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Paul McKane For Africa's agricultural sector to reach its potential and meet the food needs of a growing global population, improvements in four key areas need to be achieved...read |
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Cari Coetzee We need to grow emerging, small-scale farmers while developing a young and vibrant group of agripreneurs who are looking further into the future, where their more advanced skills and understanding of technology will provide them with a wealth of exciting and dynamic careers in this industry...read | 
Nick Hedley The internet of things could breathe new life into SA's agriculture sector. Like their global peers, SA technology companies are trialling different IoT applications...read | 
Fungai Lupande Zimbabwe - Mashonaland Central's Mazowe District lands committee resolved to identify large and underutilised farms for redistribution...read |
| | |  | With the wine industry supporting approximately 290,000 jobs, the fact that the average wine grape producer does not function at sustainable profit margins and more than a third operate at a loss is great cause for concern... read | |  | Wessel Lemmer Budget speech should address some of the sector's challenges to ensure food security... read | |  | LISTEN: A brief analysis of the 2018 budget speech and the impact it will most likely have on South Africa's agricultural industry based on the budgetary allocations, land restitution, water shortage, and... read | |  | Khulekani Magubane Relief for SA's drought-ridden regions amounting to R6bn was among the proposals announced by finance minister Malusi Gigaba when he delivered the Budget Speech on Wednesday, 21 February... read | | |  | "The region has a rapidly growing population which is opening up tremendous opportunities for Western Cape food and agriculture producers and exporters." read | | |  | Adam Sneyd Political experts have continued to raise pointed questions about the continent's food future pertaining to production processes, trade flows, sources of finance and, crucially, science and sustainability... read | |  | They have been pioneering new farming techniques, unknown to them up to now, in order to make the community more self-sufficient... read | | |  | Rapid population growth accelerates global demand for forest products and services. On the other hand, the population growth also increases demand for agricultural production and converting forests to arable land... read | | |  | Countries need to promote a rural and structural transformation that fosters synergies between farm and non-farm activities and that reinforces the linkages between rural areas and cities - including processing, packaging, transportation, distribution, marketing and service provision... read | |  | Enterprises involved in the agricultural sector are critical for the fulfilment of the SDGs - playing a key role in generating much-needed investment, decent employment, developing productivity and supply chains that benefit producers and consumers... read | | |  | According to the Vinpro Production Plan Survey, a structural shift is on the cards for South African wine grape producers who continue to face financial pressure due to the drought and economic challenges... read | | | |
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