Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry South Africa weekly newsletter - 30 May 2017

30 May

Agriculture, Agri Tech, Agribusiness, Agro-processing, Aquaculture, Commercial Fishing, Commodities & Fairtrade, Fertilisers & GMOs, Food Security, Forestry, Horticulture, Sustainability, Trends, Urban Agriculture

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	#WomensMonth is not important [Issued by Bizcommunity.com] “Women's Month is not important if it means we only pay attention to women's issues for 31 days of the year." - Moyin Oloruntoba... read

Land Bank adds voice to dialogue on agricultural transformation

Development impact is possible when established role players in the sector commit to the transfer of knowledge and skills and provide the necessary technical support to new entrants... Read

Western Cape drought holds serious implications for deciduous fruit industry

The current drought, as well as the predicted long-term drying trends in the Western Cape, has serious implications for the farming of deciduous fruit says HORTGRO... Read

New head leads Fairtrade Label SA in achieving 2017 goals

Cari Coetzee

Leán Muller has recently been appointed as the new head to direct Fairtrade Label in accomplishing the vast goals it has set for 2017... Read

Africa Month

	#AfricaMonth: Quality agricultural education essential to increase productivity in Africa Howard Blight In spite of declining growth rates and recent credit downgrades in many African countries, a growing labor force and vast expanses of arable land, point to significant opportunities... read

	#AfricaMonth: Sustainable food production requires digitisation of entire agri value chain Fresh thinking is required to enhance agricultural production and provide food security for Africa's fast-growing population... read

Agri Tech

BNI trait could improve nitrogen-efficiency of crops

A new report describes certain plants that possess a trait known as biological nitrification inhibition (BNI). The trait allows the plants to suppress the loss of nitrogen (N) from the soil and improve the efficiency of its uptake and use by themselves and other plants... read

Commercial Fishing

Highly contagious disease can decimate tilapia populations

A highly contagious disease is spreading among farmed and wild tilapia and can decimate infected populations. Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV) has now been confirmed in five countries on three continents... read

Commodities & Fairtrade

Port2Port.wine expands its offering

Now in its second year, online retailer Port2Port.wine is increasing its offering to South African wine lovers... read

Citrus farmers face R600m loss

Riaan Marais

Sundays River Valley citrus farmers are set to lose up to R600m as half of their navel production has been lost due to abnormal weather patterns... read

Sustainability

$KZN farmers, landowners elated after another ruling against fracking$

KZN farmers, landowners elated after another ruling against fracking

Following a recent ruling against an application for exploration rights on more than 800,000ha in Northern KZN, farmers and landowners in the province are celebrating another fracking ruling victory, this time in the Midlands region... read

Business

Michelle Olkers, managing partner ar Mazars, Cape Town

Doing business in Africa

Trade between African countries needs to happen faster and be more cost-effective, as opportunities grow and businesses mature... read

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Twitter

	@BDliveSA Under pressure Zuma cools populist land reform rhetoric, reports @claudimailovich https://t.co/zaDYdI7FJB https://t.co/WsWwRchfJP
	@agbiotech Blight resistant potato from @TheSainsburyLab could save $3.5bn every year in global fungicide cost: https://t.co/SyD5w1EGH7 #FoodHeroes
	@agrifoodaid RT @agrifoodaid: What is the future of #agriculture in #Africa? https://t.co/wrJGLvLMe4 #foodsecurity #smallholder #farmers https://t.co/zJ...
	@FAOfish RT @oceans_inc: Take a look at these FAO keyfacts #SaveOurOcean https://t.co/VnO1K2xKGV
	@AgroBioDiverse RT @shambashapeup: Five invasive pests cost African economy $1 billion every year-https://t.co/PzrkzXS1RF

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