{"id":36581,"date":"2026-06-09T11:25:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=36581"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:25:43","slug":"sa-italy-forges-new-agriculture-partnership","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-italy-forges-new-agriculture-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"SA, Italy forges new agriculture partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uSg02\">\n<div class=\"DgV2h lAKmW\">\n<div class=\"x9jfA\">\n<div class=\"bz1XJ\" data-tabster=\"{&quot;mover&quot;:{&quot;cyclic&quot;:true,&quot;direction&quot;:2,&quot;memorizeCurrent&quot;:false}}\"><i tabindex=\"0\" data-tabster-dummy=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"PW01N glFkS\">\n<div class=\"o4zjZ ujrct T0iU0\">South Africa (SA) and Italy are looking to strengthen agricultural trade and investment ties through a new bilateral partnership.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"mailMessageBodyContainer\">\n<div class=\"XbIp4 jmmB7 customScrollBar GNqVo allowTextSelection\">\n<div id=\"UniqueMessageBody_7\" class=\"OuGoX BIZfh\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"document\" aria-label=\"Message body\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"false\" data-fui-focus-visible=\"\">\n<div class=\"rps_3009\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\nAgriculture Minister John Steenhuisen and his Italian counterpart, Francesco Lollobrigida, are hosting the inaugural SA and Italy Agriculture Business Forum in Cape Town, Western Cape Province.<\/div>\n<div>\nThe two-day gathering brings together business leaders, innovators and policymakers to explore opportunities in agriculture, agro-processing and market access.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The ministers are also expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at deepening co-operation between the two countries.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24076,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-36581","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":"SA and Italy are looking to strengthen agricultural trade"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36582,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36581\/revisions\/36582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=36581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}