Drought pushes food prices up
Thursday, May 19, 2016
The drought and hot conditions since September 2015 have had a negative impact on yields in almost all the potato production regions in South Africa, where Botswana gets most of her national supply.
The South African Weather Service added that production costs in South Africa are still showing a rising trend putting the profitability of potato production further under pressure.
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