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Rooibos farmers unite agriculture, conservation for biodiversity

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The 2025 Global Report on Food Crises sounds the alarm

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'Meating' the needs – AMIE Academy goes from strength to strength

AMIE 'Meating' the needs – AMIE Academy goes from strength to strength

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Growing futures: Sappi’s Forestry Skills Centre opens in Richmond

Sappi Growing futures: Sappi’s Forestry Skills Centre opens in Richmond

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Sappi Sappi and Agricolleges join forces to launch online forestry skills courses

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Rainbow Chicken champions resilience, youth development and sustainability at Mzansi Young Farmers Indaba

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Sappi Forests' Zululand Coastal team achieves a historic 10 million LTIF hours milestone

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2024 Agricultural Writers SA winners announced

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Study reveals soil health's impact on wine flavour profiles

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IFPA’s Southern Africa Conference to address key issues for fresh produce industry

IFPA’s Southern Africa Conference to address key issues for fresh produce industry

23 Jul 2024

UFS, ARC launch four research chairs to tackle climate change

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Steenhuisen's budget speech promises positive outlook for agriculture

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Switching to polymer bearings across its 160 global sites could save 20 tonnes of lubricant and over R100m in personnel costs annually for Heineken Brasil

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A FRUITFUL UNION | UFH Vice-Chancellor Prof Sakhela Buhlungu; AngloGold Ashanti Vice-President of Sustainability & Closure Business, Kgomotso Tshaka; UFH Deputy VC of Research, Partnerships & Innovation Dr Nthabi Taole-Mjimba; UFH Deputy VC of Teaching & Learning Prof Renuka Vithal; and Senior Vice-President of Group Sustainability at AngloGold Ashanti, Ambassador Baso Sangqu.

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Smallholder farmers in northern Malawi, preparing deep beds to plant with peas and maize. Courtesy Alan Dixon

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Source: © Ollivier Girad/CIFOR-ICRAF Fifty-eight ‘forgotten’ food crops in sub-Saharan Africa have been identified as able to provide healthy diets in a changing climate

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16 May 2024

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4 crucial steps to strengthen climate resilience against El Niño and La Niña

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Robin Fredericks 26 Apr 2024

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Maltento opens new insect biotech lab in Cape Town

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#IFPA: SA's logistics crisis takes precedence over energy issues, says SAFFE director

Aa-isha Hassiem 19 Mar 2024

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Nanotechnology promises to help farmers cut pesticide use – but could also make chemicals more toxic

Tom Nederstigt and Martina G. Vijver 26 Feb 2024

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From beer waste to pet food: Maltento's innovative approach to recycling

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FAO report: Food production plummets as disasters cost $123bn yearly

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Soil contains three times more carbon than the atmosphere. Rémi Cardinael, Fourni par l'auteur

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Rémi Cardinael, Armwell Shumba and Vira Leng 7 Dec 2023

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#COP28: 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate and feed a rapidly growing world

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