https://www.bizcommunity.com/Agriculture Southern Africa Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry news 15 Agriculture news - Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/Agriculture en-us Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:57:51 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/all-about-you-putting-you-in-youth-month-on-biz-362078a Over the next few months, the Biz editorial calendar will be heating up as we get behind our annual lineup of Content Features, ideal for both content contributors and sponsors! 1-257303 Tue, 20 May 2025 16:51:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/invitation-to-curate-the-future-with-biztrends2025-sponsorships-and-contributions-922314a As the first quarter of the 21st century comes to a close, Bizcommunity’s annual BizTrends Content Feature will curate thought leadership across 19 sectors on trends most likely to impact the future of business in our region. 1-253634 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:38:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/africas-forgotten-foods-research-wins-prestigious-us-cozzarelli-prize-895753a An international research team has won the 2023 Cozzarelli Prize for a paper on the potential of ‘forgotten’ food crops in sub-Saharan Africa to provide healthy diets in a changing climate. 1-248459 Thu, 16 May 2024 12:20:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/australias-shot-hole-borer-beetle-invasion-has-begun-but-we-dont-need-to-chop-down-every-tree-under-attack-016395a A new pest attacking Perth’s trees threatens to spread across Australia, damaging crops and native forests as well as our urban forest. To control its spread, the Western Australian government is chopping down hundreds of established trees. But these losses may be in vain. 1-246077 Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:52:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.zw/Article/238/700/244976.html The World Food Programme is planning to feed 270,000 hungry Zimbabweans over the next three months, an official said on Friday, as the country braces for a poor harvest due to an El Nino-induced drought. 1-244976 Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:26:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/473/243863.html Zimbabwe's horticultural sector, ravaged by violent land seizures 20 years ago, is recovering thanks to increased investment and is targeting $1 billion in exports by 2030, an industry body said on Thursday. 1-243863 Fri, 17 Nov 2023 06:42:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/650/243460.html Recent advances in gene editing technology could potentially be used to create disease-resistant animals. This could curtail the spread of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. 1-243460 Fri, 03 Nov 2023 06:54:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/742/243229.html Ivory Coast is struggling to sell cocoa export contracts for the 2024/25 season with multinational companies demanding it lower prices, which are elevated due to a supply squeeze, the head of the country's cocoa regulator said on Wednesday. 1-243229 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 08:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/741/242079.html Despite huge challenges stemming from deteriorating logistics infrastructure and cost pressures associated with loadshedding, the agriculture sector again showed further resilience as evidenced by the recent Agbiz/IDC Agriculture Business Confidence (ACI) outcome. About 70% of the of the indicators tracked showed a rebound which saw the overall ACI drifting back to breakeven with a rebound of 6 points from the second quarter of 2023 to 50 points in the third quarter of 2023. This is obviously good news as levels above 50 points for the ACI indicate renewed optimism about agriculture business conditions in South Africa. 1-242079 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 14:34:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/472/242052.html The United States and Norway will pledge a total of $70m to launch a fund to help farmers and agricultural businesses in Africa, a US Agency for International Development (USAID) spokesperson said. 1-242052 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:55:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Southern Africa