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John Deere and Corteva Agriscience have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at accelerating Africa's agricultural sector and enriching the lives of farmers across the continent... read
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TEBOGO MASHABELA
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Agribusiness
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The price increase is on the back of an outbreak of African Swine Flu - which is harmless to humans, but fatal to pigs - in China, Mongolia, Vietnam and Cambodia, creating a global shortage of pork and the import parity of pork into South Africa. Read
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ALANNA REBELO
With partnerships between landowners, the government and businesses, South Africa can invest in its wetlands and boost the country's potable water reserves... Read
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PHILLIP DU PREEZ
With limited areas of arable land available for crop production, limited water resources and the constant risk of drought looming over the horizon, farmers have had to take more notice of the various types of risk that they face than ever before... Read
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Food Security
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ARIE HAVELAAR AND ASHAGRIE ZEWDU WOLDEGIORGIS
Food safety studies in Ethiopia reveal that unlocking consumer demand for safe food is critical to stopping the millions of deaths and illnesses from foodborne pathogens across the continent... Read
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Forestry
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In celebration of World Environment Day on 5 June 2019, Radisson Blu Hotel, Lusaka held an event to announce a new partnership between Radisson Blu Hotel, Lusaka, SOS Children's Village and Plant a Million Zambia... Read
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Sustainability
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SAMANTHA CHOLES
"If everyone said no to a receipt just for one month, we would save 45 trees." This is a classic example of greenwashing: making unsubstantiated or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of a product, service, technology or company practice... Read
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Viticulture & Oenology
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LEIGH ANDREWS
On a grey day with begging-to-be-photographed trees waving a Winter-coloured welcome, I was part of a media group that found the conditions just perfect for sampling delicious wintery food at Kleine Zalze's Terroir... Read
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NUNU NTSHINGILA
Africa's economy is on the rise, freedom and prosperity are continuing to rise, and the continent is home to a youthful and dynamic population... Read
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BY FRANK MATTHEIS AND UELI STAEGER
After being ratified by the required minimum 22 nations, all the member states of the AU are now legally bound to allow African goods to be traded without restraint throughout the continent... Read
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SUDHISH MOHAN
In most organisations today, people are talking about digital transformation... Read
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The first quarter GDP growth of 2019 for South Africa is once again a negative number, with the economy contracting 3.2% year on year... Read
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Seedstars World, the early-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, returns to Africa for the seventh time... Read
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Taxpayers with an annual income not exceeding R500,000 will no longer be required to submit tax returns... Read
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