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Trade can help poor countries cope with water shortages and food security
Trade can help poor countries cope with water shortages and food security
[Mike Muller] Many people believe that water shortages will threaten global food security. That is not true... read

Sustainability month
#SustainabilityMonth: Eco and social labels join forces to encourage SA to become Labelwise
#SustainabilityMonth: Eco and social labels join forces to encourage SA to become Labelwise
More people want to be part of the change they'd like to see in the world. For that purpose, four of the world's most credible and ubiquitous eco and social labels have joined forces in a unique South African campaign... read
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Agribusiness
Hortgro bursary holders at the function in Stellenbosch - (from left) Lebotse Kamogelo, Faith Mokapane and Msizi Mdakiane.
Hortgro invests millions in budding agriculturalists
Hortgro invested R2.5m in bursaries and the development of students for 2016. Over the past 10 years, Hortgro has spent R20m on bursaries as an investment in budding agriculturalists... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
WolfgangBantz via
Normal stone fruit season expected despite challenges
Despite concerns regarding a cooler spring and prolonged drought conditions, a normal season is expected for SA stone fruit with prospects looking good... read
shmuelsemeniuk via
SA avo season ends early due to drought
Given the early end to the avo season, and South Africans' increasing demand for the fruit, avos will have to be imported earlier until the 2017 local avo season begins... read
Food Security
Kate Holt/AusAID via
SA's female farmers building resilience, fighting hunger
The women are implementing resilient climate change adaptation and ecological organic farming projects that fight poverty and hunger through sustainable agriculture practices such as... read
Horticulture
New study suggests a solution to prolong the life of fruit
New study suggests a solution to prolong the life of fruit
A new study by Curtin University in Perth, Australia demonstrates that that Ethylene Antagonists may be a solution to prolonging the life of fruit... read
Sustainability
Kate Holt/AusAID via
Changing climate threatens world's smallholder farmers

Lyndal Rowlands

While farming contributes to climate change, the world's 500 million smallholder farming households, who often only produce enough food for their families to survive, will be among the worst hit by a changing climate... read
SA farmers must meet challenges of climate change
SA farmers must meet challenges of climate change
In a quest to achieve zero hunger by 2030, South African farmers are supporting global drives to ensure that agriculture meets the challenges of climate change... read
Business
#FeesMustFall: Business calls for a good, hard look at the skills the country really needs
#FeesMustFall: Business calls for a good, hard look at the skills the country really needs

Ryan Ravens

Can we justify free tertiary education, when there's a greater need for a robust social security system? Does SA need more poets and politicians, when artisans are what will grow the economy?... read
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