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Post predicts that South Africa’s positive trend in soybean plantings will continue in the 2021/22 MY in line increased local crushing capacity.

South Africa is continuing to experiencing a positive trend in the area planted with summer rainfall field crops during the past two decades.

In the 2020/21 MY, Post forecasts that South Africa's oilseed meal imports will drop by 8 percent to 550,000 tons and oilseed oil imports will decline by 5 percent to less than 400,000 tons...

South Africa has a robust and experienced regulatory system for genetically engineered (GE) products which started with the publication of its “GMO” act in 1997.

MY 2019/20 production of sesame seed, Niger seed and soybeans is estimated to increase.

In June 2019, the Nigerian government formulated a new policy to invest some $500 million in expanded palm oil production.

Nigeria’s animal feed sector remains underdeveloped, largely due to high production costs.

Post forecasts that South Africa’s oilseed meal imports will drop by 25 percent to 495,000 tons in the 2019/20 MY, as a record of 1.3 million tons of oilseed meal will be produced locally.

Ghana’s overexploited marine stocks will continue to limit domestic seafood production, while population and economic growth push consumption upwards.

The production area of genetically engineered (GE) corn, soybean and cotton in South Africa is estimated at around 2.7 million hectares.

South Africa produced a historical-high summer oilseed crop of 2.5 million tons in the 2017/18 MY with a further increase in oilseed production projected for the 2018/19 MY to 2.6 million tons.

The production of sesame and soybeans is forecast to climb in MY18/19 (Oct-Sep), while Niger seed production is expected to remain unchanged.