# Question to the Minister of Agriculture - NW5117 | PMG

> A parliamentary question asked what measures South Africa's Department of Agriculture is taking to strengthen domestic food production and how agricultural input costs affect consumer food prices. The reply lists support programmes with R3.28 billion allocated for 2026/27 and notes the country imports over 80% of its fertiliser.

- Date: 2026-11-02 · published 2026-11-03T20:04:01.027Z
- Category: policy · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/78377-question-to-the-minister-of-agriculture-nw5117-pmg
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Fertiliser import dependence means global fertiliser price swings pass through to South African food costs. The budget allocation is a modest policy measure with limited immediate effect on feed commodity prices.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2025-02-27 | [Agri Ministry flags sharp rise in urea, DAP use in several states - The Tribune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7460-agri-ministry-flags-sharp-rise-in-urea-dap-use-in-several-states-the-tribune.md) | -3.6% | -4.9% |
| UREA | 2023-12-11 | [(2nd LD) S. Korea to extend tariff quota on urea, fertilizer material over China's export curbs \| Yonhap News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32638-2nd-ld-s-korea-to-extend-tariff-quota-on-urea-fertilizer-material-over-china-s.md) | -3.1% | -2.4% |
| UREA | 2023-01-01 | [A Trade Hope: The impact of the Black Sea Grain Initiative \| UNCCD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14424-a-trade-hope-the-impact-of-the-black-sea-grain-initiative-unccd.md) | -7.1% | -21.7% |
| UREA | 2022-09-06 | [As summer ends, corn growers focus on fall policy priorities \| In the News \| Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39587-as-summer-ends-corn-growers-focus-on-fall-policy-priorities-in-the-news.md) | -4.7% | -10.1% |
| UREA | 2022-07-20 | [Morocco's OCP offers Africa 550k tonnes of fertilizers \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40817-morocco-s-ocp-offers-africa-550k-tonnes-of-fertilizers-financial-post.md) | -1.2% | +13.6% |

## Sources

- pmg.org.za: https://pmg.org.za/committee-question/41639/

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