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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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