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Why the powers that be should think twice about taking land without compensation
Taking land without compensation will also have a knock-on effect that is likely to affect those the land reform programme is supposed to benefit the most... read
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#NewCampaign: Castle Lager celebrates local farmers and ingredients with Homegrown campaign

Castle Lager's Homegrown campaign is geared to paying homage to the beer's locally-produced ingredients as well as farmers who make it possible for Castle Lager to be brewed... Read

Distell positioned for acquisitions
Distell positioned for acquisitions

Ann Crotty

The pending collapse of the Distell control structure should help the drinks company to enjoy the sort of rating analysts and shareholders say has eluded it in recent years... Read

The fight against antimicrobial resistance depends on good agricultural practices
The fight against antimicrobial resistance depends on good agricultural practices

"Good health, good productivity and good economies depend on safe and nutritious food. Prudent use of antimicrobials in public health and agriculture is essential to achieve this." Read


INNOVATION MONTH
#InnovationMonth: Meet the small business turning the biltong industry on its head
Meet the small business turning the biltong industry on its head

Lauren Hartzenberg

Maxime Eon created BiltongBoard to link local lovers of biltong with the small producers whose quality products were going unnoticed... read
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Entrepreneur Month
#EntrepreneurMonth: Here's to the African entrepreneurs
Here's to the African entrepreneurs

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Join us in celebrating the courageous innovators, in small businesses and large, in South Africa and the rest of Africa, who take the risks that create new revenues, models and livelihoods, as we designate October and November as Entrepreneur Month across 18 industries on Biz... read
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Agribusiness
Pictured from left to right: Simon Mwangi, CEO/Founder The Bridge Africa Group Ltd, Kenya; AGCO's Nuradin Osman; Dr George Njenga, Dean, Strathmore Business School and Dr Andy Wilcox, Head of Crop and Environment Science, Harper Adams University, UK. (Image Source: AGCO Corporation)
New training programme to help fill vital management roles in African agriculture
AGCO Agribusiness Programme is being established to develop talent to fill vital junior management roles in African agriculture and the supply chain... read

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The dairy industry and its food safety challenges
Today modern dairy farming strives to produce milk of high quality, but farming practices evolve, sometimes bringing with them unforeseen and adverse quality consequences to milk itself... read
Food Security
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Can Africa feed itself?

Sifelani Tsiko

With the food import bill of Africa hovering around $35bn per annum, can Africa feed itself? read
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Fall armyworm to cost more than $2bn in losses

Victor Kiprop

A new report shows that improper management of the armyworm could cost 10 of the continent's major maize producing economies between $2.2bn and $5.5bn per year in lost maize harvests... read
Sustainability
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How land reform and rural development can help reduce poverty in South Africa

Leslie J. Bank and Tim GB Hart

South Africa will need to review its land reform policy, with an eye to boosting productive land use among the rural poor, if it is to push back rising poverty levels... read
Viticulture & Oenology
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Russia makes room for black SA winemakers
Black-owned wine companies will get a foot into the Russian market when a group of importers visit South Africa... read
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2017 SAB Foundation Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards finalists revealed
2017 SAB Foundation Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards finalists revealed
The 24 finalists in this year's SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards and Disability Empowerment Awards have been announced. The winners will be revealed at an official awards ceremony on Monday, 23 October... read
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