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Timothy Witbooi is the winemaker wielding the wand of Lourensford Wine Estates Limited Release SMV, a delectable blend of Shiraz, Mourvèdre and Viognier - the estate's most awarded and popular wines... read
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KONANANI LIPHADZI
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SAMANTHA SNEDORF
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Agriculture
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Many of the factors affecting agricultural productivity are beyond the farmer's control.. Read
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The Agri Securitas Trust Fund which was established in 1999, has to date protected at least 500 farms and nearly 3,000 farm workers against rural crime in Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape... Read
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WANDILE SIHLOBO
A recently published research paper by agricultural economists Jan Greyling and Philip Pardey in the Agrekon Journal brings home some key points about South Africa's maize production in terms of commercial and smallholder share contribution... Read
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Agro-processing
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Growing meat production, increasing demand for affordable animal protein, and preference for convenience is expected to grow the processed meat market... Read
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Aquaculture
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HELEN SWINGLER AND JOHN BOLTON
"As the pressure grows on the world's arable land, aquaculture must play a bigger role in food production if we are to feed a population of 9.8 billion by 2050." Read
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Commercial Fishing
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PHILIP A LORING AND RATANA CHUENPAGDEE
Fish and other seafood needs to be included in conversation in order to build more sustainable and climate-friendly food systems... Read
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Fertilisers & GMOs
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Bayer will soon include safety study summaries of glyphosate on its dedicated transparency platform. This next step will mark the first anniversary of the company's transparency initiative, having been launched on 7 December 2017... Read
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Forestry
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PHILIP DOBIE
It's now over 50 years since the world was first warned that resources were being used at an unsustainable rate. It has now been estimated that almost one quarter to one-third of the world's land is degraded to some extent. Read
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Viticulture & Oenology
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Drostdy Hof, in collaboration with the Stellenbosch-based Pinotage Youth Development Academy has created a year-long programme, which will include technical on-the-job learning and personal development in the South African wine industry... Read
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