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PETER SETOU
Throughout 2018, the conversation on land reform became a national talking point, even making it to Google's most popular word of the year... read
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KONANANI LIPHADZI
Stats SA's announcement of 2.2% GDP growth for Q3 of 2018 made SA's exit from the recession official. This time it was thanks to the secondary and tertiary sectors, which grew by 4,5% and 2,6% respectively... Read
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MARISAH NIEUWOUDT
The swinging doors to kitchen culture were first held open by celebrity chefs like Julia Child and Jamie Oliver. For the tourism industry, it was the travel documentary style of Rick Stein and Anthony Bourdain that beamed travel to exotic locations, and Cornwall, into our lounges... Read
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Agriculture
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DR FRIKKIE MARÉ
As I write this article from my home in Bloemfontein, we have recorded only 8mm of rain for December. It feels as though we are back in December 2015 with another drought looming ahead... Read
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WANDILE SIHLOBO
There are growing concerns that the current dry weather conditions in most parts of South Africa could lead to a lower maize harvest in the 2018/19 production season... Read
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Agri Tech
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ANITA MAKRI
Scientific and technological advances from crop breeding to fertilisers to a range of irrigation techniques have powered agricultural production in a bid to keep up with the food demands of a rising population, but for some years now, that growth has faced natural resource limits... Read
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Agribusiness
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ANDRIES GOUWS
Correctly applied, high density grazing makes it possible to improve grazing, gradually improve carrying capacity and amplify meat production per hectare... Read
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Agro-processing
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SAB owner Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has entered into a partnership with Canadian cannabis producer Tilray that will see the companies focus on research into the cannabis-infused, non-alcoholic drinks market... Read
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The Kruisfontein Emerging Cattle Farmers Co-operative is on track to become one of the nucleus herds for livestock improvement in the Eastern Cape. This has been made possible through the most impactful technology available to bovine agriculture, in vitro fertilisation. Read
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RUTH SCHMIDT
If you've ever walked in a forest following the first rainfall after a dry spell, you would recall a sweet, fresh and powerfully evocative smell. This earthy-smelling substance is geosmin, a chemical released into the air by a soil-dwelling bacteria called actinomycetes... Read
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Research & Development
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Innova Market Insights from Arnhem in the Netherlands, said targeting increasingly adventurous consumers set on new discoveries and experiences, will be key to developments in the food and beverage industry in 2019... Read
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Sustainability
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ADRIAN R. CAMILLERI, DALIA PATINO-ECHEVERRI AND RI
What did you have for dinner last night? Might you have made a different choice if you had a simple way to compare the environmental impacts of different foods? Read
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TAAHIRAH MARTIN
Researchers and scientists say we'll need to intensify the use of drought-tolerant food sources such as seaweed and more... Read
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