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Persistent growth: How IoT solutions could revolutionise agritech

Agri Tech

Persistent growth: How IoT solutions could revolutionise agritech

Issued by ASUS 19 Nov 2024

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Agro-processing

SA’s sugarcane output drops by 10% amid drier conditions

12 Nov 2024

The role of AI in the agricultural revolution and risks of change

Agriculture

The role of AI in the agricultural revolution and risks of change

Bernadette Versfeld 19 Aug 2024

How nature-based knowledge can restore local ecosystems and improve community well-being

Sustainable Farming

How nature-based knowledge can restore local ecosystems and improve community well-being

Saeed Rahman and Natalie Slawinski 11 Mar 2024

Climate change and farming: Economists warn more needs to be done to adapt in sub-Saharan Africa

Agriculture

Climate change and farming: Economists warn more needs to be done to adapt in sub-Saharan Africa

Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso and Abiodun Olusola Omotayo 22 Nov 2023

What this year's El Niño means for wheat and global food supply

Food Security

What this year's El Niño means for wheat and global food supply

David Ubilava 17 Jul 2023

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Research & Development

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Chloe MacLaren 1 Sep 2022

How nanotechnology can revive Nigeria's textile industry

Design & Manufacturing

How nanotechnology can revive Nigeria's textile industry

Agbaje Lateef 1 Jul 2022

China to adopt genetically modified maize and soy: Why it matters for South Africa

Agribusiness

China to adopt genetically modified maize and soy: Why it matters for South Africa

Wandile Sihlobo 17 Jun 2022

Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

Food Security

Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

Nelson Banya 11 May 2022

There's a place for big and small farms in securing South Africa's food supply

Agribusiness

There's a place for big and small farms in securing South Africa's food supply

Fenji Materechera and Mary Scholes 21 Apr 2022

Insurance & Actuarial

Unpacking products inefficacy insurance

Garth Rowe 15 Mar 2022

Five ways in which finance for climate adaptation in Africa falls short

Climate Change

Five ways in which finance for climate adaptation in Africa falls short

Georgia Savvidou and Christopher Trisos 25 Oct 2021

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

Sustainable Farming

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

Kamran Mahroof and Sankar Sivarajah 19 Aug 2021

Investing in restoration makes sense for bees, food production and the bottom line. Here's why

Horticulture

Investing in restoration makes sense for bees, food production and the bottom line. Here's why

Daneel Rossouw 1 Jul 2021

Andy Jury, CEO, Mukuru

Fintech

More doing and less talking: The path to financial inclusion in Africa

Andy Jury 10 Jun 2021

Global citrus market holds strong despite Covid crisis

Agro-processing

Global citrus market holds strong despite Covid crisis

6 May 2021

Boost smallholder phone access for better crop yields

Agri Tech

Boost smallholder phone access for better crop yields

Eldon Opiyo 19 Nov 2020

Agri Tech

Agri tech investment vital for industry output, export growth

11 Mar 2020

Food Security

Soybeans can help combat Africa's agriculture and food security woes

5 Mar 2020

Africa's youth want to cultivate careers, not just crops

Agriculture

Africa's youth want to cultivate careers, not just crops

Sylvia Ng'eno 10 Feb 2020

Farming in South Africa is under threat from climate change. Here's how

Sustainable Farming

Farming in South Africa is under threat from climate change. Here's how

13 Nov 2019

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Insurance & Actuarial

How AI will change the face of insurance

Gielie Matthee 16 Aug 2019

Climate change is affecting crop yields and reducing global food supplies

Food Security

Climate change is affecting crop yields and reducing global food supplies

10 Jul 2019

New CO2 capture technology is not the magic bullet against climate change

Climate Change

New CO2 capture technology is not the magic bullet against climate change

Chris Hawes 24 Apr 2019

2019 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit announces agenda

Tech Startups

2019 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit announces agenda

11 Feb 2019

How will climate change affect our eating habits in 30 years time?

Sustainable Farming

How will climate change affect our eating habits in 30 years time?

Taahirah Martin 3 Jan 2019

Reflecting on the impact of AI on the workforce

Data & Analytics

Reflecting on the impact of AI on the workforce

Mario Romao 11 Dec 2018

12 African social enterprises awarded funding from Google

ESG

12 African social enterprises awarded funding from Google

4 Dec 2018

Masisizane Fund's Harvest Day emphasise benefits of agricultural investment

Agriculture

Masisizane Fund's Harvest Day emphasise benefits of agricultural investment

1 Aug 2018

Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

Sustainable Farming

Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

John F. Tooker 28 Jun 2018

Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47%

Research & Development

Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47%

Paul South 27 Jun 2018

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Agriculture

Key insights into the global sesame seed market

8 Jun 2018

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Agriculture

Insights into the global grains market

17 May 2018

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Agriculture

Key insights into global fonio market

26 Apr 2018

Why ozone poses a challenge to food security

Agriculture

Why ozone poses a challenge to food security

Divya Pandey, Lisa Emberson & Sofie Mortensen 5 Apr 2018

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Food Security

Towards a food-secure Africa

Raphael Obonyo 12 Feb 2018

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

Agriculture

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

Calestous Juma 7 Dec 2017

Agriculture training in South Africa badly needs an overhaul. Here are some ideas

Agriculture

Agriculture training in South Africa badly needs an overhaul. Here are some ideas

Frans Swanepoel 9 Nov 2017

Agriculture

New research sheds light on how to stabilise avocado harvests and returns

4 Oct 2017

Stephen Ausmus via - Bemisia tabaci, Africa’s main cassava insect pest

Agriculture

Africa's most notorious insects: The bugs that hit agriculture the hardest

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 5 Sep 2017

Why South Africa's agricultural industry needs digital transformation

Agri Tech

Why South Africa's agricultural industry needs digital transformation

Mark McCallum 10 May 2017

Africa Rice Center via - Irrigation infrastructure to the Tutu inland valley for rice prodution

Sustainable Farming

New FAO satellite tool helps African farmers optimise water productivity

24 Apr 2017

Agribusiness

McCain adapts to drought with changing business model, water strategy

4 Apr 2017

Digital

Will next-gen technologies like AI, mixed reality aid in social good?

Amr Kamel 1 Feb 2017

Bob Nichols via

Agro-processing

Global precision farming market 2016 share, trend, segmentation and forecast to 2020

15 Jul 2016

#WeeklyWineWrap: Smaller SA harvest to result in intensely flavoured 2016 vintages

Food & Wine

#WeeklyWineWrap: Smaller SA harvest to result in intensely flavoured 2016 vintages

Anna-Bet Stemmet 13 May 2016

Transnet ports task team in place for large grain imports

Shipping

Transnet ports task team in place for large grain imports

Nompumelelo Magwaza 8 Apr 2016

Agriculture

Yara expands investment in Africa

7 Dec 2015

More pressure on smallholder farmers

Sustainable Farming

More pressure on smallholder farmers

22 Oct 2015