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Lower fuel prices to improve cash flow for struggling farmers
A decrease in the price of fuel and diesel will provide some relief for farmers... read



WOMEN'S MONTH
#WomensMonth: empowering women for the sake of food security
#WomensMonth: empowering women for the sake of food security

Cari Van Wyk

A dialogue on the empowerment of women through water use security, land use security and knowledge generation for improved household food security and sustainable rural livelihoods... read
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Agribusiness
Gender inequality costs Africa $95bn a year: UN
Gender inequality costs Africa $95bn a year: UN
The UN on Sunday, 28 August, urged African nations to close a gender gap that is costing an estimated $95bn a year in lost economic potential... read
Klaus Eckstein
Bayer's new SeedGrowth Centre to benefit farmers and industry
Bayer South Africa has opened a SeedGrowth Centre at its production facility in Nigel outside Johannesburg. The multi-million Rand centre is a first of its kind for the company in Africa... read
Mobilising investment and finance for Africa's agri sector
Mobilising investment and finance for Africa's agri sector

Issued by AFRICAN AGRI COUNCIL

The African Agri Council, in partnership with Wesgro and the Western Cape Department of Agriculture, brings the African Agri Investment Indaba to Cape Town, South Africa, on 28-30 November... read
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Profit warning sends RCL tumbling 6%

Fifi Peters

RCL Foods' share price endured a plucking on Thursday after its profit warning sent SA's second-largest chicken producer falling as much as 6% on the JSE... read
Agri Tech
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Technology to play a key role in global food security
Technology will increasingly play an important role in agricultural food production as the world races to ensure that food supply will be able to meet growing demand in the future... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
Higher wheat import duties mean bread will cost R1 more a loaf
Higher wheat import duties mean bread will cost R1 more a loaf
A loaf of bread will cost South African consumers nearly R1 more to buy at the till following the approval of an increase in the import duty on wheat, according to the National Chamber of Milling... read
Food Security
Nutrition may be as big a challenge today as HIV/AIDS was 15 years ago
Nutrition may be as big a challenge today as HIV/AIDS was 15 years ago

David Sanders

Adequate nutrition is still a massive global problem despite research showing that it contributes significantly to both the economic and health benefits of a country... read
Horticulture
A good year for Chenin Blanc
A good year for Chenin Blanc
The Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top 10 Challenge uncovered that pure fruit, more texture, greater structure, versatility and pushed boundaries is what Chenin Blanc is all about... read
Sustainability
Drought in Southern Africa today: a preview of what climate change could bring and how African farmers can adapt
Drought in Southern Africa today: a preview of what climate change could bring and how African farmers can adapt
Over the last year, an intense drought in Southern Africa has left tens of millions of people in need of food aid. This situation could become a preview of things to come across sub-Saharan Africa... read
Caution urged over horse mackerel quota
Caution urged over horse mackerel quota
The Responsible Fisheries Alliance (RFA) is calling on DAFF to reconsider the recent decision to allocate an additional 8,000 tonnes of experimental quota in the horse mackerel fishery... read
Africa
The young will grow Africa's agriculture
The young will grow Africa's agriculture

Ray Jordan

At Self Help Africa, we see the vast potential that youth holds for Africa's rural areas and, in particular, for its farms... read
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IBM Research opens second lab on African continent
IBM Research opens second lab on African continent
IBM Research has opened its second research location on the African continent and announced several new project collaborations... read
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