Tag: Agriculture
Key agri experts to deliver keynote address at Africa’s largest agri investment event
Prominent experts in the African Agri sector are set to address a delegation of over 600 key stakeholders at the second annual African Agri...
Real radical economic transformation through Cowsharing?
Cowsharing claims to be the best Example of Real Radical Economic Transformation. No one above the age of 21 is excluded and everyone who...
Tech that fruit
The lack of rainfall in the Western Cape is starting to have a knock on effect, not just in the sustenance for plants and...
Harbours and handlers hit bullseye with grain imports
In the midst of the worst drought in 100 years in southern Africa, the members of the Grain Handling Organisation (GOSA) ensured under challenging...
You ‘eat’ 30 kilos of soil a day…
Every meal you eat now costs the planet 10kg in lost topsoil.
That’s the warning of “Surviving the 21st Century” author Julian Cribb...
Improvement in feed costs to lead to more favourable feed: milk price ratio
The latest Crop Estimate Committee report (CEC) showed that a total of 14.5 million tons of maize is likely to be produced in 2017....
New online education platform to help create a fresh wave of farmers and agriculturalists...
The agriculture sector in Africa is the least productive in the world – delivering a 36% productivity rate to be precise. While the global...
The future of African agribusinesses is linked to maximizing the use of technology
Access to financial sources is not always the main key to ensuring the sustainability of agribusiness ventures launched by young African entrepreneurs. This is...
President Zuma to visit Westonaria Agri-Park
President Jacob Zuma will on Tuesday conduct a site visit to the Westonaria Agri-Park as part of revitalising and transforming the agriculture and rural economy.
The Agri-Parks Programme has become the cornerstone of government’s...
Western Cape agriculture under threat
Agriculture and food security in the Western Cape are under threat due to increased heat, water stress on crops and livestock and droughts resulting...
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City working to resume Bayside Canal upgrade in Milnerton
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate remains committed to completing the multi-million rand Bayside Canal upgrade in Milnerton. Work on site...