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North West targets 6,000 hectares for crop production

Agriculture

North West targets 6,000 hectares for crop production

14 Nov 2025

What will it take to make Africa food secure? G20 group points to trade, resilient supply chains and sustainable farming

Agriculture

What will it take to make Africa food secure? G20 group points to trade, resilient supply chains and sustainable farming

Wandile Sihlobo 11 Nov 2025

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Agriculture

Industrial scale farming is flawed: What ecologically-friendly farming practices could look like in Africa

Rachel Wynberg 24 Jan 2025

Agriculture

Meeting the challenges of modern agriculture with skills development

Ziyanda Sibeko 27 Mar 2024

Dry weather hits southern Africa’s farmers, putting key maize supplies at risk: How to blunt the impact

Agribusiness

Dry weather hits southern Africa’s farmers, putting key maize supplies at risk: How to blunt the impact

Wandile Sihlobo 6 Mar 2024

Farmers in South Africa face power cuts and a weak rand - but a number of factors are working in their favour too

Agriculture

Farmers in South Africa face power cuts and a weak rand - but a number of factors are working in their favour too

Wandile Sihlobo 9 May 2023

Farming in South Africa: 6 things that need urgent attention in 2023

Agribusiness

Farming in South Africa: 6 things that need urgent attention in 2023

Wandile Sihlobo 16 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: SA agricultural trends to watch in 2023

Trends

#BizTrends2023: SA agricultural trends to watch in 2023

Wandile Sihlobo 9 Jan 2023

Agribusiness confidence drops below neutral 50-point mark in Q4

Agriculture

Agribusiness confidence drops below neutral 50-point mark in Q4

Wandile Sihlobo 1 Dec 2022

Agribusiness

Another bullish crop outlook despite marginal hike in planting area amid favourable prices, weather

Paul Makube 1 Nov 2022

SA farmers' intentions to plant data point to prospects of another large summer crop

Agribusiness

SA farmers' intentions to plant data point to prospects of another large summer crop

Wandile Sihlobo 27 Oct 2022

SA's agribusiness confidence deteriorates in Q3

Agribusiness

SA's agribusiness confidence deteriorates in Q3

23 Sep 2022

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Agribusiness

Agribusiness confidence moderates further in Q2

Wandile Sihlobo 13 Jun 2022

Commission launches inquiry into fresh produce market

Agriculture

Commission launches inquiry into fresh produce market

30 Mar 2022

How to narrow the big divide between black and white farmers in South Africa

Agriculture

How to narrow the big divide between black and white farmers in South Africa

Wandile Sihlobo and Johann Kirsten 1 Dec 2021

Compliance blitz on the cards for the agrochemicals sector

Agriculture

Compliance blitz on the cards for the agrochemicals sector

Garyn Rapson and Tendai Bonga 19 Nov 2021

Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution

Sustainable Farming

Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution

17 Jun 2021

The fourth agricultural revolution is coming - but who will really benefit?

Agri Tech

The fourth agricultural revolution is coming - but who will really benefit?

David Rose and Charlotte-Anne Chivers 16 Sep 2020

Vegetable farmers in urban Ghana don't worry much about food safety - but they should

Agriculture

Vegetable farmers in urban Ghana don't worry much about food safety - but they should

Kabila Abass 12 Aug 2020

Why Ghana's smallholders aren't excited by the latest 'Green Revolution'

Agribusiness

Why Ghana's smallholders aren't excited by the latest 'Green Revolution'

Siera Vercillo 14 Apr 2020

Farmers urged to take precautions against Fall Armyworm

Agriculture

Farmers urged to take precautions against Fall Armyworm

19 Dec 2019

Syngenta, Chep cultivate seeds of success in Zambia

Agriculture

Syngenta, Chep cultivate seeds of success in Zambia

4 Sep 2019

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Agribusiness

Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index improves marginally in Q1 2019

Wandile Sihlobo 18 Mar 2019

Agritech Expo Zambia returns, adds new features

Agri Tech

Agritech Expo Zambia returns, adds new features

1 Feb 2019

Why Nigeria should first support rice farmers before it cuts off imports

Agro-processing

Why Nigeria should first support rice farmers before it cuts off imports

Rahman Akintayo Sanusi 15 Jan 2019

Agribusiness

R46m for North West smallholder farmers

1 Nov 2018

Achieving sustainable food security in South Africa

Food Security

Achieving sustainable food security in South Africa

Wandile Sihlobo 20 Sep 2018

The risk of unsustainable agricultural practices should not be underestimated

Agriculture

The risk of unsustainable agricultural practices should not be underestimated

20 Jun 2018

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Agriculture

Honeybees hog the limelight, yet wild insects are the most important and vulnerable pollinators

Philip Donkersley 16 Apr 2018

Elijah Langat, passion fruit farmer (Image Supplied)

Agriculture

Reviving passion fruit production in Kenya

14 Nov 2017

Imperial Logistics sells Schirm

Logistics & Transport

Imperial Logistics sells Schirm

13 Nov 2017

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Agriculture

New guide to help ensure health and safety of workers in banana sector

9 Nov 2017

Agriculture

Organic farming matters - just not in the way you think

Verena Seufert, Navin Ramankutty 13 Oct 2017

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Agriculture

Taking agriculture to the next level

Tanimola Oyewole 7 Jun 2017

Agriculture

Collaboration brings Pannar maize varieties to more farmers in Kenya

13 Apr 2017

KZN in control of Fall armyworm

Agriculture

KZN in control of Fall armyworm

22 Feb 2017

Recycling projects that inspire innovation

ESG & Sustainability

Recycling projects that inspire innovation

Nathan Nayagar 23 Jan 2017

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Agriculture

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Raymond Auerbach 1 Nov 2016

'Less choice for African farmers' after Bayer's Monsanto takeover

Agriculture

'Less choice for African farmers' after Bayer's Monsanto takeover

Wanjiru Eunice 19 Sep 2016

All is fair in coffee, chocolate and wine

Commodities & Fairtrade

All is fair in coffee, chocolate and wine

Arianna Baldo 27 Jan 2016

Sappi and Boregaard expands capacity at lignin joint venture

Printing

Sappi and Boregaard expands capacity at lignin joint venture

Issued by Sappi 19 Aug 2015

Agricultural production in spotlight at Food Security Seminar

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Agricultural production in spotlight at Food Security Seminar

26 May 2015

Zambia's agriculture in spotlight at Agritech Expo

Agriculture

Zambia's agriculture in spotlight at Agritech Expo

19 Feb 2014