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    Google and FAO launch new big data tool, Earth Map

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    ARC aims to free Southern Africa from the fruit fly

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    New technology addresses alternate bearing in citrus

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    Genomic test for dairy cows launched in SA

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    Report examines food price drivers and discrepancies during pandemic

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    New animated film marks International Year of Plant Health 2020

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    PAMSA bursary, research programme application extended

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    SU researcher shows how local small-scale farmers can start artisan cheesemaking businesses

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    New technology addresses alternate bearing in citrus

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    Genomic test for dairy cows launched in SA

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    Namibia harvests first commercial blueberries thanks to smart irrigation

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    Report examines food price drivers and discrepancies during pandemic

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    Can the next pandemic come from your livestock?

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    Smaller farmer's fields can reduce biodiversity loss and increase wild plants, birds, beetles and bats

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    Coconut oil production threatens five times more species than palm oil - new findings

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    PAMSA bursary, research programme application extended

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