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[MRMW] Something fishy's going on in the mobile research realm...
[Leigh Andrews] How do you make the process of participating in market research more sexy for consumers? Turn your consumer or market research respondent into a secret field agent, says Sea Harvest and TNS... read more>>



Agriculture
Dedicated mentorship helps achieve maize success

Susan Botes

David Matobako, an ambitious young farmer, is proving that agricultural reform is not an idle dream. Susan Botes-Marais visited him on his Free State farm and saw how a sound partnership is making his dream of commercial grain farming come to life... read more>>
Western Cape Farm Worker of the Year 2014 announced
The 2014 Farm Worker of the Year was announced by the Western Cape Department of Agriculture and Shoprite at the awards ceremony held in Stellenbosch on Friday, 7 November... read more>>
Commodities & Fairtrade
Tongaat Hulett partners with BEE consortium through Cornubia sale
The sale of Tongaat Hulett's Cornubia Business Hub was the company's first major empowerment deal in a key area in Umhlanga... read more>>
Fertilisers & GMOs
New EU GMO food rules get European Parliament nod
A European Parliament committee took the first step on Tuesday towards permitting EU member states to decide for themselves whether to allow the hugely controversial cultivation of genetically modified crops... read more>>
Sustainability
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret screenings
At a time when whole regions of the world are in drought, our oceans are dying, and severe weather is becoming the norm, Cowspiracy seeks to find the real reasons why and what we can do about it... read more>>
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