Agri South Africa is an agricultural trade association

Trade association

A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association or sector association, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry...

 in South Africa

South Africa

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. It is a federal organisation, which promotes on behalf of its members, the sustainable profitability and stability of commercial agricultural producers and agribusinesses through its involvement and input on national and international level.

It represents more than 70 000 small and large scale commercial farmers. The union has the following focus areas:

Focus Area	Covener	Notes
Trade & Industry Department of Trade and Industry (South Africa) The Department of Trade and Industry is the department of the South African government with responsibility for commercial policy and industrial policy...	Neels Ferreira	Promote the welfare of agriculture
Economic Affairs	Louw Steytler	Risk and disaster management,fuel concession etc
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Water Affairs	Johannes Möller	All related issues
National Infrastructure	Thinus Ferreira	Liaison with local authorities in respect of policy and operational matters
Labour & Training	Anton Rabe	All labour related issues
Land Affairs	Theo de Jager	Importance of land as production factor in agriculture
Environmental Affairs	Johannes Möller	Actions relating to environmental affairs
Information, Technology Development and Transfer	Izak van der Merwe	Technology Management
Farmer Development	Walter Ntuli	Focused attention on Black Economic Empowerment
Corporate Liaison	Carl Opperman	Creating partnerships and understanding between interested parties.
Local Government Local government Local government refers collectively to administrative authorities over areas that are smaller than a state.The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government...	Borrie Erasmus	Liaison with local authorities