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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

Nutrition

GMO debate reignited as SA sets new precedent in court

Katja Hamilton 5 Nov 2024

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Agriculture

Heat is coming for our crops. We have to make them ready

Mohan Singh and Prem Bhalla 21 May 2024

Source: @LightUpScience/Twitter. Richard Slayman is seen here with the surgical team at Massachusetts General Hospital who performed his transplant, led by Tatsuo Kawai, MD, PhD and Nahel Elias, MD.

Healthcare

Man survives pig kidney transplant

8 Apr 2024

Kenyan court throws out challenge aimed at blocking GM crops

Food Security

Kenyan court throws out challenge aimed at blocking GM crops

Humphrey Malalo 13 Oct 2023

Kenya's GMO maize push sowing trouble for food sector, farmers warn

Agro-processing

Kenya's GMO maize push sowing trouble for food sector, farmers warn

Duncan Miriri 15 Dec 2022

Kenya lifts ban on genetically modified crops in response to drought

Agri Tech

Kenya lifts ban on genetically modified crops in response to drought

Alexander Winning 5 Oct 2022

Unlocking the potential of agriculture in Alexandra township | LFP's Hydro Coop

Sustainable Farming

Unlocking the potential of agriculture in Alexandra township | LFP's Hydro Coop

Issued by LFP Agri 30 Aug 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

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IP Law

What is not patentable in South Africa? Part 2

Yogani Reddy 3 May 2022

Kenya's dairy sector is failing to meet domestic demand. How it can raise its game

Agro-processing

Kenya's dairy sector is failing to meet domestic demand. How it can raise its game

Timothy Njagi Njeru 16 Feb 2022

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Agro-processing

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Ratemo Michieka 7 Feb 2022

Surgical Procedures

Man receives a genetically-modified pig heart in the world's first transplant of its kind

17 Jan 2022

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Agribusiness

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Wandile Sihlobo 27 Oct 2021

Cotton farming becomes viable diversification option for SA canegrowers

Agro-processing

Cotton farming becomes viable diversification option for SA canegrowers

14 Oct 2021

African Union crafts guidelines for GM crops, activists raise alarm

Agriculture

African Union crafts guidelines for GM crops, activists raise alarm

Wendell Roelf 1 Sep 2021

Teachers to be vaccinated from next week

Education

Teachers to be vaccinated from next week

18 Jun 2021

Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the Covid-19 response

Food Security

Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the Covid-19 response

Jules Siedenburg and John Paul Cauchi 26 Jan 2021

#OrchidsandOnions: Kreepy Krauly cleans up

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#OrchidsandOnions: Kreepy Krauly cleans up

Brendan Seery 29 Sep 2020

Agribusiness

Favourable weather may boost summer planting season

Wandile Sihlobo 29 Sep 2020

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

Will Zimbabwe's ambition to notably lift its maize production in 2020/21 materialise?

Agro-processing

Will Zimbabwe's ambition to notably lift its maize production in 2020/21 materialise?

Wandile Sihlobo 7 Sep 2020

Looking to science for food security solutions

Food Security

Looking to science for food security solutions

Chyreene Truluck 27 May 2020

Sustainable Farming

A look at sustainable farming trends in South Africa

Claudi Nortjé 12 Feb 2020

Nigeria has given a new GM cowpea variety the go ahead. Why it matters

Agro-processing

Nigeria has given a new GM cowpea variety the go ahead. Why it matters

28 Jan 2020

Southern Africa could face another season of poor agricultural output

Agribusiness

Southern Africa could face another season of poor agricultural output

Wandile Sihlobo 9 Dec 2019

Office agriculture and why every workplace needs it

Employee Wellness

Office agriculture and why every workplace needs it

16 Sep 2019

Biotech crops help producers overcome challenges

Agro-processing

Biotech crops help producers overcome challenges

9 Sep 2019

Agriculture

Taking farmer development to new markets key to agricultural success

22 Jul 2019

Lab-grown dairy: The next food frontier

Agro-processing

Lab-grown dairy: The next food frontier

Michael von Massow and Mitchell Gingerich 13 Jun 2019

Mosquito nets are often used where malaria is common. Shutterstock

Malaria

#WorldMalariaDay: As a Malian, the slogan 'zero malaria starts with me' has special meaning

Mamadou Coulibaly 25 Apr 2019

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Food & bev. services

Burger King tests plant-based meat with an impossible whopper

2 Apr 2019

Cape Town farmers plead with SA government to ban glyphosate

Agro-processing

Cape Town farmers plead with SA government to ban glyphosate

28 Mar 2019

Skills development summit considers agriculture

Agriculture

Skills development summit considers agriculture

Deidre Louw 18 Mar 2019

Agro-processing

Nigeria surpasses South Africa as sub-Saharan Africa's leading maize producer

Wandile Sihlobo 7 Feb 2019

He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, speaks during the Human Genome Editing Conference in Hong Kong, Nov. 28, 2018. He made his first public comments about his claim of making the world’s first gene-edited babies.
AP Photo/Kin Cheung

Medical Research

How a scientist says he made a gene-edited baby - and what health worries may ensue

George Seidel 3 Dec 2018

Tweaking just a few genes in wild plants can create new food crops

Agriculture

Tweaking just a few genes in wild plants can create new food crops

James Hereward and Caitlin Curtis 25 Oct 2018

Achieving sustainable food security in South Africa

Food Security

Achieving sustainable food security in South Africa

Wandile Sihlobo 20 Sep 2018

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Medical Research

Putting Nigerian neuroscience research under the microscope

Mahmoud Bukar Maina 4 Sep 2018

How to show consumers the benefits of genetically modified foods

FMCG

How to show consumers the benefits of genetically modified foods

David Di Zhang and Grant Alexander Wilson 8 Aug 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

Keeping tabs on genetically modified crops

Agriculture

Keeping tabs on genetically modified crops

Dr Alec Basson 7 Jun 2018

Land reform and hunger in South Africa: Why the two go hand in hand

Agriculture

Land reform and hunger in South Africa: Why the two go hand in hand

Thomas Wolfgang Thurner 1 Jun 2018

Shrinkflation: When less is not more at the grocery store

FMCG

Shrinkflation: When less is not more at the grocery store

Sylvain Charlebois 30 May 2018

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

Agriculture

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

Yi Li 23 May 2018

I have the power! Marvel's Runaways is first and only on Showmax

TV

I have the power! Marvel's Runaways is first and only on Showmax

Issued by Showmax 17 Apr 2018

Should lab-grown meat be labelled as meat when it's available for sale?

Agribusiness

Should lab-grown meat be labelled as meat when it's available for sale?

Hope Johnson 3 Apr 2018