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Put you in Youth Month
Put you in Youth Month
[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] To coincide with Youth Month and CSI Month we're publishing a two-month Content Highlight burst aiming to provide our 464,000 local and global readers with a comprehensive snapshot of the state of CSI projects and programmes in our region... read
Protection of poultry industry is key to short-term survival, but not the long-term answer
Protection of poultry industry is key to short-term survival, but not the long-term answer

Chris Coombes

Producers need to look at alternative solutions to ensure the industry's long-term survival and to establish South Africa as a competitive global player... Read

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Agri-cleaning trends: Keeping it clean from farm to factory

Improper sanitation can destroy crop and herd and can cost certification, contracts, reputation and a brand. Therefore, cleaning, from farm to factory, matters more than ever in agriculture... Read

Consumer confusion: The truth about food
Consumer confusion: The truth about food

According to a new study from the ENOUGH movement families find it difficult to make smart choices about nutrition and health due to conflicting sources of information about how food is produced... Read


Youth Month
Logan Jooste
#YouthMonth: Viticulture protégé makes his debut in the wine industry

Cari Coetzee

The Cape Winemakers Guild Viticulture Protégé Programme has yielded its first graduate. Logan Jooste has made his debut in the wine industry with a full-time position as a viticulturist at Bartinney Wine Estate... read
Entrepreneur scoops Old Mutual funding to develop biofuel enterprise
Entrepreneur scoops Old Mutual funding to develop biofuel enterprise
Red Bull social entrepreneur scoops funding from Old Mutual Foundation for a project involving growing castor seed crops with the engagement of small-scale local farmers for the commercial production of alternative biofuel... read
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Invest in Eastern Cape farmers, South Africa
The least talked about story of the Eastern Cape is that it produces a third of SA's fresh milk and wool. The province is also a key producer of citrus, with new emerging farmers currently joining the industry... read
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Crookes' diversified portfolio assists in countering volatile market
Crookes Brothers Limited declared a 22% increase in revenue. Crookes expects their rapidly emerging strategy of diversification of crops, farm locations, and markets will increasingly assist to counter volatility caused by... read
Tongaat finds sweet spot in Zimbabwe
Tongaat finds sweet spot in Zimbabwe
In 2016, Zimbabwe banned the importation of sugar, among other items, to shore up local industries. This increased local demand and consumption... read
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Reducing food waste by implementing best practices across food chains
The Fourth International Symposium on Postharvest Pathology opened at the Kruger National Park, Skukuza Camp, 28 May 2017 with a little over 100 plant scientists read
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Africa: Land of milk and beef?
Investing in Africa's beef and dairy industries could be a boom for global agriculture, but it does come with some baggage... read
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Africa feeling the heat of climate change

Dan Shepard

Affected countries require funds to build more resilient and climate-smart economies... read
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#WorldEnvironmentDay: How eating green can help save the planet
Replacing meat, eggs, and dairy with plant-based foods, even just one day a week, can make a tremendous difference, especially as we face water restrictions, shortages of arable land and the threats of climate change... read
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FAO calls for sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems
While high-input and resource-intensive farming systems have substantially increased food production, this has come at a high cost to the environment... read
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Raimund Snyders, CEO of Old Mutual Insure
Goodbye Mutual & Federal, hello Old Mutual Insure
As of today, Mutual & Federal will be known as Old Mutual Insure... read
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