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Is your morning coffee in danger?
Despite the growing fear that local coffee prices will increase drastically because of a shortage of beans from Brazil, coupled with the entrance of Starbucks into the local market... read



Brand Manager Month
#BrandManagerMonth: for the love of wine brands

Cari van Wyk

Meet Melissa Diedericks, marketing manager South Africa for Earthbound organic and Fairtrade wines. Diedericks is no stranger to wine brands and... read
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Agriculture
Can agriculture in Africa sustain a nourishing rural non-farm economy?

Andries Du Toit

Amid rising concerns about food insecurity and high expectations from agribusiness, policymakers have started to emphasise the importance of agriculture as a source of employment... read
Research Symposium to address current agriculture environment
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Senzeni Zokwana will deliver a keynote address at the first NAMC Research Symposium. The symposium is to respond to... read
Land Bank assures the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Committee
The Land Bank today informed the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries about the impact and response to the current drought... read
Agribusiness
Feathers ruffled in tussle for Sovereign stock

Marc Hasenfuss

A new development could be hatching at Sovereign Food Investments, with a rival poultry group swooping in on its shares. Sovereign's latest shareholder register shows that... read
Agri Tech
New irrigation technology key to water security
According to the SWPN-SA, better use of irrigation technology geared towards efficient water usage could save millions of cubic metres of water... read
Agro-processing
Training programmes a boost for emerging farmers
Through a series of consumer education training programmes, more than 600 emerging farmers were empowered to start the process for successfully converting their subsistence farming into... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
South Africa says drought cost farmers USD1bn
South Africa's agriculture sector lost a billion dollars over the past year due to the worst drought in a century, the government announced. Poor rain saw the agriculture sector contract by 14 percent... read
Sustainability
How to adapt to beat crippling droughts

Julian Ramirez-Villegas

Right now, 14 million people across Southern Africa face going hungry due to the prolonged drought brought on by the strongest El NiƱo in 50 years... read
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