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AFASA approves "My Kraal" app for member farms
AFASA approves "My Kraal" app for member farms
AFASA approved the "My Kraal" mobile app, an innovative livestock management system, for... read



Mandela Month
Mandela Month
Paul Ntshabele of Sakata; Siviwe Mponzo, a St John's College student; Ndaba Mandela of Africa Rising Foundation; Rural Development and Agrarian Reform MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane; Nangamso Phuthumani of Milton Mbekela and KSD Mayor, Councillor Nonkoliso Ngqongwa showing off some of the vegetables seeds planted in 67 plots at Nelson Mandela's farm in Qunu as part of Nelson Mandela Day. Image credit: Mvusiwekhaya Sicwetsha
Mandela's Community Garden: 67 plots of land for 67 children on Madiba's farm
Africa Rising Foundation, founded by Nelson Mandela's grandsons Ndaba and Kweku Mandela, held a three-day celebration for Mandela Day... read
#MandelaMonth: Klipstone Transport helps to grow Eldorado Park Primary
#MandelaMonth: Klipstone Transport helps to grow Eldorado Park Primary

Cari Van Wyk

On Mandela Day, Klipstone Transport, in a bid to provide Eldorado Park Primary school with a sustainable food solution and education, launched a CSI project... read
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Agriculture
CIGR - Prof Opara and Prof Juliszewski
SU prof chosen to lead agricultural engineers worldwide
Prof Umezuruike Linus Opara, SU professor and research chair, has been elected as the incoming president of the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering... read

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Agribusiness
The organic roots of Reliance Compost
The organic roots of Reliance Compost
If you take a step back and look further down the chain of food, it becomes obvious that where our food comes from links to the farms it comes from, and if you want to get technical, the very soil it grows in... read
Agri Tech
South African win at Google Science Fair
South African win at Google Science Fair
Using orange and avocado peels, a 16-year-old South African could hold the solution to the country's water woes... read
Agro-processing
Raw milk production increases year on year
Raw milk production increases year on year
According to a recent report released by Sampro, raw milk production in South Africa was higher compared to the previous year... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
Tru-Cape's successful harvest tempered by currency volatility
Tru-Cape's successful harvest tempered by currency volatility
Despite challenges in terms of fruit size and quality, Tru-Cape says, with all apple and pear trees picked, it has been a busy and successful harvest... read
Fintech
L-R: Petrus Bosman, MD: Bosman Adama and Family Vineyards; Rita Andreas, chairperson: Adama Workers Trust; Phillip Marais, CEO: LaunchLab, Nikiwe Bikitsha, Paul Kim, CEO: Picsa; John Hardnek, farmworker representative and Ambani Ramaru, assistant director: DTI incubation support programme.
Front: Chris Wood, executive head: merging payments, strategy and regulatory at Nedbank.
Fintech provides a savings solution for farmworkers

Nicci Botha

What started out as a need to provide financial well-being to farmworkers has evolved into a fintech success story... read
Food Security
USAID Africa Bureau via
A race against time: ensuring farming support in drought-ravaged Southern Africa
According to FAO, 23 million people in Southern Africa urgently need support to produce enough food to feed themselves, thus avoiding dependency on humanitarian assistance... read
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Tshwane Agropolitan Village boost food and energy security
The R40m Agropolitan Village will contribute to the city's food security through livestock production and energy security through the establishment of a photo-voltaic solar power plant... read
Africa
AfDB committed to building resilience of African agriculture
AfDB committed to building resilience of African agriculture
"The goal is nothing if not ambitious: we believe that by 2025, the continent of Africa can be a net exporter, not an importer, of food." read
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Business
Rising Star Award winners announced
Rising Star Award winners announced
The winners of the 5th Annual Standard Bank Rising Star Awards were announced at Sandton Hilton on 22 July. The Rising Star Programme - operated by BlackBark Productions... read
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