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#Blisters4Bread: Heroes against hunger
#Blisters4Bread: Heroes against hunger
[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] The PSFA's 49th #Blisters4Bread Charity Family Fun Walk in association with Lucky Star will take place on 27 August... read
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Decisive action needed to contain bird flu outbreak

Wessel Lemmer

As a result of the bird flu outbreak, exports will now be negatively impacted as neighbouring countries have imposed import bans... Read

A food in the door
A food in the door

The big-name supermarkets should be compelled to stock products produced by "smallholders" and new shopping mall developments should be made to allocate 25% of floor space... Read

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Global status of commercialised biotech/GM crops

A year after the second decade of commercialisation of biotech/GM crops in 2016, 26 countries grew 185.1m hectares of biotech crops - an increase of 5.4m hectares or 3% from 179.7m hectares in 2015... Read

Agriculture
uMATI project manager, Graham Armstrong with Mayor of Mpofana, Xolani Duma, who has offered his full support to the initiative.
KZN Midlands farmers driving agricultural transformation on all levels
uMATI - with the agenda to facilitate meaningful change from the ground up - is a non-profit organisation initially established in 2015 out of a need to create a sustainable water supply for the community in the area... read
Poultry co-op entrepreneur wins Diageo SA sponsored #YAFF award
Poultry co-op entrepreneur wins Diageo SA sponsored #YAFF award
Diageo SA and Johnnie Walker has partnered with the DAFF, to sponsor one of the Special Awards categories in the annual #YAFF Awards which saw an entrepreneur at Sivulamasango Co-operative winning R50,000 in prize money... read
Agribusiness
Former ministers call on agri industry to lead in transformation, innovation
Former ministers call on agri industry to lead in transformation, innovation
Veteran cabinet minsters agree that the agricultural sector can be a major driving force for new economic growth... read
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Growing food in the post-truth era

Alana Mann

The global food system has been operating in post-truth mode for decades. Having constructed food scarcity as a justification for a second Green Revolution, Big Agriculture now employs... read
Agri Tech
Our research showed a controversial insecticide can harm bees - but it still has its uses
Our research showed a controversial insecticide can harm bees - but it still has its uses

Ben Woodcock

The humble honeybee and other pollinating bees and butterflies are all vital parts of the global food chain. Without them honey, strawberries, apples, pears or even a cold pint of cider just would not exist... read
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How a lack of access to reliable weather data is hurting African farmers

Stephen Yeboah

Farmers can't access reliable and usable weather data. Information is often unavailable and even if it does exist, the quality is poor or it's inaccessible to those who need it most... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
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Pome fruit export volumes down due to continued drought
Despite the initial pome fruit crop estimate anticipating a 5% growth in export volumes, the volumes have not materialised due to the continued drought in the major pome fruit production areas... read
Horticulture
Ongama and Innocent at Jordan Wines. Image by I See A Different You
New Winelands portal to unlock the future of wine and wine tourism
With the launch of a new wine tourism portal, a one-stop searchable wine tourism gateway to the Winelands, the area and its tourism offering are now just a click away... read
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Five steps to cracking cashflow

Richard Mukheibir

Cashflow is one of the cornerstones of your business because if you can't get it right, your business will crumble... read
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