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    Call for immediate steps to avoid a food security...

    The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry calls for immediate steps to avoid a food security crisis unfolding due to load shedding. Reports from...

    Are rising energy costs the end for vertical farms?

    WITH their ability to fully control growing environments through LEDs, sensors, and HVAC systems, vertical farms achieve great control over the quality and...

    Nestlé partners with Africa Food Prize to strengthen food...

    NESTLÉ is partnering with the Africa Food Prize to help accelerate the transformation of food systems in Africa, as a way of strengthening...

    Resilient agriculture sector faces bumpy road ahead

    AFTER three years of sustained growth across virtually all agricultural sectors, headwinds have started to blow which threaten to slow but not derail...

    Further agriculture profit margin compression as debt cost rises...

    Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agri-Business: Facing unprecedented levels of global uncertainty with a muted growth outlook, amid elevated inflation,...

    Ceres Fruit Growers awards its top producers

    Despite recent hail damage in the region and one of the toughest years on record, South Africa’s Ceres Fruit Growers (CFG) met recently...

    Another bullish crop outlook despite a marginal hike in...

    Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agri-Business: The new crop season for South Africa begins at the time when the Northern...

    South Africa’s citrus exports 3.7% higher than last year

    Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has handled 3.7% more citrus exports this year despite the floods and farmers having been dealt a blow when...

    MTBPS: Minister delivers a tough statement dampened by lack...

    While Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement included some positive pronouncements, Agri SA is disappointed that the statement failed to provide...

    MTBPS: Agricultural sector needs tax relief and infrastructure investment

    Agri SA is hopeful that the Midterm Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) will outline critical measures to support the agricultural sector amid a number...

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