Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry South Africa weekly newsletter - 20 Jun 2017

20 Jun

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	$300m term loan facility to boost agriculture in South Africa Standard Chartered Bank and Land Bank has signed a $300m Term loan facility, backed by a guarantee from MIGA. The facility will support Land Bank in its core business of promoting agricultural productivity... read

Big decline in consumer goods industry

Colleen Goko

Consumer goods companies have been through the mill due to a slowdown in consumer spending... Read

L-R: Deputy Governor, Osun State, Titilayo Laoye-Tomori; Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola; and Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Dr Nteranya Sanginga at the commissioning of IITA Research and Training Farm in Ago Owu

New research station to empower Nigerian farmers in modern agriculture

IITA has unveiled a new research station in Ago-Owu in Osun state, Nigeria, as part of efforts to expand its research agenda and create impact at farm level - this as the organisation marks its fiftieth anniversary... Read

Retail, agriculture, construction sectors remain at risk in Deloitte Restructuring Outlook survey

Restructuring professionals expect an improved economic environment in 2017, in line with the wider trend seen across developing economies... Read

Youth Month

	Old Mutual funding helps PYDA bring skilled youth into the WC wine industry Old Mutual Foundation invested development funding with the Pinotage Youth Development Academy which saw 23 students graduating from the PYDA class of 2017... read

Agribusiness

#YoungGunsB2B: Discovering SA's hottest wine talent

Wine Cellar once again identified SA's hottest young winemaking talent - breaking the rules and pushing the limits at their annual Young Guns event. The directors of Wine Cellar talks about discovering the Young Guns... read

Journalist and political commentator, Max du Preez

Has South Africa finally hit the reset button?

Nicci Botha

This country is never boring. Where else in the real world, does the skinniving, intrigue and corruption offer more plot twists than Game of Thrones? read

Agri Tech

Technology, like this tea-picking machine in Kenya, can harness agriculture's power to change lives. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Science has the power to boost farming in Africa. But a lot has to change

Frans Swanepoel

There are already several excellent examples of ways in which science has led to dramatic increases in food production and moved farmers in some countries closer to self-sufficiency... read

Agro-processing

New appointments

Theo de Jager elected as World Farmer's Organisation president - more info

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