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|  | The FairPlay Social Support Summit focused on the impact of dumped chicken imports, particularly on industry workers and rural subsistence chicken farmers... read |
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After much anticipation, the winning wine producers of the 2017 Absa Top 10 Pinotage competition have been announced... Read | Rising rice production is one of the few positives of Nigeria's recession, which is the West African country's worst in 25 years. Today about 5.7 million tonnes of rice are being produced every year... Read | The agriculture sector has been identified as a key platform for both transformation and growth and job creation which could create one million jobs by 2030... Read |
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|  | Issued by Topco Media The awards attracted a flood of entries for this year's 14th annual ceremony, which will take place at Emperors Palace on 17 August, before a host of business and government leaders, along with celebrities... read | |  | We speak to Young Gun Jessica Saurwein about the Saurwein nom Pinot noir, her recent 92 point rating by renowned international wine critic Neal Martin and her love for the queen of grapes, Pinot noir... read | |
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 | Food producer RCL Foods has reported an outbreak of avian influenza in one its 18 shed on its Viva farm near Mulderdrift, Gauteng - a relatively small breeder facility... read | | |
 | Elita Chikwati Lanark Farm in Beatrice has been hit again by a highly pathogenic avian influenza, the second time that the farm has had such an attack. The current outbreak has been confirmed to be linked to the first one... read | | |
 | Lourens Swanepoel Agricultural pests are one of the key factors affecting smallholder farmer production. In many parts of Africa, large population outbreaks of rodents occur often and can sometimes lead up to 100% crop loss... read | | |
 | Umberto Bacchi A new technique using artificial intelligence to predict where deforestation is most likely to occur could help the DRC preserve its shrinking rainforest and cut carbon emissions, researchers have said... read | | |
 | Grand Constance, one of SA's oldest wines produced by Groot Constantia, has been awarded a gold medal and a position in the Top 10 Muscats in the world list at the Muscats du Monde wine competition... read | |  | Female winemakers in SA are making waves in the winemaking sector and producing fine wines which are causing immense excitement worldwide. Wine Cellar has curated a case of six of SA's top female vintners... read | |  | Wines of South Africa has created a short documentary, Creating the Blend, which showcases a few of the programmes that enrich wine industry workers, including land ownership, education, and training... read | |  | May de Lencquesaing, the Grande Dame of Glenelly Wine Estate in Stellenbosch has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Wine Challenge (IWC) Awards 2017... read | | |
 | The City of Cape Town has announced temporary road closures in parts of the CBD today, Tuesday, 8 August 2017, to accommodate two gatherings which have been approved... read | |
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