PRETORIA: Taung Agricultural College in the North West has received a donation of $1m from Danish company Haldor Topsøe, which specialises in research and technology. Read more >>
South African grain prices were higher on Monday, 14 April 2014, with wheat soaring as renewed geopolitical tension between Russia and Ukraine put pressure on international grain markets. Read more >>
WAJIR: A mutual insurance scheme based on Islamic Sharia law has been launched to reduce the impact of extreme weather events on pastoral livelihoods in Kenya's arid northern regions where perennial drought often decimates thousands of livestock. Read more >>
PRETORIA: Science and Technology Minister Derek Hanekom will on Tuesday, 15 April 2014, launch the Department of Science and Technology (DST)-National Research Foundation (NRF) Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Food Security at the University of the Western Cape. Read more >>
NEW YORK: Efforts to improve the way the US government distributes roughly $2 billion in international food aid each year achieved some successes in the recently enacted Agriculture Act of 2014 - commonly referred to as the Farm Bill - but the food aid mechanism used by the world's largest donor continues to prioritise the needs of US commercial interests. Read more >>
