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 | We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2016 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views. read |
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 | The drought has caused a significant drop in planted areas, but much-awaited rains have brought some relief and farmers can finally commence with planting... read |
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 | One more tractor was sold in November 2016 than the same month last year, but on a year-to-date basis sales are down 13%... read |
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 | The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) says it has noted concerns raised by the poultry industry on the increase in imports of poultry products... read |
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 | As the local chicken industry tightens its belt due to an increase in the dumping of imported chicken on the South African market, workers face retrenchments instead of Christmas bonuses... read |
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 | The Wallonia export investment agency, AWEX, is active encouraging South African businesses expanding into Europe to make the southern Belgian region of Wallonia their home base... read |
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 | Some of the key issues affecting smallholder farmers' access to good quality seeds include limited knowledge, lack of access to information, high costs of seeds and a lack of seed laws... read |
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 | Livestock production in Souther Africa has been severely affected by evolving climatic patterns that have resulted in an upsurge in livestock diseases, rangeland degradation, and limited access to water... read |
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 | The acquisition of Sovereign Foods would not be a financial burden for Country Bird Holdings (CBH), CEO Marthinus Stander said in response to charges by Sovereign that his company was using the acquisition to get out of financial difficulty... read |
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 | Farming communities of Umvoti in KwaZulu-Natal and Colesberg in the Northern Cape implemented additional security measures to safeguard themselves against crime... read |
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 | As production of cocoa has failed to keep pace with world demand, prices have steadily been rising for several years. Mondelez International is taking steps to help cocoa farmers boost production... read |
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 | Beverly L. Peters Almost 40 years after its independence, land reform remains at the heart of Zimbabwe's political and economic challenges... read |
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 | Jamie Matroos Farmers in Guatemala are adapting to climate change using climate-smart strategies... read |
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 | Kennedy Dzama and Tawanda Marandure It is expected that temperatures in southern Africa will rise to between 1.5°C and 3°C due to climate change by the year 2050... read |
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 | A study by UCT researchers has confirmed a decline in the iconic conifer, the Clanwilliam cedar, which gives the name to the Cederberg Wilderness Area... read |
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 | According to a new report by FAO, soil and pulses, especially when deployed together, can make significant contributions toward feeding the world and combatting climate change... read |
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 | Pep Canadell et al. Methane concentrations in the atmosphere are growing faster than any time in the past 20 years... read |
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 | "Dit is lekker op die plaas" is what Solms-Delta Wine Estate co-owner Professor Mark Solms said when Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti launched the Strengthening the Relative Rights of People Working the Land policy (50/50) at the farm on Saturday, 10 December... read |
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 | Karli Verghese The food we eat is responsible for almost a third of our global carbon footprint... read |
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 | Issued by UTZ Does a sustainable label really make a difference? According to Henriette Walz - Climate Change and Environmental expert at UTZ - it really does... read |
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 | Bruce van Wyk Africa is rising. According to the latest figures in the 2016 African Economic Outlook report, annual GDP growth rose to above 5% between 2001 and 2014... read |
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 | Amandine Robin Often, the orientations to innovation are determined by the skills existing in a factory at a given time. Typically, the company owns a technical know-how and uses it to improve or transform its products... read |
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