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Report: Agriculture can power transformation of African economies
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Sovereign Foods shareholders approve Bidco offer, delisting from JSE

Subject to obtaining the outstanding regulatory approvals, ownership of Sovereign Foods will pass to Bidco who will acquire 100% of the Sovereign shares in issue... Read

Climate advisory for the 2017/2018 summer season
Climate advisory for the 2017/2018 summer season

With the seasonal forecast in mind and the current conditions, farmers are advised to continue to conserve water and other resources... Read

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How urban food demand can spark urban renewal, transformation

Rural areas have vast potential for economic growth in terms of food production and related sectors. Unlocking this often neglected potential is key to achieving the 2030 development agenda... Read

Agribusiness
Dangote: Nigeria is learning how to produce the entire value chain
Dangote: Nigeria is learning how to produce the entire value chain
"We are not going to import anything any longer," said Aliko Dangote in a candid discussion with Claridges in London editor in chief Lionel Barber at the Financial Times' 4th annual Africa Summit... read

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CGIAR wants to build a big data platform and innovate with startups to help smallholder farmers
CGIAR met with a wide range of partners to look at how they could use their data using AI and big data to drive farming improvements in continents like Africa... read
Agro-processing
Philafrica aims to become big food exporter
Philafrica aims to become big food exporter

Neels Blom

Philafrica Food says it plans to transform food processing in sub-Saharan Africa through investments of between R50m and R100m... read
Commercial Fishing
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Drive for giant new marine sanctuary in Antarctica
Australia and France kicked off a fresh push on Monday, 16 October, to create a vast marine sanctuary in pristine East Antarctica... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
Ghana aims to regain top spot in cocoa production
Ghana aims to regain top spot in cocoa production

Kwaku Botwe

The country is the second-biggest supplier of cocoa worldwide, beaten only by its West African neighbour, Cote D'Ivoire. But Ghana was once the world champion... read
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#WorldFoodDay: Transforming the agricultural sector by unlocking the potential of smallholder farmers

Dr Klaus Eckstein

"...a step-change in the lives of smallholder farmers, recognising the fundamentally important role that they have currently and will increasingly have in our future food production." read
Sustainability
Understanding the legalities of water regulations in SA
Understanding the legalities of water regulations in SA
The rainy season in the Western Cape has now drawn to a close, and dam levels are at just above half of what they were at this time last year... read
Viticulture & Oenology
Spier receives overall champion Veritas Award
Spier receives overall champion Veritas Award
The winners of the 2017 Veritas Awards were announced at a gala dinner held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town... read
International
Bayer sells crop science units to ease Monsanto takeover
Bayer sells crop science units to ease Monsanto takeover
Bayer announced a multi-billion-euro deal Friday to sell parts of its agrichemical business to rival BASF, easing the path of its planned takeover of US seed maker Monsanto... read
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Matshela Koko, suspended CEO of Eskom
Shambles at Eskom panel

Kyle Cowan

Disciplinary proceedings against suspended acting Eskom CEO Matshela Koko had a second false start on Monday... read
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