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Providing for SA's future food demand
Agriculture demand in South Africa is expected to increase as population and income levels increase. But it's not as simple as that... read



Design Month
#DesignMonth: Re:Fresh with bicycle powered juices

Cari Van Wyk

An innovative team of young people started up Re:Fresh, a new way of consuming and looking at produce. We asked Sarah Melville from the Re:Fresh team to share their story... read
#DesignMonth: Fairtrade on innovation, design and differentiation

Cari Van Wyk

Fairtrade South Africa is celebrated for its pioneering spirit; the Cape Town-based office was the global organisation's first marketing and business development setup... read
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Agribusiness
Region faces transport bottlenecks in grain movement
Zimbabwe and its Southern African counterparts may face transport bottlenecks to move more than 10 million tonnes of grain inland with potential congestion at the ports and roads... read
SA's drought and Rand weakness worsen economic slowdown: Moody's
The worst drought on record in SA is making the country's economic growth outlook worse and even threatens to plunge the country into near-zero growth or even a recession... read
Bayer backs Drought Disaster Fund
The Drought Disaster Fund allows for all concerned individuals, institutions and companies to make donations that will be used to help needy farmers... read
Agro-processing
Farming initiative allows young farmers to earn as they learn
Future Farmers is providing a unique work-integrated learning programme for young farmers. This social programme aims to cultivate skills and ignite a passion for farming... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
Pork industry statutory measures open for comment
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has received a request from the pork industry for the continuation of statutory measures relating to levies, registrations... read
Sustainability
Fairtrade project to lead Africa towards a green economy
The European Union is backing a South African project spearheaded by Fairtrade South Africa. The project aims to boost sustainable consumption and production... read
Farmers call for water symposium
Farms, who need immediate action to cut the red tape and streamline the process of applying for water licensing, is calling for a water symposium... read
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