24 Jan Contact Submit news Advertise List company Home
  My account

Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry

BizWeekly top stories
meganelford0 via
To discover Africa's biodiversity, look to the soil
[Esther Ngumbi] South Africa is finally embarking on a long-overdue initiative: mapping the incredible biodiversity in Africa's soils... read
BizTrends 2017
#BizTrends2017: Facing the realities of agricultural business
#BizTrends2017: Facing the realities of agricultural business

Frank Winder

Grain farming is the primary area of South African agricultural production and the reality is that successive droughts have limited the financial capacity of many farmers to plant... read
#BizTrends2017: Agility, technology and investing in the African market
#BizTrends2017: Agility, technology and investing in the African market
Drought, local political uncertainty and ongoing global macro-economic instability have placed many businesses on the back foot as they go into the New Year... read


More trends...
Agriculture
ChriKo via
Southern Africa battles armyworm invasion

Lameck Masina

Armyworms are a common pest, but this year's invasion has sparked particular concern. The worms have destroyed thousands of hectares of maize... read
Image source:
SA's maize crop may help feed SADC

Wandile Sihlobo

The 2016-17 summer crop production season started on a slightly positive note for Southern Africa's agricultural sector after emerging from a devastating drought in the 2015-16 season... read
Agri Tech
Image Provided by Marstercard
2KUZE paving the way to a cashless agricultural sector
Mastercard has launched a digital platform which connects smallholder farmers, agents, buyers, and banks in East Africa. 2KUZE will enable farmers to buy, sell, and receive payments for agricultural goods using their feature phones... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
Pexels via
Possible impact of recent rainfall on maize production, food prices

Hamlet Hlomendlini

Good rains have fallen since October 2016 and this has without a doubt brought back production of agricultural crops especially in grain areas around the country... read
EU cries foul over chicken crisis claims
EU cries foul over chicken crisis claims

Mark Allix

The EU says the link between imports from the bloc and "alleged disturbances" in the South African chicken market is not clearly established - especially in relation to two years of drought in SA... read
Improved agricultural production outlook bodes well for food inflation
Improved agricultural production outlook bodes well for food inflation
Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist at FNB, shared an outlook on how crops, grains, and meats are most likely to perform in 2017... read
Food Security
Africa needs to manage food, water and energy in a way that connects all three
Africa needs to manage food, water and energy in a way that connects all three

Agathe Maupin and Mercy Mwanikah Ojoyi

There is an increasing global demand for food, water and energy. All three are inter-linked, a fact that has increasingly become the focus of attention for policy makers and governments... read
Horticulture
Nicky Weimar
Wine industry should focus on domestic market, quality rather than quantity
The Nedbank VinPro Information Day, which focused on ways to unlock value from the farm gate to the shelf, revealed its annual forecast... read
Sustainability
Image source:
Using wastewater as an agricultural resource
Rather than continuing to treat wastewater like garbage, it should be managed as a resource that can be used to grow crops and address water scarcity in agriculture, says the FAO... read
Business
What banks need to do to stay relevant
What banks need to do to stay relevant

Mark Arnold

The financial services landscape is in a state of flux and the challenge, therefore, is to stay relevant... read
Why municipalities can't hand over power to Eskom
Why municipalities can't hand over power to Eskom
Shifting electricity distribution from local government hands to Eskom would have serious repercussions on local and state coffers... read
New appointments
  • Leopoldt van Huyssteen appointed as academic head of AEL - more info

More people  Submit a Person
Jobs offered
Ad on Bizcommunity




Cartoon
[Bizcommunitoon] Trump Flag

More cartoons

Twitter bird white  Twitter
efarmdirect
@efarmdirect
RT @DaniNierenberg: A healthier food system starts with treating the planet with respect. https://t.co/Uhbb8hYBot
wef
HerdBoysSA
@HerdBoysSA
RT @BuhlefarmersA: Great story - how discipline makes a community's #farm work! https://t.co/6t5uAbjPlX
FarmIT6
@FarmIT6
RT @kenloh: How to engage #youth in #agriculture using ICT? Discover @CTAflash model here #AGCOAfrica https://t.co/OCtdyLqJZ8 https://t.co/
KAAA_Official
@KAAA_Official
RT @mungutisamuel: 1.3 b tonnes of food wasted in post harvest handling in Africa.Urgent need for #postharvestloss interventions.#foodsecur
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
© 2017 Bizcommunity.com. All rights reserved.
Unsubscribe, Newsletter subscription. Subscribe. Change email address. Change frequency to DAILY.