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Professor Cyril Mbatha Based on his research studies, Professor Cyril Mbatha of the Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership weighs in on the land reform debate...read |
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| | | | |  | Linda Ensor Expropriation without compensation would erode property rights and would mean that land could no longer serve as collateral for loans. There is also the danger of international disinvestment and the risk of losing benefits from initiatives such as AGOA... read | |  | Theo Boshoff, Agbiz head of legal intelligence, puts the issue of land expropriation without compensation into perspective and shares four possible future scenarios for land reform in SA if expropriation without compensation finds its way... read | |  | The Constitutional Review Committee of Parliament appointed to review the Constitution will now create even greater uncertainty for commercial agricultural producers and place further investments by local and foreign investments in agriculture in the balance... read | | |  | A new report released by the Mastercard Foundation Youth Think Tank highlights the barriers and opportunities to the creation of agricultural technologies, their promotion and uptake by young people... read | | |  | "It is these young farmers who could potentially play a role in a change around strategy on many of the failing farms, bring about transformation, economic growth and make a direct impact on food security on a commercial scale." read | | |  | Lauren Hartzenberg The source of the world's largest Listeriosis outbreak has been traced to an Enterprise Foods facility in Polokwane, Limpopo... read | | |  | Global food commodity prices went up in February with lower prices for vegetable oils offset by rising prices for staple grains and dairy products... read | |  | Bean There Coffee, South Africa's first roaster of certified direct fair trade coffee, was launched on the back of the stock market crash in 2001, a 27,000-kilometre backpacking trip across two continents... read | | |  | Wilhelm de Beer The polyphagous shot hole borer seems to be a newcomer to South Africa. It was discovered in the country for the first time in 2017 and it could lay waste native forests and fruit trees... read | | |  | "The Sustainable Harvesting Programme demonstrates that it is certainly possible to sustainably harvest fynbos in a commercially viable way, creating green businesses and decent, sustainable jobs for people living in the fynbos region..." read | |  | This year, the Doomsday Vault near Svalbard - storing seeds of vital crops in an underground vault - marks its 10th anniversary. It is now the iconic home to seeds of around one million unique plants... read | | |  | Issued By UCT Graduate School of Business UCT GSB, VinPro Foundation and Graham Beck are offering a record 15 bursaries to enable previously disadvantaged South Africans to enrol on the popular Business of Wine short course... read | | | |
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