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McCain adapts to drought with changing business model, water strategy
The impact of South Africa's drought on agricultural yields, quality and price have forced companies like McCain South Africa to... read
Agriculture
The proposed agri land ownership Bill and its implications
The proposed agri land ownership Bill and its implications

William Midgley

If the Regulation of Agricultural Land Holdings Bill is enacted in its present form, it will have far-reaching consequences on the agricultural sector... read
Agribusiness
Private-public sector efforts to find solutions for poultry industry woes welcomed
Private-public sector efforts to find solutions for poultry industry woes welcomed
Efforts between the government, business, and organised labour to find solutions that can stabilise South Africa's poultry industry last month has been welcomed by Eastern Cape poultry producer Sovereign Foods... read
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Reliance receives go-ahead for R250m Waste to Energy project
Reliance has received the go-ahead for the first-of-its-kind R250 million Waste to Energy project in the Paarl region to generate energy from organic waste, create jobs, rebuild depleted agricultural soils and more... read
Agro-processing
Catastrophic antibiotic threat from food
Catastrophic antibiotic threat from food

Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Tan Zhai Gen

Much of the antibiotics given to livestock and poultry passes un-degraded through their urine and faeces, directly affecting food... read
Distell secures majority stake in Kenya-based KWAL
Distell secures majority stake in Kenya-based KWAL
Liquor group Distell has secured a majority stake in the Kenya-based KWAL, which manufactures spirits and wine, for an undisclosed sum... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
Why farmers should hedge their prices
Why farmers should hedge their prices
Some 60% of producers chose not to hedge their prices and lost some R1,860 per ton when grain prices did a U-turn... read
Food Security
After drought, Zimbabwe contends with Fall armyworm invasion
After drought, Zimbabwe contends with Fall armyworm invasion

Sally Nyakanyanga

Spodoptera frugiperda is a formidable foe. Pesticides only work when the larvae are very small and before they have begun to cause visible damage to the crop. After that, there are no quick fixes... read
Horticulture
Meet the menagerie at the Rand Show's animal farm
Meet the menagerie at the Rand Show's animal farm

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It just wouldn't be a show without the animals, which is why the Rand Show is bringing together a whole cast of flying, flapping, trotting, waddling, scurrying and slithering entertainers to delight families this year, at the Rand Show's animal farm... read
Sustainability
Improving cassava production in Nigeria through sustainable seed systems
Improving cassava production in Nigeria through sustainable seed systems
Businesses selling improved varieties and high-quality cassava stems for cultivation could help African farmers significantly raise their productivity... read
Business
Facebook helps SMMEs to unlock potential, grow
Facebook helps SMMEs to unlock potential, grow
According to Abi Williams, Facebook's sales manager for small and medium businesses in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, small businesses are the engine of economic growth in South Africa... read
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