Government must ensure that national priorities including food security and economic stability are not jeopardised when land redistribution is rolled out, the Agri-Sector Unity Forum (Asuf) said on Tuesday.
“Land will be redistributed in this country. We all accept that. It is just a matter of how. It should be done in such a way that it would be affordable. It should be done in such a way that most of the people in this country buy into it,” Asuf chairman Japie Grobler said in Pretoria.
“We should at least have food for our people in this country. While doing the redistribution and after it, we should be exporting food to earn foreign currency. We should have peace and quiet in the country.”
Grobler made the remarks at the third annual conference of the African Farmers’ Association of South Africa, which began on Sunday.
He said proper pre-planning and management were critical for the reallocation programme. READ MORE
Source: www.news24.co.za
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