is low-rainfall livestock range country used for sheep, cattle, African and Angora goats, and African nonwool sheep. About 10 percent (30 million acres) is in field and fruit crops. The present irrigated acreage is 1.5 million acres, with an eventual goal of 2.5 million. South Africa produces a wide range of temperate and subtropical agricultural products similar to the American Southwest, California, and northern Mexico. It is Africa's largest producer of livestock and dairy products, sugar, corn, wool, pineapples, citrus, and deciduous fruits. It is self-sufficient in most agricultural products, growing more than 95 percent of the food consumed. Outstanding deficit commodities are cotton, tallow, tea, rice, and wheat. The country produces only one-third of its cotton needs. Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uersmp:316387 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Contact information at EDIRC. |
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