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Minister Gugile Nkwinti approves funding for emerging farmers
The DRDLR approved R235-million for emerging farmers... read


Agriculture
Eastern Cape should take up opportunities in agriculture
The Eastern Cape should take advantage of its strength in agriculture and become a leading agro-processing hub in South Africa, says Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Mzwandile Masina... read
Ceres Fruit Growers, union set to return to negotiation table

Jenna Etheridge

Ceres Fruit Growers (CFG) and the union representing most of its employees, are set to return to the negotiation table over wage demands... read
Symbolic win for Zimbabwean farmers
The auction of a house belonging to the Zimbabwean government offered some comfort - though largely symbolic - to farmers dispossessed of their land... read
Aquaculture
NMMU eyes the blue economy

Zandile Mbabela

The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University has invested R60m in a new campus that it intends turning into the country's first dedicated maritime studies centre of excellence... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
The BFAP's agri outlook

Dr Koos Coetzee

The BFAP has presented a less optimistic outlook for South African agriculture this year. Last year, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy presented a fairly positive... read
Food Security
UN adopts 17 Global Goals
The 193 UN member states have adopted the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and 17 Global Goals, designed to put the world on a pathway to sustainability... read
Sustainability
Farmers considered responsible water users in SA

Wilma den Hartigh

Farmers are considered to be one of the more responsible user groups internationally when it comes to groundwater. This was according to Dhesigen Naidoo, CEO of the WRC... read
Africa
Yara Prize awards African change agents
Dr. Ousmane Badiane, director for Africa, IFPRI, and Eric Kaduru, founder and CEO, KadAfrica are the recipients of the Yara Prize 2015... read
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Government news
MEC Alan Winde on launch of Project Khulisa
The Western Cape Government has launched a bold strategy to double the size of the province's agri-processing sector, adding up to a further 100,000 jobs... read
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Business
Technocalamity and Africa

Naseem Javed

"...When the tsunami of free technologies makes organisations look increasingly outdated, the same tsunamis can quadruple exports, innovative excellence and catapult into image supremacy... this makes technocalamity a new global age phenomena..." - Mentorian. read
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