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|  | Avocado farmers may be able to stabilise their year-on-year harvest and returns with the introduction of new technology... read |
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Sebastian Mhofu In Zimbabwe, researchers say they are breeding maize that is drought and heat resistant as part of efforts to fight hunger across Africa, where maize is a staple food... Read | The Western Cape government has initiated a province-wide recovery plan to combat the impact of the avian influenza outbreak on agriculture... Read | From theft to trespassing and illegal hunting, farmers across the globe are subject to crime. What makes it different in South Africa? The extremely brutal farm attacks farmers must contend with. Read |
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|  | Leroy Dzenga Increased seed hybridisation has been a core element of modernised farming, known as smart farming. Mushroom production has benefited immensely from these streamlined methods... read | | |
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 | In the next quarter the challenge to the South African dairy industry could be to find a balance between higher production of raw milk and weak demand for dairy products in South Africa... read | | |
 | More than 20 companies from the Eastern Cape's agriculture/agro-processing sector attended a workshop conducted by the CDC and DTI... read | | |
 | Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa grower, set its minimum rate for farmers at 700 CFA francs per kilo for the 2017-18 crop, a steep drop over the previous year, due to falling global prices... read | | |
 | Evan Fraser Last year about 11% of the total human population (approximately 850 million people on the planet) suffered from daily hunger... read | | |
 | Nabil Ben Khatra, Maud Loireau 12 million hectares of arable land are being lost each year globally, to desertification and drought, when 20 million tonnes of cereals could have been cultivated in this area... read | | |
 | Pioneering icon of the South African wine industry and patriarch of Delheim, Michael Hans ‘Spatz' Sperling, has passed away... read | | |  | The EU said Thursday it had "stopped the clock" on its probe into German chemical firm Bayer's proposed mega-takeover of US agri-giant Monsanto while it waits for the companies to provide information... read | | | More International | |
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 | The government's planned changes to the tax law for South Africans working abroad has brought financial emigration into sharp focus... read | |
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