An Overview of The Dairy Industry in South Africa

The South African agriculture industry is an important segment for job creation and plays an important role in creating economic activity in rural areas. The dairy industry in particular has seen a period of consolidation with many of the smaller farmers moving out of the industry while the larger commercial farmers taking the bulk of the market share. There are a number of diary value adding companies responsible for the logistics of diary, conversion into products such as cheese and yogurt and the supply chain management to the retailers.

In this research report, Analytix provides insight into the size and expected growth rate of the value adding industry as well as the current and expected future competitive landscape.