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UK invests $100m to enhance Africa's food security and trade

UK invests $100m to enhance Africa's food security and trade

By Simon Jessop 25 Mar 2024

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Food inflation decelerates to a 25-month low

By Paul Makube 22 Mar 2024

Mpumalanga farmers feel the heat as harsh weather persists

Mpumalanga farmers feel the heat as harsh weather persists

13 Oct 2015

60 million people in sub-Saharan Africa risk famine: Red Cross

60 million people in sub-Saharan Africa risk famine: Red Cross

7 Oct 2015

UN adopts 17 Global Goals

UN adopts 17 Global Goals

29 Sep 2015

Finding solutions to food and water risks

21 Sep 2015

WWF: global marine populations slashed by half since 1970

WWF: global marine populations slashed by half since 1970

16 Sep 2015

Empowering women can help drive sustainable forest use in Africa

Empowering women can help drive sustainable forest use in Africa

14 Sep 2015

Poultry health critical to global food security

11 Sep 2015

Kudos to SA for reaching hunger target

Kudos to SA for reaching hunger target

10 Sep 2015

MiteNot might just help save the bees

MiteNot might just help save the bees

Mark Warren 1 Sep 2015

Tinus Badenhorst via

Farmers concerned over excessive water wastage

31 Aug 2015

Crop farmers challenged by drought and climate change

Crop farmers challenged by drought and climate change

Zhann Meyer 26 Aug 2015

UCT study: Climate change and overfishing

UCT study: Climate change and overfishing

26 Aug 2015

Oh, what a waste, food produced in SA is wasted

Oh, what a waste, food produced in SA is wasted

Richard Brasher 24 Aug 2015

Help-for-farmers plan withers on vine

24 Aug 2015

A not-so-fishy story

A not-so-fishy story

5 Aug 2015

Load shedding is affecting national food production, says Energy Partners executive

Load shedding is affecting national food production, says Energy Partners executive

30 Jul 2015

Youth needed to take agriculture into new era of cross-industry integration

Youth needed to take agriculture into new era of cross-industry integration

Nico Groenewald 16 Jul 2015

Despite recent rainfall, drought remains severe in KZN

8 Jul 2015

Drought hitting KwaZulu-Natal hard

Giordano Stolley 19 Jun 2015

Waste not, want not

Waste not, want not

Achim Steiner 5 Jun 2015

Partnership to improve indigenous food products

5 Jun 2015

Food safety in Southern Africa - rethinking world health worries

Food safety in Southern Africa - rethinking world health worries

Erica Penfold 3 Jun 2015

Agricultural production in spotlight at Food Security Seminar

Agricultural production in spotlight at Food Security Seminar

26 May 2015

SA, US to discuss chicken issue

SA, US to discuss chicken issue

26 May 2015

'Size cap on farms could devastate agriculture'

'Size cap on farms could devastate agriculture'

Jan-Jan Joubert 25 May 2015

[Food for Thought] Feeding the nation

[Food for Thought] Feeding the nation

Nicci Botha 21 May 2015

Hugh Campbell, GM of HORTGRO Science, with the Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities, Alan Winde.

Minister of Economic Opportunities calls young innovators and researchers to agriculture

18 May 2015

Clover upbeat about dairy's prospects

Nan Smith 14 May 2015

Zimbabwe to import 700,000 tons of corn to avert hunger

Zimbabwe to import 700,000 tons of corn to avert hunger

7 May 2015

Grain futures little changed following FAO report

Grain futures little changed following FAO report

30 Apr 2015

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60 million people in sub-Saharan Africa risk famine: Red Cross

