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Initiative seeks to combat alien species

Zimbabwe horticulture sees green shoots, targets $1bn exports

Zimbabwe horticulture sees green shoots, targets $1bn exports

By Nyasha Chingono 17 Nov 2023

Agriculture sector defies odds with 10% year-on-year job growth in Q3 2023

Agriculture sector defies odds with 10% year-on-year job growth in Q3 2023

By Paul Makube 15 Nov 2023

Agri SA releases first consolidated report on transformation in agriculture

Agri SA releases first consolidated report on transformation in agriculture

26 Apr 2018

Investment in agriculture helps tackle pressing SDGs

Investment in agriculture helps tackle pressing SDGs

25 Apr 2018

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Key insights into the global garlic market

25 Apr 2018

Newly designated Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

Newly designated Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

23 Apr 2018

Clone tastings: Vititec puts experimental wines through their paces

23 Apr 2018

Gamtoos Irrigation Board will commence its annual maintenance of the canal system, which supplies agricultural water users in the Gamtoos Valley, in May. This upkeep is vital in preventing water losses, as the Kouga Dam which feeds the system is currently at 10.5% capacity (Image supplied)

Desperate times for farmers as seasonal forecast indicates little rainfall

20 Apr 2018

Key challenges for Kenya in big push to reduce post-harvest losses

Key challenges for Kenya in big push to reduce post-harvest losses

Timothy Njagi Njeru, Priscilla Wainaina 20 Apr 2018

Papers to help improve labour safety in agriculture, forestry sectors

19 Apr 2018

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Small-scale farmers should be at the centre of land reform in South Africa

Ben Cousins 18 Apr 2018

Deciduous fruit associations SAAPPA, SASPA undergo name change

17 Apr 2018

Agri SA head of land affairs, Annelize Crosby (right), and head of Labour and development, Jahni de Villiers. (Image supplied)

Land reform, rural safety top of mind at Agri EC roadshow

16 Apr 2018

Proper water management key to viability of solar-powered irrigation systems

13 Apr 2018

China's appetite for macadamias fuel SA industry

12 Apr 2018

Next generation of growers visits Two-a-Day in Grabouw

12 Apr 2018

Kenyan agripreneurs looks to Netherlands for lessons in agribusiness innovation, advanced horticulture

11 Apr 2018

Raisins drying under the Northern Cape sun. Image Supplied

Orange River Cellars makes strategic expansion into raisin business

11 Apr 2018

Watch: Smart water use in SA apple orchards

Watch: Smart water use in SA apple orchards

Ntswaki Motaung 11 Apr 2018

AnnaJB via - Intercropping maize and beans in Rwanda

Eco-farming can solve hunger, climate crises, experts say

9 Apr 2018

Michaelgoima via

Strengthening the role of family and small-scale farmers in scaling up agroecology

6 Apr 2018

Agroecology's potential to transform food systems for the better

Agroecology's potential to transform food systems for the better

4 Apr 2018

Gerhard Kriel (left), Chief Executive Officer of Free State Agriculture (FSA), Andries Vermeulen, official ambassador of Friends of Free State Agriculture, Francois Wilken, President of FSA, and Tommie Esterhuyse, Vice President of FSA. Photo: Free State Agriculture

Free State farmers to benefit from new support network

29 Mar 2018

Bad weather results in smallest wine grape crop since 2005

28 Mar 2018

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We know how food production needs to change if crisis is to be avoided - so why isn't this happening?

Nina Moeller & Michel Pimbert 27 Mar 2018

ARC, Culdevco signs 10-year deciduous fruit commercialisation agreement

ARC, Culdevco signs 10-year deciduous fruit commercialisation agreement

27 Mar 2018

Hortgro and Tru-Cape brings back the Witte Wijn Appel, the roots of WC apple industry

Hortgro and Tru-Cape brings back the Witte Wijn Appel, the roots of WC apple industry

26 Mar 2018

Photo by Jesse Belleque on

Expert: Cape farmers lose 25% of orchards, vineyards as result of drought

23 Mar 2018

Why African farmers should balance pesticides with other control methods

Why African farmers should balance pesticides with other control methods

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 22 Mar 2018

Health and wellness should become part of agricultural employers' long-term strategy

Health and wellness should become part of agricultural employers' long-term strategy

22 Mar 2018

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R37.5m biorefinery facility launched in Durban to extract maximum value from biomass waste

22 Mar 2018

Agri-Teen Symposium to foster youth participation in agriculture

22 Mar 2018

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Agri SA releases first consolidated report on transformation in agriculture

Agri SA releases first consolidated report on transformation in agriculture

26 Apr 2018

Investment in agriculture helps tackle pressing SDGs

Investment in agriculture helps tackle pressing SDGs

25 Apr 2018

Photo by Mike Kenneally on

Key insights into the global garlic market

25 Apr 2018

Newly designated Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

Newly designated Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

23 Apr 2018

Clone tastings: Vititec puts experimental wines through their paces

23 Apr 2018

Gamtoos Irrigation Board will commence its annual maintenance of the canal system, which supplies agricultural water users in the Gamtoos Valley, in May. This upkeep is vital in preventing water losses, as the Kouga Dam which feeds the system is currently at 10.5% capacity (Image supplied)

