MINISTER DAVIES TO MEET REPRESENTATIVES OF FOOD
PROCESSING COMPANIES IN CAPE TOWN
BY BRIAN KAJENGO
The Minister of Trade and
Industry, Dr Rob Davies will host a bi-annual meeting with senior management
from the food processing companies at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology,
Bellville Campus, in Cape
Town on 7 March 2014 from 10H30.
The purpose of the
meeting is to share views, discuss and propose possible interventions on a
variety of matters pertinent to the agro-processing sector.
Minister Davies says
as a long term measure, the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti)
will continuously seek to draw expertise from industry stakeholders in specific
sectors in an effort to create jobs and thus alleviate poverty.
‘’South Africa’s agro-processing sector has the potential to
become an industrial impetus that can create jobs and answer some of the
macroeconomic questions such as trade deficit generated by too much imports
against low export volumes,” said Davies.
He added that the
dti has over the years supported the food processing sector through a
number of investment initiatives to remain competitive in the market.
In 2008, Minister Davies together with the
senior management of food processing companies in South Africa agreed to the
formation of a platform that would allow the sector and government to engage on
various issues.
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