Many South African wholesalers are underestimating the importance of packaging when it comes to marketing their products, according to Christo Pienaar, MD of CoolSeal SA.
Read more >>The ongoing consultation process on the Green Paper on Land Reform has been extended until the end of this year, providing interested and affected stakeholders with an additional month to submit their comments, Bua News reports.
Read more >>Fin24 reports that South Africa's commercial farmers' income was disappointing, especially for those planting crops. Stock farmers have suffered heavily from stock theft and job opportunities dried up. Gross farm income in the year to end-February last year amounted to R121.7bn, 2.2% more than the previous year.
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According to the deputy minister of agriculture, greenhouse gas emissions from farming need to be reduced, News24 reports. "The challenge is... to produce more food on less land with less damage to the atmosphere," Pieter Mulder said at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) meeting of the United Nations' 17th Conference of Parties (COP17) summit in Durban.
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Business Report, the Mohair Empowerment Trust (MET), an empowerment trust established by the South African mohair industry, will assist previously excluded emerging Angora goat farmers to receive mentorship, training and financial assistance, helping them to become active participants in the industry.
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IPS News reports that organisations working with indigenous peoples living in forests say the United Nations programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+) is just another way for big corporates to reap huge profits.
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[Kemantha Govender] Africa must move beyond the point of being producers of raw materials to build dynamic and competitive manufacturing sectors which process minerals and agricultural products into consumer goods, says Jacob Zuma.
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International relations minister and COP17 president, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, says discussions at COP17 are proceeding as planned and the environment is conducive for constructive engagements.
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[Chris Bathembu] The dust is beginning to settle at the COP17 talks after two days of drama surrounding the future of the Kyoto Protocol and Canada announcing its imminent breakaway from the climate treaty.
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