2 Jul 2013

Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry

First and foremost, have fun

Work on work that is meaningful. Cape Town's Black River Office Park is taking sustainable development to a whole new level. They're in the process of installing the largest solar PV system in Southern Africa. Two green thumbs up to you lot!

Take risks. There's a new SA radio station lurking on the interwebs, and it goes by the name of EuroTrashMusic - not your cup of tea? Don't be put off by the name - it's more a reference to a type of music rather than the location of the music, explains the station's founder Craig Steyn. Ruth Cooper finds out who they are, what they do, and why they do it in, EuroTrashMusic and the future of online radio.

Surround yourself with people who are cleverer than you. Education NPO SABSA will soon host the 8th Business School Expo in Joburg, open to anyone interested in finding out more about executive education. Attendance is free if you register online, otherwise pay R100 at the door on the day. Bit of a no-brainer, right?!

And finally, have fun! Number one on the list, and my favourite tip from Tara Turkington who shares her ten tips to building a great team - four of which have been mentioned above.

Go forth and lead by example!

Sindy Peters, Group Head: Content

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Weekly top stories

Woolworths supports banning of gestation crates
The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) has been working with retailers and industry to promote the abolishment of gestation crates in South Africa by 2016. Now Woolworths has pledged to support the abolishment of these narrow metal crates with bare floors, currently used for pregnant sows in the intensive pork farming industry. Read more >>
AfDB approves US$80m loan to boost agribusiness in Africa
GoPro reader competition deadline extended until 15 July!
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AU, FAO and Lula Institute join forces
ADDIS ABABA: The decision to end hunger needs to be taken by society as a whole, not by a single organisation or a single government, FAO director-general Jose Graziano da Silva told non-state actors at a meeting in Addis Ababa yesterday, 1 July 2013, that kicked off the discussions on the need for an unified approach and strengthened partnerships to guarantee food security in Africa. Read more >>

AfDB approves US$80m loan to boost agribusiness in Africa
TUNIS: The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) recently approved a US$80 million senior loan in local currencies for OLAM Africa Investment Program (OAIP) to deepen the integration of OLAM Group's agricultural value chain by investments in processing of wheat and palm oil in Africa. Read more >>

GoPro reader competition deadline extended until 15 July!
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Agriculture
New partnership to reduce hunger, poverty in Africa
DAKAR: USAID and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) recently announced the Scaling Seeds and Technologies Partnership, a US$47 million, three-year partnership intended to accelerate smallholder farmer access to transformative agricultural technologies. Read more >>


Farming
Rainbow now owns 88.1% of Foodcorp
Rainbow Chicken announced on Monday, 1 July2013, that it has bought Foodcorp management's 23.9% stake in the company bringing its total effective holding in Foodcorp to 88.1%. Read more >>

Producer prices up 4.9% in May
The annual percentage change in the producer price index (PPI) for final manufactured goods was 4.9% in May compared with 5.4% year-on-year (y/y) in April‚ Statistics SA figures showed on Thursday (27 June). Read more >>


International

Fracking - the debate rages on
WASHINGTON, USA: New evidence that fracking may contaminate drinking water was published on Monday (24 June) in a study that's sure to add fuel to the fight over the controversial method of extracting natural gas from cracks in rocks. Read more >>


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