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| Frank Winder Grain farming is the primary area of South African agricultural production and the reality is that successive droughts have limited the financial capacity of many farmers to plant... read | | | Drought, local political uncertainty and ongoing global macro-economic instability have placed many businesses on the back foot as they go into the New Year... read | |
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| Lameck Masina Armyworms are a common pest, but this year's invasion has sparked particular concern. The worms have destroyed thousands of hectares of maize... read |
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| Wandile Sihlobo The 2016-17 summer crop production season started on a slightly positive note for Southern Africa's agricultural sector after emerging from a devastating drought in the 2015-16 season... read |
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| Mastercard has launched a digital platform which connects smallholder farmers, agents, buyers, and banks in East Africa. 2KUZE will enable farmers to buy, sell, and receive payments for agricultural goods using their feature phones... read |
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| Hamlet Hlomendlini Good rains have fallen since October 2016 and this has without a doubt brought back production of agricultural crops especially in grain areas around the country... read |
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| Mark Allix The EU says the link between imports from the bloc and "alleged disturbances" in the South African chicken market is not clearly established - especially in relation to two years of drought in SA... read |
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| Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist at FNB, shared an outlook on how crops, grains, and meats are most likely to perform in 2017... read |
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| Agathe Maupin and Mercy Mwanikah Ojoyi There is an increasing global demand for food, water and energy. All three are inter-linked, a fact that has increasingly become the focus of attention for policy makers and governments... read |
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| The Nedbank VinPro Information Day, which focused on ways to unlock value from the farm gate to the shelf, revealed its annual forecast... read |
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| Rather than continuing to treat wastewater like garbage, it should be managed as a resource that can be used to grow crops and address water scarcity in agriculture, says the FAO... read |
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| Mark Arnold The financial services landscape is in a state of flux and the challenge, therefore, is to stay relevant... read |
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| Shifting electricity distribution from local government hands to Eskom would have serious repercussions on local and state coffers... read |
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- Leopoldt van Huyssteen appointed as academic head of AEL - more info
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