# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says government, industry and research partners must continue to work together to help farmers remain competitive, efficient and resilient. He addressed the International Berry Organisation conference in Cape Town yesterday. According to a Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy study, blueberries have the highest labour absorption factor per hectare in all of South African agriculture, more than four jobs per hectare. Steenhuisen says the country’s agriculture sector plans to exceed 46-thousand tons of blueberry exports by 2033:
Minister Steenhuisen says blueberry export volumes projected to exceed 46,000 tons by 2033 [SOUND]
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