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Wandile Sihlobo The South African Weather Service has reiterated its view that the south-western parts of South Africa could receive above normal rainfall during late winter...read |
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| | | | Irene Kgakgamatso Women have been advised to take advantage of business opportunities in integrated farming... read | | | | The area planted estimate and fifth production forecast of summer crops for the 2018 production season was recently released by the National Crop Estimates Committee... read | | | Water is a key factor in the digestion and absorption of nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats in livestock. A lack of water will, therefore, have more immediate and drastic effects on body physiology than the lack of other nutrients... read | | | | Tom Jackson In all, the Food Connection Challenge received 88 applications from Benin and 228 from Nigeria, with an independent jury selecting those SMEs they considered the most promising and the best fit for the programme. read | | | The Tanzanian government has committed to resolve, once and for all, problems pertaining to availability of edible oil in the country by undertaking major reforms in the production of palm, sunflower and sesame... read | | | | The distribution of seedlings forms part of Ghanaian government's Planting for Export and Rural Development programme which seeks to develop eight commodity value chains including cashew, coffee, cotton, coconut, citrus, oil palm, mangoes and shea... read | | | | Scientists should conduct more research to create sweet potato varieties that can withstand floods and help turn the crop into other products to attract the youth to agriculture... read | | | Paul South Can you imagine the entire population of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom and France going hungry? You don't need to imagine. That is exactly what happens every day when an estimated 815 million people around the globe go hungry... read | | | | John F. Tooker Planting season for corn and soybeans across the U.S. corn belt is drawing to a close. As they plant, farmers are participating in what is likely to be one of the largest deployments of insecticides in United States history. read | | | | Nedbank, established partner of the Cape Winemakers Guild for over two decades, has extended its sponsorship of the Guild to 2020. read | | | Samantha Snedorf Still 33 is a craft distillery owned by Curtis and Brownyn Van Biljon who are honestly two of the nicest people I have met in a long time. A family-owned business based in Kyalami; I got to meet every single member of their clan as I sipped on a gin at 11am on a Sunday morning while discovering their story... read | | | South African online wine retailer, Cybercellar, has appointed AJ Nel as its new CEO... read | | | Marisah Nieuwoudt Marisah Nieuwoudt chats to tourist specialist and convener of the annual The Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference, Margi Biggs about the 2018 edition of the event that takes place at Spier on 17 October... read | | | | | | | |
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