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It was in Gqeberha, at the Boardwalk ICC, where the South African agricultural value chain gathered from 3 to 5 June 2026, for the annual Agbiz Congress. Held under the theme “Embracing Collaboration,” the three-day event moved decisively past standard policy rhetoric. Delegates, agribusiness executives, and economic analysts directly confronted the domestic operational bottlenecks, structural financing deficits, and geopolitical realities limiting the sector’s expansion. While political addresses acknowledged the sector's resilience—further highlighted by an estimated 3 million tonnes of maize exports projected for the new season—the true value of the congress lay in exposing the friction between world-class commercial performance and domestic structural failure. The Perishable Clock vs Logistical Bureaucracy A...