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Africa takes centre stage as the gender hub for mainstreaming success

Employment Equity

Africa takes centre stage as the gender hub for mainstreaming success

Issued by Business Engage 4 Mar 2024

Nanotechnology promises to help farmers cut pesticide use – but could also make chemicals more toxic

Research & Development

Nanotechnology promises to help farmers cut pesticide use – but could also make chemicals more toxic

Tom Nederstigt and Martina G. Vijver 26 Feb 2024

Agriculture challenges in South Africa: We need a different lens

Agriculture

Agriculture challenges in South Africa: We need a different lens

Christian Giesel 14 Dec 2023

WCape Govt commits to protecting export fruit industry with R2m investment

Agriculture

WCape Govt commits to protecting export fruit industry with R2m investment

12 Oct 2023

WinField United SA and Stellenbosch University team up to improve crop yields

Agribusiness

WinField United SA and Stellenbosch University team up to improve crop yields

10 Aug 2023

Court clamps down on the abuse of business rescue proceedings to avoid winding-up proceedings

Corporate & Commercial Law

Court clamps down on the abuse of business rescue proceedings to avoid winding-up proceedings

Megan Baker, Thys Scheepers & Adelin Dalais, Issued by Cox Yeats 26 Jul 2023

Helping Africa's farmers control climate-induced pests

Research & Development

Helping Africa's farmers control climate-induced pests

Gilbert Nakweya 30 Dec 2022

Are South Africa's pesticide rules outdated?

Food Security

Are South Africa's pesticide rules outdated?

Liezl Human 5 Jul 2022

Separating the wheat from the chaff: Decision making in a world drowning in data

Agri Tech

Separating the wheat from the chaff: Decision making in a world drowning in data

Janet Lawless 7 Jun 2022

Corteva Agriscience opens seed treatment laboratory in Rosslyn, South Africa

Agriculture

Corteva Agriscience opens seed treatment laboratory in Rosslyn, South Africa

6 May 2022

Sowing the seeds of change: Advancing the interests of women agripreneurs through collaborative conversations

Agriculture

Sowing the seeds of change: Advancing the interests of women agripreneurs through collaborative conversations

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 25 Mar 2022

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Agro-processing

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Ratemo Michieka 7 Feb 2022

#BizTrends2022: Despite climate change concerns, bright outlook for agriculture

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Despite climate change concerns, bright outlook for agriculture

Maluta Netshaulu 5 Jan 2022

Picture-based insurance cushion Kenyan smallholder farmers from climate change

Agriculture

Picture-based insurance cushion Kenyan smallholder farmers from climate change

13 Dec 2021

Growing women into flourishing farmers

Agriculture

Growing women into flourishing farmers

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 17 Sep 2021

Viticulture & Oenology

Vinpro, Winetech information days to spotlight sustainability in the wine industry

27 Aug 2021

Entries open for 2021 Best Recycled Plastic Product of the Year Awards

ESG & Sustainability

Entries open for 2021 Best Recycled Plastic Product of the Year Awards

23 Jul 2021

What SA agriculture needs from international trade

Agribusiness

What SA agriculture needs from international trade

Antonie Delport 12 May 2021

New forum launched for global soil health

Agriculture

New forum launched for global soil health

24 Mar 2021

Driving transformation in the food and beverage industry

Food & bev. services

Driving transformation in the food and beverage industry

Phil Lewis 19 Feb 2021

Green, integrated approaches could address food security challenges

Sustainable Farming

Green, integrated approaches could address food security challenges

15 Oct 2020

Agriculture

Chair in Crop Health initiative to upskill students and qualified agriculturalists

25 Feb 2020

Hortgro takes industry drought action

Agriculture

Hortgro takes industry drought action

20 Dec 2019

Agricultural Writers SA Awards recognise 2019 top contributors

Agriculture

Agricultural Writers SA Awards recognise 2019 top contributors

19 Nov 2019

Agriculture

New growth opportunities for eco-friendly pesticides

19 Jun 2019

Do you have a frog in your orchid?

Horticulture

Do you have a frog in your orchid?

30 May 2019

Brienne Hong via

Agriculture

#CitrusSummit: Fruitful opportunities in technology

Carin Venter 25 Mar 2019

Seil-Safari navigates farmers through unchartered waters to new horizons

Agribusiness

Seil-Safari navigates farmers through unchartered waters to new horizons

Issued by Echo Produksies 5 Mar 2019

Spinning up a data annotation team

Data & Analytics

Spinning up a data annotation team

Benjamin Meltzer 17 Jan 2019

UFS graduate's crop research to diversify SA food security

Food Security

UFS graduate's crop research to diversify SA food security

7 Dec 2018

Bayer to offer access to its glyphosate studies

Agriculture

Bayer to offer access to its glyphosate studies

29 Nov 2018

Nedbank to match-make at The Disruption Agenda

Tech Startups

Nedbank to match-make at The Disruption Agenda

10 Sep 2018

Zambia's eMsika helping farmers buy agricultural inputs

Agri Tech

Zambia's eMsika helping farmers buy agricultural inputs

Tom Jackson 4 Jun 2018

Simon Carpenter, Chief Technology Advisor for SAP Africa

Agriculture

#AfricaMonth: Committing to the digital transformation of agriculture in Africa

Cari Coetzee 17 May 2018

Eastern Free State potato industry in focus

Agriculture

Eastern Free State potato industry in focus

Izak Hofmeyr 16 May 2018

Kate HoltAusAID via

Agriculture

Beyond profit: How innovation is helping Africa's agri-industry feed the world

Paul McKane 22 Feb 2018

Agriculture

Hortgro helps keep Western Cape pest free, intercepts oriental fruit fly

20 Feb 2018

Tigana chileshe via

Agriculture

Fighting FAW: Guide to help Africa tackle Fall armyworm head-on

19 Feb 2018

Agriculture

Top 10 research projects in agri for 2018

13 Feb 2018

Loes van der Pluijm via

Agriculture

Why reducing post-harvest losses is a priority for Africa

Jane Ambuko 21 Nov 2017

Agriculture

Producers must plant 500,000 hectares less maize to improve profitability

17 Nov 2017

Agriculture

Greening the tobacco supply chain in Africa bears fruit

7 Nov 2017

Agriculture

DowDuPont a done deal

4 Sep 2017

Proper planning, adaptability key to farming successfully in volatile times

Agriculture

Proper planning, adaptability key to farming successfully in volatile times

6 Jul 2017

Entries for 2018 Bayer Foundation Fellowship programmes now open

Higher Education

Entries for 2018 Bayer Foundation Fellowship programmes now open

29 Jun 2017

Agriculture

Agri-cleaning trends: Keeping it clean from farm to factory

30 May 2017

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Agri Tech

#AfricaMonth: Sustainable food production requires digitisation of entire agri value chain

26 May 2017

Value of maize harvest is overrated

Agribusiness

Value of maize harvest is overrated

Fanie Brink 22 May 2017

Agri Tech

Introducing the Greenhouse In a Box

16 May 2017