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Firm unveils new app to boost agricultural yields
[Nume Ekeghe] A simple-to-use farm management app to help farmers manage both the day-to-day activities of the farm and even the business-side of their operations... read
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Hardy Zimbabwean farmers take on Nigeria's challenges

Fourteen years ago, after Zimbabwe's President Mugabe seized white-owned farms in a controversial land reform programme, farmers took up an offer from the Kwara state government to take their skills to Nigeria... Read

Farm to fork: Why farmers need to stay on top of consumer trends
Farm to fork: Why farmers need to stay on top of consumer trends

Cari Coetzee

Key speaker at Free State Agriculture's 2017 Congress, Nadia van der Colff, provided delegates with some interesting insight on the farm to fork trend and why farmers should stay on top of consumer trends... Read

L-R: Ag. Group Managing Director, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, Engr. Abdullahi Sule; Chairman, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, Aliko Dangote; Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello; Niger State Deputy Governor, Ahmed Muhammad Kesto, at the MoU signing ceremony between Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc and Niger State Government on Sugar Project in Niger State. (Source: Dangote Group)
Dangote, Niger State $450m sugar production MoU to revolutionise Nigerian agriculture

Dangote Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Niger State government to establish a $450m state-of-art and fully integrated sugar complex... Read

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Vumelana awards communal property institutions for good governance in land reform
Vumelana launched the Vumelana Governance Awards in 2014 to incentivise and reward good corporate governance practices by communal land holding entities. The winners are.. read
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Prepare your animals for the feedlot
"Each feedlot has different needs. Breed, weight, gender and numerous other factors can all influence the price - not only the price the feedlot is prepared to pay but also..." read

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Agri Tech
What sub-Sahara can learn from India's 'Green revolution': the good and the bad
What sub-Sahara can learn from India's 'Green revolution': the good and the bad

Renu MODI

Sub-Saharan Africa has huge potential to become a global food basket, but it is far from being realised. India's “Green Revolution” could be a useful model if adapted to African conditions... read
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Alien animals and plants are on the rise in Africa, exacting a growing toll
Alien animals and plants are on the rise in Africa, exacting a growing toll

Katelyn Faulkner, Brett Hurley & Mark Robertson

Recently a number of alien species have spread extremely rapidly across the continent, posing a particularly high threat to food security and livelihoods... read
Commercial Fishing
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What Kenya's government can do to protect, and benefit from, ocean resources

David Obura

Declining health in Kenya's marine resources is evident in traditional small-scale fisheries, the growth in commercial fisheries, conflicts among fisher groups and in the increased use of gear such as... read
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CNN Marketplace Africa exploring the sustainable future of farming in Africa
CNN Marketplace Africa correspondent Eleni Giokos and anchor Zain Asher explore the future of farming and sustainability in Africa... read
Viticulture & Oenology
Chenin Blanc Top 10 Challenge winners announced
Chenin Blanc Top 10 Challenge winners announced
This year's Standard Bank/Chenin Blanc Top 10 Challenge attracted 136 entries. The five-member judging panel, tasting all submissions blind, short-listed 33 wines for consideration before deciding on the ten eventual winners. read
International
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Egg scare costs Dutch poultry farmers EUR33m
Europe's contaminated egg scare, triggered by the presence of the insecticide fipronil in eggs, has cost Dutch poultry farmers at least €33m ($39m), according to a preliminary estimate... read
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The dangers of being a defender of environmental justice in South Africa
The dangers of being a defender of environmental justice in South Africa

Kirsten Youens

The fifth anniversary of the Marikana mine massacre on 16 August 2017 serves as a stark reminder that mining is a very dangerous industry to oppose... read
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