19 Mar 2013

Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry

 

Do not waste that water!

We live in a country in which water is not as plentiful as we'd like, so it makes sense that conserving water is the theme of Green Office Week (GOW). GOW this year takes place from Monday, 22 to Friday, 26 April.

TopTV wants to broadcast porn, and many people and religious groups don't want them to - so it seems there is a TopTV porn boycott looming. In the other camp, there are also many people who are quite happy if the station wins its case and is able to take the porn route.

Looking to the heavens, the SKA Organisation Project Office has issued its pre-construction phase request for proposals. The RFP is an invitation for international consortia to bid for work packages to design the various components of the SKA, such as antennas, receivers, signal processing systems, data transport and high performance computers.

Back on earth, if you're content, we're content here at Bizcommunity. We have been ahead of the curve for years in providing an unmatched vehicle for all of you to get your message out there.

Finally, on the petrol-head front, our glamorous motoring editor Henrie Geyser reckons the new Isuzu KB range scores in the glamour stakes and for those out there who love two wheels rather than four, we are now covering motorcycling news... and to start you off is the new KTM 1190 Adventure range. If this doesn't make your eyes water, then...

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'It's Africa's Time' focuses on Ghana, South Africa
In Episode 6, 'It's Africa's Time' travels to Ghana and South Africa, to visit interventions that are uplifting the standard of living for local communities, advancing the development agenda of these countries and contributing significantly towards the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals. Read more >>

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Now sugar producers want protection
The sugar sector has jumped on the bandwagon and is calling for protection of the local industry from excessive imports that the sector claims are crippling sugar farmers. Read more >>

Fruit farmers want "social contract"
A plan to raise profitability of fruit farmers and improve working conditions beyond the recently declared minimum wage is being circulated among fruit organisations. Read more >>

SABMiller's Eagle has landed
Global brewing giant SABMiller (SAB) has launched a cassava beer in Ghana Read more >>

Clover hurt by labour and fuel costs
[Zeenat Moorad] Hit by high input costs as it positions itself for future growth‚ SA's biggest dairy producer‚ Clover on Tuesday (12 March) reported a 33.5% decline in its first half profits. Read more >>

Bargaining agreements hurt small firms
The extension of agreements reached in bargaining councils to non-parties restricts competition, raises prices, limits entrepreneurship and creates unemployment, says Stellenbosch University economics professor Neil Rankin. Read more >>


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York Timber benefits from higher prices
York Timber Holdings reported headline earnings per share of 13c for the six months to December‚ unchanged from the previous period. Read more >>


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