From the Desk of the CEO 2018 - Citrus Resource Warehouse

CGA - CEO Newsletter 51/2018 (21/12/18) _2

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:26:30 +0200

"A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the next." Anon

Happy New Year
Confirmation of 1 January implementation date for national minimum wage

CGA - CEO Newsletter 51/2018 (21/12/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:26:27 +0200

CGA office closure
Gerrit van der Merwe

CGA - CEO Newsletter 50/2018 (14/12/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:26:26 +0200

"If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength." French proverb

Getting South Africans to work
South Africa still awaits wider access to the USA
CGA directors confirmed

CGA - CEO Newsletter 49/2018 (07/12/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:26:24 +0200

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." Charles Dickens

Citrus industry growth - opportunity or not
Break bulk shipments approved for China

CGA - CEO Newsletter 48/2018 (30/11/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:56:20 +0200

"When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony

How good were the variety focus groups in estimating the 2018 crop?
Fixation

CGA - CEO Newsletter 47/2018 (23/11/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 13:16:23 +0200

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
George Bernard Shaw

Cartons - The start of quality assurance
Citrus Academy
CGA Citrus Summit

CGA - CEO Newsletter 46/2018 (16/11/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 13:16:20 +0200

"I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not followers." Ralph Nader

2018 Valencia Seasonal Review
Brazil

CGA - CEO Newsletter 44/2018 (02/11/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 08:56:00 +0200

"If Twitter, Youtube, and Google were part of my school subjects, my parents would be so proud of me." Anon

2018 Navel Seasonal Review
Southern African citrus exports hit 2 million tons
Citrus short course

CGA - CEO Newsletter 43/2018 (26/10/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:06:23 +0200

"Agriculture is the most healthful, most useful and most noble employment of man."
George Washington

2018 Lemon Seasonal Review
DAFF Citrus Coordinating Meeting

CGA - CEO Newsletter 42/2018 (19/10/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 10:24:42 +0200

"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough." Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

CGA directors for 2018/19
Still no resolution to the high cube container transport dilemma
Ports regulators (PRSA) determination of the TNPA cargo tariff
Citrus exports top agricultural list

CGA - CEO Newsletter 41/2018 (12/10/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:32:17 +0200

"Work expands so as to fill up the time available for its completion." Parkinson’s Law

Post-harvest market requirements and declarations (labelling) workshop
DoT agrees not to enforce regulation 224 (b) iro Transporting high cube containers after
1 January 2019
CRI Technical Award 2018: Peter Stephen

CGA - CEO Newsletter 40/2018 (05/10/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 09:24:15 +0200

"It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea."
Nelson Mandela

Biosecurity Manager appointed at CRI
Citrus short course
CRI Technical Award 2018: James Warrington

CGA - CEO Newsletter 39/2018 (28/09/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:34:29 +0200

"A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind." Albert Szent-Gyogyi

Research facilities return to the industry
CRI Technical Award 2018: Hannes de Lange

CGA - CEO Newsletter 38/2018 (21/09/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:23:21 +0200

"Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions."
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

CRI Technical Award 2018

CGA - CEO Newsletter 37/2018 (26/09/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:37:23 +0200

"Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people."
Eleanor Roosevelt.

Notice of CGA AGM: 26 September 2018
CGA Citrus Summit: 12th to 14th March 2019
Annual Citrus Coordinating Meeting: 24th October 2018

CGA - CEO Newsletter 36/2018 (07/09/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 11:50:51 +0200

"Europe is made of history, America of philosophy, Asia of prosperity, and Africa of opportunity." Sami Leino

CGA logistics strategy sessions
Variety Focus Group meeting minutes
Asiafruit Logistica

CGA - CEO Newsletter 35/2018 (31/08/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 08:45:45 +0200

"If your goal is anything but profitability – if it’s to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader – you’ll hit problems." Michael Porter

A 5-point logistics plan aligned to the northern regions export growth

CGA - CEO Newsletter 34/2018 (24/08/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 08:45:44 +0200

"A women is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt

Women in agriculture
CRI Research Symposium

CGA - CEO Newsletter 32/2018 (10/08/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 08:45:43 +0200

"The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do." Michael Porter

Strategic thinking around citrus exports from Durban port is needed

CGA - CEO Newsletter 30/2018 (03/08/18)

angela@citrusacademy.org.za (Angela) — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 08:45:42 +0200

"Treat your password like a toothbrush. Don’t let other people use it and get a new one every six months." Clifford Stoll

Phytclean and e-certification update