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Financial skills key to unlocking SA farmers' long-term prosperity

Financial skills key to unlocking SA farmers' long-term prosperity

Source: © Global African Network The DFFE and DPWI have entered into a MOA on the preferential access for small-scale fisheries co-operatives to public works facilities

DFFE and DPWI preferential access for small scale fisheries MOA

Heritage Capital drives growth in SA's specialty cheese sector

Heritage Capital drives growth in SA's specialty cheese sector

Source: © Global African Network The DFFE and DPWI have entered into a MOA on the preferential access for small-scale fisheries co-operatives to public works facilities

DFFE and DPWI preferential access for small scale fisheries MOA

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Heritage Capital drives growth in SA's specialty cheese sector

Heritage Capital drives growth in SA's specialty cheese sector

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Why citrus pectin demand dominates in 2018

Why citrus pectin demand dominates in 2018

7 Dec 2018

Global food commodity prices drop in November

Global food commodity prices drop in November

7 Dec 2018

Unbox the festive season

Unbox the festive season

Bizcommunity.com 7 Dec 2018

Meet the Maker: McKruger Spirits

Meet the Maker: McKruger Spirits

Samantha Snedorf 7 Dec 2018

Final call to apply for AECF's agribusiness funding programme

Final call to apply for AECF's agribusiness funding programme

7 Dec 2018

UFS graduate's crop research to diversify SA food security

UFS graduate's crop research to diversify SA food security

7 Dec 2018

Seeing food wasted makes us mad - but should it?

Seeing food wasted makes us mad - but should it?

Martin Cohen 6 Dec 2018

BizTrendsLIVE! January 2019 speaker line up

BizTrendsLIVE! January 2019 speaker line up

Bizcommunity.com 6 Dec 2018

Feeding cities in the 21st century: Why urban-fringe farming is vital for food resilience

Feeding cities in the 21st century: Why urban-fringe farming is vital for food resilience

Rachel Carey, Jennifer Sheridan and Kirsten Larsen 6 Dec 2018

Africa farmers need finance that is focused on the entire value chain

Africa farmers need finance that is focused on the entire value chain

6 Dec 2018

Living Soil: A documentary for all of us

Living Soil: A documentary for all of us

6 Dec 2018

In Zambia businesses in the food processing sector, are in for a tough time. flickr/Simon Hess

Small businesses in Africa will be on the frontline of climate change

Kate Gannon, & Declan Conway 6 Dec 2018

Honey bees, already at risk, face a new threat from a common herbicide

Honey bees, already at risk, face a new threat from a common herbicide

Sue Nicolson 5 Dec 2018

Smartphone cattle weighing technology set to expand

5 Dec 2018

Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index falls to the lowest level in 9 years

Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index falls to the lowest level in 9 years

Wandile Sihlobo 5 Dec 2018

SA Cheese Fest to celebrate 18 years

SA Cheese Fest to celebrate 18 years

5 Dec 2018

Nedbank, YES partner on urban aquaponic farming initiatives

Nedbank, YES partner on urban aquaponic farming initiatives

4 Dec 2018

Transforming the African agribusiness sector: Tech, transparency hold key to inclusive growth

Transforming the African agribusiness sector: Tech, transparency hold key to inclusive growth

Frédéric Massé 4 Dec 2018

A brief history of South Africa's maize production

A brief history of South Africa's maize production

Wandile Sihlobo 3 Dec 2018

Drostdy Hof, PYDA partner to advance one young female's wine career

Drostdy Hof, PYDA partner to advance one young female's wine career

3 Dec 2018

Why massive effort needs to be put into growing trees on farms

Why massive effort needs to be put into growing trees on farms

Philip Dobie 3 Dec 2018

Norval Foundation to host the 2019 American Express Barrel Auction

Norval Foundation to host the 2019 American Express Barrel Auction

3 Dec 2018

Meet the Maker: Simone Musgrave

Meet the Maker: Simone Musgrave

Samantha Snedorf 30 Nov 2018

The benefits of achieving optimal tyre performance in farming

The benefits of achieving optimal tyre performance in farming

30 Nov 2018

Farm safety remains top priority for Agri Securitas

Farm safety remains top priority for Agri Securitas

30 Nov 2018

Meet Timothy Witbooi, the winemaker behind Lourensford's award-winning SMV

Meet Timothy Witbooi, the winemaker behind Lourensford's award-winning SMV

29 Nov 2018

Processed food sales gets a boost from the growing meat market

Processed food sales gets a boost from the growing meat market

29 Nov 2018

Bayer to offer access to its glyphosate studies

Bayer to offer access to its glyphosate studies

29 Nov 2018

Viable forest solutions are needed to build greener, healthier cities says FAO

Viable forest solutions are needed to build greener, healthier cities says FAO

28 Nov 2018

We can eat our fish and fight climate change too

We can eat our fish and fight climate change too

Philip A Loring and Ratana Chuenpagdee 28 Nov 2018

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Source: © Ollivier Girad/CIFOR-ICRAF Fifty-eight ‘forgotten’ food crops in sub-Saharan Africa have been identified as able to provide healthy diets in a changing climate

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Meet the Maker: McKruger Spirits

Meet the Maker: McKruger Spirits

Samantha Snedorf 7 Dec 2018

Final call to apply for AECF's agribusiness funding programme

Final call to apply for AECF's agribusiness funding programme

7 Dec 2018

Seeing food wasted makes us mad - but should it?

