THE FUSE

After years in the agricultural sector and having worked at the frontline of political lobbying, disaster management, farmer development, land reform, biosecurity, financing, and farm security, I am deeply alarmed. It has become impossible to ignore the growing risk: if departmental officials continue to brush aside or outright dismiss the recommendations of Treasury and the expert task teams appointed to guide them, South Africa will inevitably be confronted with severe threats to both food security and food affordability.