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| Standard Bank has partnered with agribusiness TWK and Land Bank to create a new debt funding model for the agricultural sector, paving a way for the corporisation of agribusinesses to accelerate their growth... read |
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 | Frans Swanepoel The current system of managing education and training is fragmented and in dire need of substantial reform. Responsibility for agricultural education and training is split between... read | |
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 | Acumen's first agricultural investments were focused on solutions that improved yields by providing quality inputs to the farmers. In the light of new challenges facing small farmers, it has evolved its strategy... read | |  | Without investment in early-stage development or primary production, the African agricultural sector cannot advance, commercial value chains will not materialise and mainstream investment potential will be lost... read | |  | OPIC invests in global development through emerging market private equity funds, while Phatisa invests in food and agri-related businesses in Africa that show strong growth potential... read | | |
 | A growing number of startups are trying to produce meat products without using animals, with a view to addressing concerns about animal welfare and the carbon footprint of meat... read | |  | Issued by RikRhino Surveillance With the current climate regarding farm attacks, prevention and assurance is more important than ever before. There is a surveillance technology company that is attempting to bring this message across to the country... read | | |
 | According to FAO's latest Food Outlook report, the cost of importing food is set to rise in 2017 to $1.413 trillion. Higher import costs come at a time when inventories are robust, harvest forecasts are strong and... read | | |
 | It is critical to ensure that tobacco production is as environmentally sustainable as possible as it supports the livelihoods of thousands of small-scale farmers in Africa... read | |  | Climate-smart agriculture is one of the approaches to steer the needed transformation in the world's agriculture and food systems in ways that are both productive and sustainable... read | | |  | Gruelling talks are unfolding in Bonn for implementing the UN's Paris Agreement on climate change, but many kilometres away, there are fears that any progress may be wiped out by a lurking carbon threat... read | | | More Africa | |
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 | South Africa's 9th annual Top 20 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Award winners have been announced by the NSBC, in association with World Famous Events... read | |
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