Sector Jobs Resilience Plan (SJRP) Agriculture value chain

Overview

The Sector Jobs Resilience Plan (SJRP) for the Agriculture Value Chain, developed by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies, examines how climate change may affect employment and livelihoods in South Africa’s agricultural sector. The study forms part of national efforts to implement the Just Transition framework and protect vulnerable workers. It highlights that rising temperatures, droughts, and extreme weather events already threaten agricultural production and incomes, particularly for farmworkers, emerging farmers, and rural households. The plan assesses vulnerabilities across the agricultural value chain and proposes policy interventions to strengthen climate resilience, protect jobs, and support livelihood transitions in affected communities. 

Recommendations

The presentation provided the following policy proposals:

• Climate Adaptation Proposal
• Economic Diversification Proposal
• Active Labour Market Policy Proposal
• Social Protection Proposal

Source: The presentation delivered by Dr Michael Hector can be downloaded here. This presentation was delivered at the TIPS Just Transition Learning event on Economic Diversification and the Just Transition, held on 5 May 2026.

To access the event page click here. To view the video recording of the event, click here.