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Drought impacts negatively on maize and sorghum, staple crops for many African countries. When combined with legumes, they supply nutrients in a form that ensure high-quality protein diets for humans and animals...read | 
The demand for macadamia nuts in China is on the rise and has local farmers feeling optimistic. And for good reason...read |
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 | Issued By Reed Exhibitions Ghana's agriculture, aquaculture and agro processing sectors will benefit from the Value Added Agriculture Expo to be staged in Ghana, when Reed Exhibitions brings the event to Accra in August... read |
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 | The Free State's Central University of Technology has officially opened its to first-year students who attended their practical sessions on a farm for the first time... read |
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 | During a recent roadshow, SA's organised agriculture has highlighted a progressive approach to land reform. Other issues such as the increasing incidents of farm attacks were also discussed... read |
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 | Kenyan agribusiness stakeholders will be visiting the Netherlands to study innovative food production systems and agricultural export models in a three-day trade mission, focusing on horticulture but incorporating general agribusiness... read |
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 | The USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) hosted its international staff meeting in South Africa recently, bringing producer members to the country to explore opportunities... read |
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 | Roy Kirby We have, of late, experienced an alarmingly high number of food safety-related incidents, both in South Africa and globally. Re-establishing trust in the food safety industry is more necessary than ever... read |
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 | Ghanaian startup, AgroCenta, was crowned the 2018 Seedstars Global Winner at the fifth edition of the Seedstars Summit which took place on Thursday, 12 April 2018... read |
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 | Elias Msuya Tanzania - A new maize variety is expected to combat food scarcity in Geita where pests and drought ravage crops... read |
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 | Rich Haridy Australian scientists have found evidence that two of the world's most damaging pests have hybridised to create a dangerous mega-pest with pesticide-resistant genes and warn that its spread throughout the global agricultural community could be devastating... read |
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 | The existence of a coastal current off Madagascar has been discovered by South African, Malagasy and French researchers. Understanding the South-West Madagascar Coastal Current has direct implications for the management of local fisheries south of Madagascar... read |
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 | According to a new report, solar-powered irrigation is now an affordable solution to both commercial and small-scale farmers in developing countries, but adequate management and regulations to avoid the unsustainable use of water are needed... read |
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 | Ntswaki Motaung Water use in the agricultural sector has increasingly become an important topic after the industry was severely affected by the drought, especially in the Western and Northern Cape... read |
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 | Karen G. Villholth Around 44% of irrigated food production worldwide uses groundwater as a water source. And as surface water becomes more scarce or polluted, agriculture will demand more and more groundwater... read |
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