Desperate times for farmers as seasonal forecast indicates little rainfall

20 Apr 2018

Key challenges for Kenya in big push to reduce post-harvest losses

Key challenges for Kenya in big push to reduce post-harvest losses

Timothy Njagi Njeru, Priscilla Wainaina 20 Apr 2018

Papers to help improve labour safety in agriculture, forestry sectors

19 Apr 2018

Alandmanson via

Small-scale farmers should be at the centre of land reform in South Africa

Ben Cousins 18 Apr 2018

Deciduous fruit associations SAAPPA, SASPA undergo name change

17 Apr 2018

Agri SA head of land affairs, Annelize Crosby (right), and head of Labour and development, Jahni de Villiers. (Image supplied)

Land reform, rural safety top of mind at Agri EC roadshow

16 Apr 2018

Proper water management key to viability of solar-powered irrigation systems

13 Apr 2018

China's appetite for macadamias fuel SA industry

12 Apr 2018

Next generation of growers visits Two-a-Day in Grabouw

12 Apr 2018

Kenyan agripreneurs looks to Netherlands for lessons in agribusiness innovation, advanced horticulture

11 Apr 2018

Raisins drying under the Northern Cape sun. Image Supplied

Orange River Cellars makes strategic expansion into raisin business

11 Apr 2018

Watch: Smart water use in SA apple orchards

Watch: Smart water use in SA apple orchards

Ntswaki Motaung 11 Apr 2018

AnnaJB via - Intercropping maize and beans in Rwanda

Eco-farming can solve hunger, climate crises, experts say

9 Apr 2018

Michaelgoima via

Strengthening the role of family and small-scale farmers in scaling up agroecology

6 Apr 2018

Agroecology's potential to transform food systems for the better

Agroecology's potential to transform food systems for the better

4 Apr 2018

Gerhard Kriel (left), Chief Executive Officer of Free State Agriculture (FSA), Andries Vermeulen, official ambassador of Friends of Free State Agriculture, Francois Wilken, President of FSA, and Tommie Esterhuyse, Vice President of FSA. Photo: Free State Agriculture

Free State farmers to benefit from new support network

29 Mar 2018

Bad weather results in smallest wine grape crop since 2005

28 Mar 2018

Photo by Scott Goodwill on

We know how food production needs to change if crisis is to be avoided - so why isn't this happening?

Nina Moeller & Michel Pimbert 27 Mar 2018

ARC, Culdevco signs 10-year deciduous fruit commercialisation agreement

ARC, Culdevco signs 10-year deciduous fruit commercialisation agreement

27 Mar 2018

Hortgro and Tru-Cape brings back the Witte Wijn Appel, the roots of WC apple industry

Hortgro and Tru-Cape brings back the Witte Wijn Appel, the roots of WC apple industry

26 Mar 2018

Photo by Jesse Belleque on

Expert: Cape farmers lose 25% of orchards, vineyards as result of drought

23 Mar 2018

Why African farmers should balance pesticides with other control methods

Why African farmers should balance pesticides with other control methods

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 22 Mar 2018

Health and wellness should become part of agricultural employers' long-term strategy

Health and wellness should become part of agricultural employers' long-term strategy

22 Mar 2018

All images supplied

R37.5m biorefinery facility launched in Durban to extract maximum value from biomass waste

22 Mar 2018

Agri-Teen Symposium to foster youth participation in agriculture

22 Mar 2018

Sustainable diets will remain a minefield until we change the way we approach food

Sustainable diets will remain a minefield until we change the way we approach food

Chris West, Bob Doherty & Tony Heron 20 Mar 2018

Climate change a top concern for agribusinesses

Climate change a top concern for agribusinesses

20 Mar 2018

Creating a sustainable wine future: CapeWine 2018 opening seminar speakers announced

Creating a sustainable wine future: CapeWine 2018 opening seminar speakers announced

19 Mar 2018

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

16 Mar 2018

Apple and pear crops suffer hail, drought and high temperatures

Apple and pear crops suffer hail, drought and high temperatures

14 Mar 2018

Kenya launches pan-African skills development programme in agriculture sector

13 Mar 2018

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Embattled bees face yet another potential threat - virus-carrying hoverflies

Emily Bailes 13 Mar 2018

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Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on release of Statistics South Africa jobs data for last quarter of 2017

12 Mar 2018

Jobs and profits drying up on Western Cape grape farms

Jobs and profits drying up on Western Cape grape farms

Aidan Jones 9 Mar 2018

Julia Freeman-Woolpert via

$70m boost for small-scale tobacco farmers

Elita Chikwati 9 Mar 2018

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