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Women in agriculture: Empowering South Africa’s unsung SHEroes

Employment Equity

Women in agriculture: Empowering South Africa’s unsung SHEroes

Beth Cook, Issued by Progression 20 Aug 2024

Agriculture

WPF training guides for small-scale producer poultry farming in Africa

14 May 2024

Healthcare

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

How rezoning your property could provide an opportunity for growth

Markets & Investment

How rezoning your property could provide an opportunity for growth

8 Aug 2023

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Agriculture

South Africa's small-scale farmers still can't find a place in the food value chain

Adrino Mazenda 14 Oct 2022

Support for rural farmers

Agriculture

Support for rural farmers

Rebone Moerane & Alfred Kgasi, Issued by University of Pretoria 30 Aug 2022

Beyond zama zamas - an alternative future for the Gauteng mining belt

Mining

Beyond zama zamas - an alternative future for the Gauteng mining belt

Reinier Minny 25 Aug 2022

There's a place for big and small farms in securing South Africa's food supply

Agribusiness

There's a place for big and small farms in securing South Africa's food supply

Fenji Materechera and Mary Scholes 21 Apr 2022

Food Security

Are small farms the solution to food insecurity? Uganda study shows policies can get it wrong

Juan Pablo Rud, Diego Restuccia and Fernando Aragon Sanchez 2 Dec 2021

Food pricing report shows increased concentration, challenges for small-scale farmers

Agriculture

Food pricing report shows increased concentration, challenges for small-scale farmers

17 Sep 2021

Harnessing land reform to generate youth employment

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Harnessing land reform to generate youth employment

29 Jun 2021

Public-private partnerships to provide nutritional food to communities

Agriculture

Public-private partnerships to provide nutritional food to communities

15 Apr 2021

KZN couple continues family tradition supplying first-grade fresh produce

FMCG

KZN couple continues family tradition supplying first-grade fresh produce

7 Apr 2021

Supply Chain

Technology and supermarket chains can help strengthen southern Africa's food systems

Thando Vilakazi and Namhla Landani 16 Feb 2021

10th Annual Social Innovation Awards winners announced

Awards

10th Annual Social Innovation Awards winners announced

10 Feb 2021

Finalists in Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards announced

Social Entrepreneurship

Finalists in Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards announced

22 Jan 2021

Problematic assumptions raise questions about South Africa's new land reform plan

Agriculture

Problematic assumptions raise questions about South Africa's new land reform plan

Ben Cousins 27 Oct 2020

Failing Africa's farmers, starving the continent

Agriculture

Failing Africa's farmers, starving the continent

Timothy A. Wise 11 Sep 2020

The imperative to create shared value for Africa through investment in agriculture

Agribusiness

The imperative to create shared value for Africa through investment in agriculture

Axel Smeulders 27 Aug 2020

Study shows land redistribution can create new jobs in agriculture in South Africa

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Study shows land redistribution can create new jobs in agriculture in South Africa

Ben Cousins 4 Jun 2020

SU researcher shows how local small-scale farmers can start artisan cheesemaking businesses

Research & Development

SU researcher shows how local small-scale farmers can start artisan cheesemaking businesses

Engela Duvenage 30 Apr 2020

What is shaping culture? From drug to Drug in 365 days

Research

What is shaping culture? From drug to Drug™ in 365 days

Brett Rogers 21 Apr 2020

Global and historical lessons on how land reforms have unfolded

Agribusiness

Global and historical lessons on how land reforms have unfolded

Ben Cousins 9 Dec 2019

Vodacom's female farmer programme empowers small scale farmers in rural SA

Agriculture

Vodacom's female farmer programme empowers small scale farmers in rural SA

26 Apr 2019

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Agriculture

AGCO unveils innovative Farm in a Box initiative for Africa's rural communities

22 Jan 2019

How investment in irrigation is paying off for Ethiopia's economy

Agriculture

How investment in irrigation is paying off for Ethiopia's economy

Gebisa Ejeta 18 Jan 2019

Farmer irrigating vegetables in Mali ©Tingju Zhu/IFPRI

Agro-processing

Smallholders' global food production underestimated

Munyaradzi Makoni 19 Dec 2018

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Agriculture

#IATF2018: How African leaders can help transform agriculture in Africa

18 Dec 2018

How the lack of affordable vegetables is creating a billion-dollar obesity epidemic in South Africa

Food Security

How the lack of affordable vegetables is creating a billion-dollar obesity epidemic in South Africa

16 Aug 2018

Potatoes SA announces first Enterprise Development Farmer of the Year

Agriculture

Potatoes SA announces first Enterprise Development Farmer of the Year

Hanrie Greebe 11 Jun 2018

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Food Security

Towards a food-secure Africa

Raphael Obonyo 12 Feb 2018

Agricultural education and training: The landscape, challenges and opportunities

Agriculture

Agricultural education and training: The landscape, challenges and opportunities

Prof Charlie Reinhardt 2 Feb 2018

#BizTrends2018: Investing in efficiency of Africa's small-scale farmers a game changer

Trends

#BizTrends2018: Investing in efficiency of Africa's small-scale farmers a game changer

Ashley Boag 8 Jan 2018

#BizTrends2018: Why education is the next big trend in African agriculture

Trends

#BizTrends2018: Why education is the next big trend in African agriculture

Howard Blight 8 Jan 2018

Nisboere presenters

Agriculture

Nisboere: Exploring South Africa's small and unusual farms

12 Sep 2017

Agriculture

Kitchen gardens cultivate bond between refugees, Kenyan hosts

Benson Rioba 22 Aug 2017

Journalist and political commentator, Max du Preez

Markets & Investment

Has SA finally hit the reset button?

Nicci Botha 14 Jun 2017

Agriculture

Holistic approach needed for agriculture to play the role the NDP envisions

7 Mar 2017

#DesignIndaba2017: Concrete beehive helps create a more sustainable beekeeping industry

Agri Tech

#DesignIndaba2017: Concrete beehive helps create a more sustainable beekeeping industry

2 Mar 2017

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

Agriculture

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

Daniel Pelz 1 Feb 2017

#BestofBiz 2016: Agriculture

Agriculture

#BestofBiz 2016: Agriculture

12 Dec 2016

ESG

Madagascar faces dire food insecurity

23 Nov 2016

Erdmann-Crew via

Agriculture

FAO and OIE launches first salvo against Peste des petits ruminants

31 Oct 2016

ESG

UN agencies scale up efforts to save lives in Southern Madagascar

26 Oct 2016

The state of agriculture in Africa

Agribusiness

The state of agriculture in Africa

27 Jun 2016

- Sizwe Nyuka Mlenzana at his Ekasi Green Project. Photo: Pumla Tuko

Agro-processing

Making gardens in Khayelitsha's sandy soil

Pumla Tuko 14 Jun 2016

#YouthMonth: Helping our youth become the farmers of the future

Agriculture

#YouthMonth: Helping our youth become the farmers of the future

Cari Van Wyk 1 Jun 2016

Limited food options take their toll on the health of South Africa's rural poor

Health & Welfare

Limited food options take their toll on the health of South Africa's rural poor

Angela McIntyre 25 May 2016

Agribusiness

#AfricaMonth: Adopting a new mentality to small-scale farming

Cari Van Wyk 23 May 2016