The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has cautioned that the apparent increase in the number of agricultural jobs during the second quarter of this year (2Q21) in comparison to the first quarter (1Q21) might be illusory. According to the figures released by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA), the number of agricultural jobs in 2Q21 was 862 000, an 8% increase over the 792 000 such jobs in 1Q21. Looking only at farm workers, the quarter-on-quarter increase was 12%. However, as the ...
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