Finance minister Tito Mboweni mentioned support for emerging farmers in his budget speech last week, but there is concern about the lack of investment into the infrastructure such as roads, ports and rail on which farmers depend.
FNB Agri-Business senior agricultural economist Paul Makube joined Business Day TV to discuss threats to the sector and how it could end up like Eskom without investment.
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