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Red meat, maize prices to remain high due to drought
Afasa says the impact of last year's drought will be felt by consumers until at least the end of this year... read
BizTrends 2017
Lizelle Gerber
#BizTrends2017: Building confidence in South African wines

Cari Coetzee

We catch up with Lizelle Gerber, winemaker at Boschendal, to find out what will keep the wine flowing this year... read


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Youth are Africa's future ‘agripreneurs'
The MasterCard Foundation's Young Africa Works Summit presents youth as drivers of Africa's agricultural transformation and employment… read
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The smart way to help African farmers tackle climate change

Sophie Mbugua

The extension service provider's role is enormous and urgent, especially as climate change has brought a new dimension to agricultural research and development... read
Agro-processing
Debate over glyphosate rages in South Africa
Debate over glyphosate rages in South Africa
86 percent of maize and 85 percent of soy in South Africa are genetically modified and most are sprayed with the weedkiller Roundup which contains glyphosate... read
Commercial Fishing
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The Western Indian Ocean's blue economy can thrive. Here's how

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

The health of the ocean is approaching a turning point. Many principal ocean assets are declining as a result of exploitation. And this is happening at a time when the use of ocean resources to support growth is accelerating... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up
Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up

Saliou Niassy, Sunday Ekesi

Eating insects is as old as mankind. Globally, two billion people consume insects, a practise known as entomophagy. It is more common in Africa than anywhere else... read
Food Security
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Horn of Africa faces acute food shortage
Drought conditions in the Horn of Africa have intensified since the failure of the October-December rains. FAO estimates that over 17 million people are currently in crisis... read
Food security: how Fairtrade helps level the playing field for small producers
Food security: how Fairtrade helps level the playing field for small producers

Bob Doherty

Paradoxically, of the one billion people classified as food insecure by the United Nations, about 500 million are smallholder farmers in developing economies... read
Horticulture
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Can organic farming improve food security for SA's poor communities?
Producing crop yields that can provide food and income to families, require soils containing plenty of minerals and water... read
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Top Chenin Blanc producers building their communities
The winners of the 2016 Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top 10 Challenge were recently presented with their cheques, but a number of local community initiatives and the communities they support were the real winners... read
Sustainability
Is a vegetarian diet really more environmentally friendly than eating meat?
Is a vegetarian diet really more environmentally friendly than eating meat?

Wayne Martindale

Beef from Brazil, avocados from Mexico, lamb from New Zealand, wines from South Africa and green beans from Kenya – food shopping lists have a distinctly international flavour... read
Business
WHO vetoes sugar tax endorsement
WHO vetoes sugar tax endorsement
The WHO executive board has decided not to make recommendations to member states to impose a soft drinks tax... read
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