Seeing food wasted makes us mad - but should it?

Martin Cohen 6 Dec 2018

BizTrendsLIVE! January 2019 speaker line up

BizTrendsLIVE! January 2019 speaker line up

Bizcommunity.com 6 Dec 2018

Feeding cities in the 21st century: Why urban-fringe farming is vital for food resilience

Feeding cities in the 21st century: Why urban-fringe farming is vital for food resilience

Rachel Carey, Jennifer Sheridan and Kirsten Larsen 6 Dec 2018

Africa farmers need finance that is focused on the entire value chain

Africa farmers need finance that is focused on the entire value chain

6 Dec 2018

Living Soil: A documentary for all of us

Living Soil: A documentary for all of us

6 Dec 2018

In Zambia businesses in the food processing sector, are in for a tough time. flickr/Simon Hess

Small businesses in Africa will be on the frontline of climate change

Kate Gannon, & Declan Conway 6 Dec 2018

Honey bees, already at risk, face a new threat from a common herbicide

Honey bees, already at risk, face a new threat from a common herbicide

Sue Nicolson 5 Dec 2018

Smartphone cattle weighing technology set to expand

5 Dec 2018

Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index falls to the lowest level in 9 years

Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index falls to the lowest level in 9 years

Wandile Sihlobo 5 Dec 2018

SA Cheese Fest to celebrate 18 years

SA Cheese Fest to celebrate 18 years

5 Dec 2018

Nedbank, YES partner on urban aquaponic farming initiatives

Nedbank, YES partner on urban aquaponic farming initiatives

4 Dec 2018

Transforming the African agribusiness sector: Tech, transparency hold key to inclusive growth

Transforming the African agribusiness sector: Tech, transparency hold key to inclusive growth

Frédéric Massé 4 Dec 2018

A brief history of South Africa's maize production

A brief history of South Africa's maize production

Wandile Sihlobo 3 Dec 2018

Drostdy Hof, PYDA partner to advance one young female's wine career

Drostdy Hof, PYDA partner to advance one young female's wine career

3 Dec 2018

Why massive effort needs to be put into growing trees on farms

Why massive effort needs to be put into growing trees on farms

Philip Dobie 3 Dec 2018

Norval Foundation to host the 2019 American Express Barrel Auction

Norval Foundation to host the 2019 American Express Barrel Auction

3 Dec 2018

Meet the Maker: Simone Musgrave

Meet the Maker: Simone Musgrave

Samantha Snedorf 30 Nov 2018

The benefits of achieving optimal tyre performance in farming

The benefits of achieving optimal tyre performance in farming

30 Nov 2018

Farm safety remains top priority for Agri Securitas

Farm safety remains top priority for Agri Securitas

30 Nov 2018

Meet Timothy Witbooi, the winemaker behind Lourensford's award-winning SMV

Meet Timothy Witbooi, the winemaker behind Lourensford's award-winning SMV

29 Nov 2018

Processed food sales gets a boost from the growing meat market

Processed food sales gets a boost from the growing meat market

29 Nov 2018

Bayer to offer access to its glyphosate studies

Bayer to offer access to its glyphosate studies

29 Nov 2018

Viable forest solutions are needed to build greener, healthier cities says FAO

Viable forest solutions are needed to build greener, healthier cities says FAO

28 Nov 2018

We can eat our fish and fight climate change too

We can eat our fish and fight climate change too

Philip A Loring and Ratana Chuenpagdee 28 Nov 2018

Food security: Africa should be the answer

Peter Oberem 28 Nov 2018

Aquaculture key to food security and nutrition?

Aquaculture key to food security and nutrition?

Helen Swingler and John Bolton 27 Nov 2018

Woolies pies the first SA food to use certified sustainable palm oil

Woolies pies the first SA food to use certified sustainable palm oil

27 Nov 2018

Market access sustains SA's fresh fruit industry

Konanani Liphadzi 27 Nov 2018

Steps rural communities can take to protect their water resources

Steps rural communities can take to protect their water resources

Jeremias Mowo 26 Nov 2018

Clayton Reabow, Rudger van Wyk take top honours at 2018 Diners Club Winemaker and Young Winemaker of the Year Awards

Clayton Reabow, Rudger van Wyk take top honours at 2018 Diners Club Winemaker and Young Winemaker of the Year Awards

26 Nov 2018

New paperless system saves SA fruit export R250m

New paperless system saves SA fruit export R250m

26 Nov 2018

Import regulations: What traveller's to SA should know

Import regulations: What traveller's to SA should know

26 Nov 2018

Meet the Maker: Andrew Rall of Distillery 031

Meet the Maker: Andrew Rall of Distillery 031

Samantha Snedorf 23 Nov 2018

Abalone. Image by Toby Hudson, CC BY-SA 3.0,

First steps to tackling South Africa's abalone poaching

Marieke Norton 23 Nov 2018

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Kelp: How sea weed stimulates plant growth

23 Nov 2018

Cognitive robots impact poultry sector

Cognitive robots impact poultry sector

22 Nov 2018

PEFC endorses sustainable forest management initiative for SA's rural farmers

PEFC endorses sustainable forest management initiative for SA's rural farmers

22 Nov 2018

How Pick n Pay and WWF-SA are collaborating to transform seafood procurement

How Pick n Pay and WWF-SA are collaborating to transform seafood procurement

22 Nov 2018

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