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#WomensMonth: The women shaping the future of food security in South Africa

#WomensMonth: The women shaping the future of food security in South AfricaMaroefah Smith

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Africa's water investment pledge faces skills gap challenge

The missing link in SA’s climate agenda: Food loss and waste

The missing link in SA’s climate agenda: Food loss and wasteFoodForward SA

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Cholera in northwest Nigeria: Limited healthcare access leaves communities at riskAhmed Kingimi

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South Africa’s new climate targets: balancing ambition with the realities of coal and climate financeRoula Inglesi-Lotz and Jessika Bohlmann

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Africa's water investment pledge faces skills gap challenge

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Nicholas.gosse via - Olive tree plantation in Tunisia. Olive oil is Tunisia’s largest agricultural export.

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Moving beyond the Green Revolution in Africa's new era of hunger

Moving beyond the Green Revolution in Africa's new era of hunger

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#GlobalFoodSecurity: Food Forward SA turns to digital solution in quest to reduce hunger

#GlobalFoodSecurity: Food Forward SA turns to digital solution in quest to reduce hunger

Sindy Peters 7 Dec 2017

Professor Adipala Ekwamu, executive secretary of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture ()

#GlobalFoodSecurity: How Africa can feed itself and the world

Sindy Peters 7 Dec 2017

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Is sustainable agricultural production, food security possible?

Cari Coetzee 6 Dec 2017

New local craft beer brewing to combat food waste and alleviate hunger

New local craft beer brewing to combat food waste and alleviate hunger

6 Dec 2017

Energy minister, David Mahlobo

Mahlobo promised renewables IPP announcement this week

6 Dec 2017

Drought levy is about our survival‚ De Lille tells Capetonians

Drought levy is about our survival‚ De Lille tells Capetonians

Aphiwe Deklerk 5 Dec 2017

South Africa's twin malnutrition challenges: hunger and obesity

South Africa's twin malnutrition challenges: hunger and obesity

Xikombiso Mbhenyane and Irene Labuschagne 5 Dec 2017

SA is on code REDZ for energy needs

SA is on code REDZ for energy needs

4 Dec 2017

How the world needs to change as regions get drier

How the world needs to change as regions get drier

Dian Spear 1 Dec 2017

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Westin Cape Town's water saving efforts reduce consumption

30 Nov 2017

The future of agriculture, food security is knowledge-intensive

The future of agriculture, food security is knowledge-intensive

28 Nov 2017

AIDmonitor to analyse funding flows for development in food and agriculture-related sectors

AIDmonitor to analyse funding flows for development in food and agriculture-related sectors

24 Nov 2017

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Baher Kamal 23 Nov 2017

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Tobacco hurts more than just your lungs - it damages the communities that grow it

Eleanor Jew 23 Nov 2017

Coffee is revving up London buses

Coffee is revving up London buses

22 Nov 2017

From economic and water poverty to prosperity

From economic and water poverty to prosperity

Shafick Adams 21 Nov 2017

Making water conservation a culture at The Table Bay

Making water conservation a culture at The Table Bay

20 Nov 2017

Life after 'day zero' in CT

Life after 'day zero' in CT

Tanya Farber and Anthony Molyneaux 17 Nov 2017

Greening the livestock sector: Low carbon livestock is possible

Greening the livestock sector: Low carbon livestock is possible

16 Nov 2017

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Cape Town delays Day Zero

Neels Blom 16 Nov 2017

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Agriculture and food systems will play a fundamental role in mitigating climate change

15 Nov 2017

Cape Town reprioritises budget to fund water projects

Cape Town reprioritises budget to fund water projects

15 Nov 2017

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New initiatives in energy, water, agriculture announced at COP23

15 Nov 2017

Koeberg nuclear power station. Photo: Sunday Times

Eco warriors tackle proposed nuclear power station

14 Nov 2017

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We don't have money or staff, says fisheries department

14 Nov 2017

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New online Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook to help steer food systems in sustainable direction

13 Nov 2017

Meat without animals to hit shelves in 2021

Meat without animals to hit shelves in 2021

10 Nov 2017

EnergyDrive truck arrives in EC to share benefits of using renewable energy

EnergyDrive truck arrives in EC to share benefits of using renewable energy

10 Nov 2017

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