Some entry barriers in agricultural and agro-processing value chains, particularly for smallholder farmers and small/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption. Technologies and innovation in these sectors have been both radical and incremental, ranging...

The linked growth between agriculture and agro-processing is central to industrialisation. However, the failure to industrialise in these sectors has contributed to services dominating the contribution to GDP in South Africa. Agricultural production remains concentrated on low value and...