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SA Canegrowers warns of job losses due to subsidised sugar imports

SA Canegrowers warns of job losses due to subsidised sugar imports

US tariffs push SA macadamia farmers to explore Indian market

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FAO forecasts record highs for global food crops amid market uncertainty

FAO forecasts record highs for global food crops amid market uncertainty

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The expo returns in September. Source: Supplied.

Organic & Natural Products Expo to return in September

30 Jun 2023

SA Harvest introduces innovative nutritional tracking technology to fight hunger

SA Harvest introduces innovative nutritional tracking technology to fight hunger

29 Jun 2023

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Chocolate-making ingredient cocoa hits highest price in 46 years

Maytaal Angel and Marcelo Teixeira 29 Jun 2023

AgriKool founders Zamokuhle Twala and Palesa Motaung

Agritech startup's deal with Shoprite bears fruit

29 Jun 2023

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AstraZeneca's global reforestation initiative expands

28 Jun 2023

File photo: A street traders' fruit is displayed on a street in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 21 May 2017. Reuters/Rogan Ward

SA citrus growers say EU pest rules putting squeeze on exports

Nelson Banya 28 Jun 2023

Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new but bringing them up to scale will require further development

Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new but bringing them up to scale will require further development

André O. Hudson 28 Jun 2023

Fresh produce conference to transform challenges into opportunities

Fresh produce conference to transform challenges into opportunities

27 Jun 2023

Two outbreaks of H7 bird flu in poultry reported

Two outbreaks of H7 bird flu in poultry reported

Sybille de La Hamaide 27 Jun 2023

South Africa's reliance on rice imports

South Africa's reliance on rice imports

Gilberto Biacuana 26 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Nestle ramps up Nigeria raw material sourcing as forex squeeze bites

Richa Naidu 26 Jun 2023

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Christopher Oluwakunmi Akinbile 22 Jun 2023

Eskom, the Netherlands to collaborate on Grootvlei Power Station transition

Eskom, the Netherlands to collaborate on Grootvlei Power Station transition

21 Jun 2023

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

21 Jun 2023

This figure shows which parts of the country were most affected by the 2015/16 El Nino event. Much of the central parts of the country, including the western maize production regions, experienced extreme drought conditions from October to December, while the north-eastern parts were less negatively affected
Photo credit: Johann Malherbe, ARC

El Nino is coming, climate research experts warn

21 Jun 2023

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Best Of Wine Tourism Awards 2024 now accepting submissions

21 Jun 2023

File photo: A vehicle carries untreated phosphate after being dropped off on a mountain at a phosphate mine at Boucraa factory of the National Moroccan phosphate company (OCP) situated in the southern provinces, 100km southwest of the town of Laayoune 18 February 2016. Reuters/Youssef Boudlal/File Photo

Morocco's OCP plans $7bn green ammonia plant to avert supply problems

20 Jun 2023

Agribusiness confidence remains subdued in Q2

Agribusiness confidence remains subdued in Q2

Wandile Sihlobo 20 Jun 2023

Kenya signs trade deal with European Union to safeguard exports

Kenya signs trade deal with European Union to safeguard exports

Duncan Miriri 19 Jun 2023

Changing weather patterns set to exacerbate challenges faced by SA's farmers

Changing weather patterns set to exacerbate challenges faced by SA's farmers

19 Jun 2023

Johann Kotzé appointed new CEO of Agri SA

Johann Kotzé appointed new CEO of Agri SA

15 Jun 2023

Africa needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks

Africa needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks

Carien du Plessis, Chris Mfula and Elias Biryabarema 15 Jun 2023

The Nature Park on the corner of Fenton Road and Pope Street in Salt River was the first garden started by Neighbourhood Gardens. Photos: Matthew Hirsch / GroundUp

Community gardens bloom from vacant lots in Salt River

Matthew Hirsch 15 Jun 2023

Woodlands Dairy commissions additional biomass boiler to further reduce emissions

Woodlands Dairy commissions additional biomass boiler to further reduce emissions

15 Jun 2023

ClemenGold to donate 1,000 tonnes of citrus during 2023 season

ClemenGold to donate 1,000 tonnes of citrus during 2023 season

14 Jun 2023

Kgodiso Development Fund, Raisin SA launch Vine Academy in Northern Cape

Kgodiso Development Fund, Raisin SA launch Vine Academy in Northern Cape

13 Jun 2023

SanParks to donate game to emerging farmers

SanParks to donate game to emerging farmers

9 Jun 2023

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Hortgro Awards honours deciduous fruit industry champions

8 Jun 2023

Slump in global cashew demand pushes Ivory Coast industry to verge of collapse

Slump in global cashew demand pushes Ivory Coast industry to verge of collapse

Ange Aboa and Alessandra Prentice 8 Jun 2023

Farming in South Africa is being hobbled by power cuts and poor roads. Rural towns are being hit hardest

Farming in South Africa is being hobbled by power cuts and poor roads. Rural towns are being hit hardest

Wandile Sihlobo 7 Jun 2023

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The expo returns in September. Source: Supplied.

Organic & Natural Products Expo to return in September

30 Jun 2023

Source:

Chocolate-making ingredient cocoa hits highest price in 46 years

Maytaal Angel and Marcelo Teixeira 29 Jun 2023

Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new but bringing them up to scale will require further development

Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new but bringing them up to scale will require further development

André O. Hudson 28 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Nestle ramps up Nigeria raw material sourcing as forex squeeze bites

Richa Naidu 26 Jun 2023

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