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How the energy crisis impacts on food security in SA
[Tatjana von Bormann] In 2008, scores of South Africans responded in angry disbelief to calls to switch off their lights for an hour in WWF's annual Earth Hour campaign... read more>>



Agriculture
MEC wants IDZs to step up agro-processing
The Eastern Cape industrial zone could learn from the prominent role agriculture plays at the Dube Trade Port in KwaZulu-Natal, Agriculture MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane said on Wednesday, 11 March... read more>>
Agri SA and AfriForum to promote community safety
Agri SA and civil rights organisation, AfriForum have signed a cooperation agreement to promote community safety initiatives in rural and urban areas, without encroaching upon each other's work terrains... read more>>
Global megatrends to transform agribusiness in Africa reveals PwC survey
Agribusiness CEOs have recognised the impact of global megatrends across the African continent, such as demographic shifts, climate change and resource scarcity, technological changes, accelerating urbanisation, and the shift in economic power... read more>>
Zuma chided for remarks on land reform

Linda Ensor

President Jacob Zuma's off-the-cuff remarks, in which he called on traditional leaders to make land claims on behalf of communities and to take away land from people who were not "diligent" about farming it, has drawn strong criticism from the University of Cape Town's Centre for Law and Society. read more>>
Commodities & Fairtrade
Tractor sales rose by 1% y/y in Feb to 605 units: Saama

Helmo Preuss

Tractor sales rose by 1.0% year on year (y/y) to 605 units in February after falling by 12.2% y/y to 552 units in January 2015 following an annual 2.5% drop in 2014 to 6‚464 units‚ according to the South African Agricultural Machinery Association... read more>>
Forestry
Forestry could be a game-changer for Central Africa
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo - The main recommendation of the 31st session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Central Africa that ended Friday in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, is for Central African countries to move toward much higher levels of transformation of their forest products by engaging in activities linked to what is referred to as the second and third "transformations" of such products... read more>>
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