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Transporting produce in SA - yesterday, today and tomorrow
[Gerhard Uys] The cost of transportation has become an ever-greater burden... read


Agriculture
A place in the sun for university graduate
Alvercia Juries is the first person in her family to attain a tertiary qualification and the first belonging to South Africa's network of Fairtrade-accredited farms... read
Agri Tech
Tanzanian students bring drone technology to farmers

Clare Clancy

A team of university students building a drone from scratch say they plan to revolutionise farm surveillance technology in Tanzania. The project aims to empower farmers... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
US set to reimpose tariffs on SA goods
President Barack Obama is set to announce that he is suspending duty-free treatment of South African agricultural products under the African Growth and Opportunity Act... read
Food Security
Poor nutrition stalks SADC

Hlupekile Nkunika

According to the SADC regional vulnerability assessment analysis, about 30 percent of the region's population is malnourished. Malnutrition is a critical risk factor in most countries... read
FAO issues food security alert for southern Africa

Neels Blom

A special alert issued by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warns that food security could be acutely affected in southern Africa... read
Market & Investments
Agricultural property investment resilient against drought, economy

Richard Gray

South Africa is experiencing one of its worst droughts in decades. With five out of nine provinces being declared disaster zones, concerns over food security and high food prices are... read
Publishing
Media24 supports Drought Disaster Fund
The Media24 group has announced its support of the Drought Disaster Fund, fitting with South Africa currently facing the most severe drought in almost half a century... read
Sustainability
There's more to crop rotation than meets the eye

Bill Kerr

Just about every farmer would agree that crop rotation is a good thing - and the more diverse the crops in the rotation, the better. Unfortunately, it's not quite as simple as that... read
Africa
An unwanted guest: El Niño and Africa in 2016

Obinna Anyadike

El Niño is the largely unwanted Christmas gift - a warming of the tropical Pacific causing drought and floods that will peak at the end of this month, but will impact weather systems... read
More Africa
Business
Branding lessons learned from religion (Part 1)

Jimmy Tembo

When we try to find the common denominator between a business and church, we easily appreciate the fact that the first intention is to attract people... read
Four top tips to avoid startup failure

Endri Hasanaj

Business startups are a spin of the wheel, a bigger gamble than betting on a racehorse that's primed for the glue factory... read
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