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Soufflet Malt, Heineken Beverages announce partnership to supply malt for SA brewing operations

FMCG

Soufflet Malt, Heineken Beverages announce partnership to supply malt for SA brewing operations

Issued by Heineken Beverages 12 Mar 2025

Role of innovative financing for farmers: Lessons from Ghana's cocoa irrigation

Agriculture

Role of innovative financing for farmers: Lessons from Ghana's cocoa irrigation

6 Nov 2024

UFS, ARC launch four research chairs to tackle climate change

Research & Development

UFS, ARC launch four research chairs to tackle climate change

22 Jul 2024

WinField United SA and Stellenbosch University team up to improve crop yields

Agribusiness

WinField United SA and Stellenbosch University team up to improve crop yields

10 Aug 2023

Technology can boost farming in Africa, but it can also threaten biodiversity - how to balance the two

Agri Tech

Technology can boost farming in Africa, but it can also threaten biodiversity - how to balance the two

Thomas Daum, Frédéric Baudron, Ingo Grass, Matin Qaim and Regina Birner 18 Jul 2023

Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change

Research & Development

Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change

Derek Lynch 29 Dec 2022

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Finance

Gates Foundation calls for bold and immediate action at COP27

9 Nov 2022

From water conservation to crop selection, how farmers can take action against drought

Food Security

From water conservation to crop selection, how farmers can take action against drought

Delphine Luquet, Ndjido Ardo Kane and Vincent Vadez 26 Oct 2022

Northern Cape raisin industry gets R28m boost

Agro-processing

Northern Cape raisin industry gets R28m boost

24 May 2022

How research, collaboration are contributing to food security in Africa

Research & Development

How research, collaboration are contributing to food security in Africa

14 Jun 2021

Nigerian startups make ag-tech accessible to small local farmers

Agri Tech

Nigerian startups make ag-tech accessible to small local farmers

5 Jan 2021

Agri Tech

How agritech solutions can help farmers offset coronavirus risks

Nico Groenewald 5 May 2020

Conservation agriculture can boost maize yields

Research & Development

Conservation agriculture can boost maize yields

Engela Duvenage 5 May 2020

Agriculture

Chair in Crop Health initiative to upskill students and qualified agriculturalists

25 Feb 2020

Western Cape shrub could help turn Australia's arid land into green pasture

Research & Development

Western Cape shrub could help turn Australia's arid land into green pasture

30 Sep 2019

AGCO expands Future Farm training investment in Zambia

Agriculture

AGCO expands Future Farm training investment in Zambia

5 Aug 2019

Research & Development

For success, train families not farmers

Dr Luke Metelerkamp 12 Jul 2019

New report: Digital services to transform African agriculture

Agriculture

New report: Digital services to transform African agriculture

24 Jun 2019

RSSC deploys IoT solution with SAP Leonardo to improve logistics, water management

Agro-processing

RSSC deploys IoT solution with SAP Leonardo to improve logistics, water management

2 Apr 2019

AGCO is helping African farmers access the agribusiness market

Agriculture

AGCO is helping African farmers access the agribusiness market

Robin Fredericks 5 Feb 2019

How investment in irrigation is paying off for Ethiopia's economy

Agriculture

How investment in irrigation is paying off for Ethiopia's economy

Gebisa Ejeta 18 Jan 2019

Tip the farmer that grew your coffee on National Coffee Day

Food & bev. services

Tip the farmer that grew your coffee on National Coffee Day

28 Sep 2018

Greenwashing: corporate tree planting generates goodwill but may sometimes harm the planet

Environment & Natural Resources

Greenwashing: corporate tree planting generates goodwill but may sometimes harm the planet

Benjamin Neimark 26 Sep 2018

Jonathan Robinson

Food & bev. services

Fair trade at the core of Bean There's buying philosophy

28 Feb 2018

Agriculture

Greening the tobacco supply chain in Africa bears fruit

7 Nov 2017

Agriculture

Could East Africa be the new frontier for food and grain production?

23 Oct 2017

R6m towards beer ingredients research

Higher Education

R6m towards beer ingredients research

14 Sep 2017

Research group (Image Supplied)

Agriculture

AB InBev multi-million rand funding boosts research into beer ingredients at SU

14 Sep 2017

Agriculture

Cocoa in a world of environmental changes - time for “uncommon collaboration”

Svein Tore Holsether 14 Sep 2017

Women forces to be reckoned with in agriculture

Agriculture

Women forces to be reckoned with in agriculture

31 Aug 2017

#CSIMonth: An opportunity to use commercial enterprises to ensure global food security

Agriculture

#CSIMonth: An opportunity to use commercial enterprises to ensure global food security

Cari Coetzee 18 Jul 2017

Entries for 2018 Bayer Foundation Fellowship programmes now open

Higher Education

Entries for 2018 Bayer Foundation Fellowship programmes now open

29 Jun 2017

Monsanto breeding lead for hybrid seed arrives in SA

Agriculture

Monsanto breeding lead for hybrid seed arrives in SA

27 Jun 2017

Antoshananarivo via

Agriculture

Taking agriculture to the next level

Tanimola Oyewole 7 Jun 2017

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Agri Tech

#AfricaMonth: Sustainable food production requires digitisation of entire agri value chain

26 May 2017

Demand for agricultural land in Eastern Free State remains resilient

Agriculture

Demand for agricultural land in Eastern Free State remains resilient

17 May 2017

Grootfontein Agricultural Development Institute. Image source:

Agriculture

Minister Zokwana reaches out to agri colleges

21 Apr 2017

Improving cassava production in Nigeria through sustainable seed systems

Agriculture

Improving cassava production in Nigeria through sustainable seed systems

6 Apr 2017

Recipients of the Ideas Matter Fellowship Program announced

Research

Recipients of the Ideas Matter Fellowship Program announced

29 Dec 2016

Who are SA's Top 100 graduates?

Higher Education

Who are SA's Top 100 graduates?

21 Oct 2016

Eddie Oosthuizen via - Limpopo

Agriculture

Agroecology programme equips smallholder farmers for sustainable food production

13 Oct 2016

Agribusiness

Taking a different approach to food security challenges and environmental sustainability

11 Aug 2016

New postgrad diploma for agronomists launched at SU

Agriculture

New postgrad diploma for agronomists launched at SU

10 Aug 2016

Photo via Pia Nanny

Agriculture

Partnerships to promote crop research

Pia Nanny 22 Apr 2016

No menace in mealies

Agriculture

No menace in mealies

8 Oct 2015

SU most influential institution for agriscience in SA - QS Rankings

Higher Education

SU most influential institution for agriscience in SA - QS Rankings

20 May 2015

100 young leaders offer sustainable solutions to Feeding a Hungry Planet

Food Security

100 young leaders offer sustainable solutions to Feeding a Hungry Planet

20 Apr 2015

Nedbank's partnerships with farmers are focused on holistic solutions

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Nedbank's partnerships with farmers are focused on holistic solutions

27 Oct 2014

Mobile network capacity doubled in rural, island locations

Digital

Mobile network capacity doubled in rural, island locations

2 Jun 2014