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How plastic shade cloth is revolutionising sustainable agriculture and boosting crop yields

ESG & Sustainability

How plastic shade cloth is revolutionising sustainable agriculture and boosting crop yields

Issued by Safripol 5 Mar 2025

SA fruit industry launches pest monitoring centre

Agriculture

SA fruit industry launches pest monitoring centre

3 Dec 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

Hail to Heroes campaign shows goodness of fruit is more than skin deep

FMCG

Hail to Heroes campaign shows goodness of fruit is more than skin deep

6 Jul 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

Climate Change

El Nino is coming, climate research experts warn

21 Jun 2023

SA summer crop harvest shows decent levels, with soybeans reaching a fresh high

Agriculture

SA summer crop harvest shows decent levels, with soybeans reaching a fresh high

Wandile Sihlobo 29 Jun 2022

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Agriculture

South African farming: New policy offers promise, but there's fixing to be done too

Wandile Sihlobo 21 Jan 2022

Western Cape wine farm turns old horse paddock into thriving food garden

Agriculture

Western Cape wine farm turns old horse paddock into thriving food garden

Robin Fredericks 26 Oct 2021

New forum launched for global soil health

Agriculture

New forum launched for global soil health

24 Mar 2021

Coordinated global action is the best way to control the Fall Armyworm pest

Agriculture

Coordinated global action is the best way to control the Fall Armyworm pest

Rémi Nono Womdim 19 Dec 2019

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Agro-processing

Crop estimates still positive but not enough to lift agriculture GDP in the near term

Paul Makube 27 Mar 2019

Crops, soils and fungus are a tricky mix. ,

Agriculture

'Soil probiotics' promise bigger, healthier crops, but there's a downside

Adam Frew 26 Oct 2018

World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause

Research & Development

World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause

Jessica Eise and Kenneth Foster 23 Oct 2018

SA likely to exit technical recession in 3rd quarter

Markets & Investment

SA likely to exit technical recession in 3rd quarter

5 Sep 2018

Fall armyworm. Sevgan Subramanian. Image Source:

Agriculture

Exploring the best tactics to combat Fall armyworm outbreaks in Africa

Saliou Niassy, Sevgan Subramanian 10 May 2018

The cotton bollworm is hybridizing with the corn earworm in ways that could result in a damaging mega-pest (Credit: CSIRO)

Agriculture

Two major crop scourges are hybridising to produce a new mega-pest

Rich Haridy 10 Apr 2018

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Agriculture

From foe to friend: How carnivores could help farmers

Sam Williams, Lourens Swanepoel & Steven Belmain 6 Mar 2018

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Food Security

Towards a food-secure Africa

Raphael Obonyo 12 Feb 2018

Agri Tech

CGIAR wants to build a big data platform and innovate with startups to help smallholder farmers

11 Oct 2017

Agriculture

What camera traps tell us about elephants eating crops

Josephine B. Smit 10 Aug 2017

Iwoelbern via - Locust swarm, Madagascar

Agriculture

Collaboration helps increase warning time for locust outbreaks by months

19 Jun 2017

Agriculture

Western Cape wildfires destroy 122,700 hectares

1 Mar 2017

Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility via - Fall armyworm

Agriculture

Armyworm hits SA

6 Feb 2017

Food Security

SA's maize crop may help feed SADC

Wandile Sihlobo 20 Jan 2017

TRB warns farmers of new destructive pest

Agro-processing

TRB warns farmers of new destructive pest

Conrad Mwanawashe 1 Dec 2016

Agriculture

Weather forecast for southern Africa predicts good rainfall this season

Admire Ndhlovu 13 Sep 2016

Stevie Mann via - Ethiopia's Ghibe valley

Food Security

Ethiopia's last chance to plant

16 Aug 2016

Marine sediments unlock secrets about climate change in SA

Climate Change

Marine sediments unlock secrets about climate change in SA

Margit Simon 20 Apr 2016

Agribusiness

Rain might still avert flood of farming claims

12 Jan 2016

Hailstorms cause huge crop damage

Agriculture

Hailstorms cause huge crop damage

26 Nov 2013

The high price to pay for a spud

Retailers

The high price to pay for a spud

Shaanaaz de Jager 8 Oct 2009