6 Dec Contact Submit news Advertise List company Home
  My account

Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry

BizWeekly top stories
What's trending in BizTrends2017?
What's trending in BizTrends2017?
[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] Not only are Bizcommunity's BizTrends reports a respected resource for local and global audiences on par with leading research organisations, but they also enjoy above-average engagement... read
#AgriIndaba: Investing in Africa is not for sissies
#AgriIndaba: Investing in Africa is not for sissies
[Nicci Botha] A policy and legal environment that is conducive to doing business in Africa is critical to attract foreign direct investment... read
Agriculture
R300m empowerment project aims to uplift agricultural sector
R300m empowerment project aims to uplift agricultural sector
The recently unveiled Ikamva Lethu black economic empowerment project in the citrus-rich Sundays River Valley in the Eastern Cape aims to radically transform how future empowerment deals in the agricultural sector are handled... read
MEC Alan Winde - Western Cape agriculture mid-term budget allocation
MEC Alan Winde - Western Cape agriculture mid-term budget allocation
In addition to boosting production, we envisage an agriculture sector on our continent which is owned by its own people, and which drives inclusive growth... read
Agribusiness
#AgriIndaba: Facilitating investment in African agriculture
#AgriIndaba: Facilitating investment in African agriculture

Nicci Botha

Foreign direct investment into Africa is indeed fraught with legal red tape, but there are platforms that help potential investors navigate their way through... read
Image supplied
#AgriIndaba: Highlighting agro-processing as a significant opportunity for growth

Cari Van Wyk

As one the economy's key labour intensive sectors, agro-processing is regonised to hold massive opportunity especially regarding the creation of employment opportunities and empowerment... read
Access to trade and information is of great interest to the agricultural community
Access to trade and information is of great interest to the agricultural community
An interesting upcoming development to hit the African audience is the Continental Free Trade Area to be launched in 2017... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
Neil Palmer (CIAT) via
African Development Bank to give Shs703 billion for agriculture

Martin Luther Oketch, Tom Brian Angurini

Uganda will receive $195 million (Shs703b) from the African Development Bank (ADB) to support two agricultural projects in the country... read
Alexas_Fotos via
AHS developments to boost horse exports
Significant developments have been made in African horse sickness that will support the safe, direct exports of horses from South Africa... read
Fertilisers & GMOs
stux via
USA GMO maize imports to put SA farmers at disadvantage
Grain SA took notice of the approval by the DAFF of commodity clearance of some GMO events in maize that are currently not available to South African farmers... read
Food Security
Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants
Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants
For subsistence farmers, an elephant raid can be devastating. Elephants can consume up to 400kg of food a day... read
Sustainability
How justice can be brought to South Africa's rooibos industry
How justice can be brought to South Africa's rooibos industry

Rachel Wynberg

There are political, environmental and social controversies associated with that most delectable of South African beverages: rooibos tea... read
Business
Ion Chiosea © -
#Influencerchange: Crucial moments and vital behaviours

Leigh Andrews

The majority of businesses today would say they're customer-centric, or at least that 'the customer comes first'. But HumanEdge's Influencer: Power to change workshop warns that many of us forget the most important customers of all - our own employees, who can quickly identify a flaw in our processes before it snowballs through a bad customer experience... read
Ad on Bizcommunity




Twitter bird white  Twitter
GuardianSustBiz
@GuardianSustBiz
.@nature_org has found an innovative way to combat illegal fishing around the world: artificial intelligence https://t.co/LngS7TLrUt
CIMMYT
@CIMMYT
RT @nature_org: #DYK: There are more living organisms in a handful of soil than there are people on Earth? https://t.co/Gt4TQoXc96 #WorldSo...
FAOnews
@FAOnews
Average rate of soil #erosion by wind, water and tillage estimated at 0.9 mm per year https://t.co/Nw8RnY6eld... https://t.co/4cJQsuzHno
CGIAR
@CGIAR
RT @BioversityInt: Prioritizing horticulture in the SDGs: Why it matters https://t.co/CiBY0hMDzG via @devex
Mavoko_Lad
@Mavoko_Lad
RT @NjeriThiongo: 8 predictions for the world in 2030 https://t.co/wGJ09udvpF ..sounds both exciting and scary..agribusiness has a future t...
More tweetsFollow

Industries

Follow us
FacebookTwitterLinkedInYouTubeGoogle+InstagramDownload appRSS

Follow us
FacebookTwitterLinkedInYouTubeGoogle+InstagramDownload appRSS


Press releases: Distribute your news professionally to over 170 000 subscribers across various industries. Read more about our press offices.

Editorial: We welcome your news, views and comments! Email press releases, invitations, interview requests, and proposals to agriculturenews@bizcommunity.com and exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-agriculture@bizcommunity.com.

Advertising: We welcome your sales enquiries! Email sales@bizcommunity.com and read more about our advertising rates.

Cape Town, 1st Floor, 4 Treaty Rd, Woodstock, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa. Tel +27 (0)21 404 1460
© 2016 Bizcommunity.com. All rights reserved.
Unsubscribe, Newsletter subscription. Subscribe. Change email address. Change frequency to DAILY.