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PEDI Urban Agriculture Academy to create a cohort of emerging farmers
This urban farmer training academy showcases a ground-breaking organic vegetable growing system... read
Waste to Food: PnP cutting down on food waste through innovative project
Waste to Food: PnP cutting down on food waste through innovative project

Food waste costs the South African economy more than R61 billion annually. A sustainable solution has been developed in the form of Waste to Food, an innovative business process that converts excess organic waste into... Read

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Taking agriculture to the next level

Tanimola Oyewole

Agriculture remains the main occupation of the majority of our rural population. And every improvement we are able to bring about in the sector will translate to an improvement in the life of the majority... Read

Blockchain seen as tool in food safety
Blockchain seen as tool in food safety

The food industry is turning to the same technology used by virtual currencies to strengthen food safety and inventory management by tracking meats and crops... Read


Youth Month
Image Source:  - With less than 50 cows, the future of Little Barnet seemed bleak. However, thanks to the vision and boldness of someone like Tshilidze “Chilli” Matshidzula, today it is a thriving business.
Hot on the heels of success
Tshilidze “Chilli” Matshidzula is a remarkable young dairy producer. Winner of more than one award, he oversees the Little Barnet Trust on the outskirts of Alexandria in the Eastern Cape... read
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Agri Tech
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AfDB explores investment strategies to tilt markets in favour of African farmers
AfDB has proposed new investment strategies in Africa's agriculture sector, which, if properly implemented, would effectively alter the market structures around the world in favour of the African farmers... read
#StartupStory: Avenews-GT
#StartupStory: Avenews-GT

Ilse van den Berg

All the way from Israel to Cape Town, our second Barclays Accelerator 2017 Africa #StartupStory is that of Avenews-GT - a digital trading platform based on blockchain technology aiming to modernise agricultural trade... read
Aquaculture
Aquaculture in sub-Saharan Africa: small successes, bigger prospects?
Aquaculture in sub-Saharan Africa: small successes, bigger prospects?

John Bolton

The industry has grown slowly in sub-Saharan Africa. Freshwater fish aquaculture has recently expanded very rapidly in the region from a low base. Marine aquaculture has yet to take off... read
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SA bans poultry imports from Zimbabwe after bird flu outbreak
South Africa has halted poultry imports from Zimbabwe after a recent outbreak of highly contagious avian influenza at a farm in the neighbouring country... read
Food Security
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Disrupted agriculture, high food prices deepens food insecurity in Africa
While large agricultural harvests in some regions of the world are booming global food supply, protracted fighting and unrest are increasing displaced and hungry people elsewhere... read
Horticulture
SASPA chair, Andre Smit, and Hortgro Science Advisory Council Chair and SAAPPA board member, Stephen Rabe, signed the Bee Charter. At the back Pieter Theron, Nelson de la Querra, Lynette Barnes, Hugh Campbell and Willem van der Pypekamp
Deciduous fruit industry signs charter to protect honey bees
Deciduous fruit grower bodies falling under the Hortgro umbrella signed a Bee & Pollination Charter which aims to address the plight of bees in South Africa... read
Sustainability
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Meeting the dietary needs of honey bees is tough for South African beekeepers

Tlou Masehela

There are fears globally that bees may become extinct. This would have implications for food security: between 50% and 80% of the world's food supply is directly or indirectly affected by honey bee pollination... read
Business
Inaugural Africa-ASEAN Business Expo kicks off in November
Inaugural Africa-ASEAN Business Expo kicks off in November
The inaugural Africa-ASEAN Business Expo (AABE) 2017 launches 6-8 November at the Sandton Convention Centre to establish a new trading launch pad... read
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