60 million people in sub-Saharan Africa risk famine: Red Cross

7 Oct 2015

UN adopts 17 Global Goals

UN adopts 17 Global Goals

29 Sep 2015

Finding solutions to food and water risks

21 Sep 2015

WWF: global marine populations slashed by half since 1970

WWF: global marine populations slashed by half since 1970

16 Sep 2015

Empowering women can help drive sustainable forest use in Africa

Empowering women can help drive sustainable forest use in Africa

14 Sep 2015

Poultry health critical to global food security

11 Sep 2015

Kudos to SA for reaching hunger target

Kudos to SA for reaching hunger target

10 Sep 2015

MiteNot might just help save the bees

MiteNot might just help save the bees

Mark Warren 1 Sep 2015

Tinus Badenhorst via

Farmers concerned over excessive water wastage

31 Aug 2015

Crop farmers challenged by drought and climate change

Crop farmers challenged by drought and climate change

Zhann Meyer 26 Aug 2015

UCT study: Climate change and overfishing

UCT study: Climate change and overfishing

26 Aug 2015

Oh, what a waste, food produced in SA is wasted

Oh, what a waste, food produced in SA is wasted

Richard Brasher 24 Aug 2015

Help-for-farmers plan withers on vine

24 Aug 2015

A not-so-fishy story

A not-so-fishy story

5 Aug 2015

Load shedding is affecting national food production, says Energy Partners executive

Load shedding is affecting national food production, says Energy Partners executive

30 Jul 2015

Youth needed to take agriculture into new era of cross-industry integration

Youth needed to take agriculture into new era of cross-industry integration

Nico Groenewald 16 Jul 2015

Despite recent rainfall, drought remains severe in KZN

8 Jul 2015

Drought hitting KwaZulu-Natal hard

Giordano Stolley 19 Jun 2015

Waste not, want not

Waste not, want not

Achim Steiner 5 Jun 2015

Partnership to improve indigenous food products

5 Jun 2015

Food safety in Southern Africa - rethinking world health worries

Food safety in Southern Africa - rethinking world health worries

Erica Penfold 3 Jun 2015

Agricultural production in spotlight at Food Security Seminar

Agricultural production in spotlight at Food Security Seminar

26 May 2015

SA, US to discuss chicken issue

SA, US to discuss chicken issue

26 May 2015

'Size cap on farms could devastate agriculture'

'Size cap on farms could devastate agriculture'

Jan-Jan Joubert 25 May 2015

[Food for Thought] Feeding the nation

[Food for Thought] Feeding the nation

Nicci Botha 21 May 2015

Hugh Campbell, GM of HORTGRO Science, with the Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities, Alan Winde.

Minister of Economic Opportunities calls young innovators and researchers to agriculture

18 May 2015

Clover upbeat about dairy's prospects

Nan Smith 14 May 2015

Zimbabwe to import 700,000 tons of corn to avert hunger

Zimbabwe to import 700,000 tons of corn to avert hunger

7 May 2015

Grain futures little changed following FAO report

Grain futures little changed following FAO report

30 Apr 2015

Study verifies climate change impact on coffee production

Study verifies climate change impact on coffee production

29 Apr 2015

Stias fellow Dr Janos Bogardi.
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Finding realistic ways to boost Southern Africa's agri output

Glenneis Kriel 29 Apr 2015

100 young leaders offer sustainable solutions to Feeding a Hungry Planet

20 Apr 2015

A new, very dangerous cabbage disease

A new, very dangerous cabbage disease

Bill Kerr 17 Apr 2015

Why conservation agriculture must be promoted in SA

Why conservation agriculture must be promoted in SA

13 Apr 2015

Nedbank, IFC provide $50m finance and warehouse scheme

Nedbank, IFC provide $50m finance and warehouse scheme

10 Apr 2015

US raises Agoa issues over SA poultry sales

US raises Agoa issues over SA poultry sales

Linda Ensor 8 Apr 2015

Practical finance plan may put land reform on track

Practical finance plan may put land reform on track

Derick van der Walt 1 Apr 2015

Land ceilings could endanger food security

Koos Coetzee 30 Mar 2015

How the energy crisis impacts on food security in SA

How the energy crisis impacts on food security in SA

Tatjana von Bormann 11 Mar 2015

President Jacob Zuma. Picture: GCIS

Zuma chided for remarks on land reform

Linda Ensor 10 Mar 2015

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