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Africa’s battle against food waste: How interventions can save 30% of produce

Africa’s battle against food waste: How interventions can save 30% of produce

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Africa’s battle against food waste: How interventions can save 30% of produce

Africa’s battle against food waste: How interventions can save 30% of produce

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Westfalia Fruit's avocados make historic first arrival in India

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Biomass renewable energy can ensure a sustainable future

Biomass renewable energy can ensure a sustainable future

15 May 2015

Giving livestock to world's poor, training improves life: study

Giving livestock to world's poor, training improves life: study

15 May 2015

Full marks go to the Produce Marketing Association for its Agri-Food Career Fair

Mike Cordes 15 May 2015

Mining Operation Phakisa to start work in August

Mining Operation Phakisa to start work in August

Nosihle Shelembe 15 May 2015

Clover upbeat about dairy's prospects

Nan Smith 14 May 2015

SA aquaculture comes of age

SA aquaculture comes of age

Nicholas James 14 May 2015

Vote with your wallets!

Vote with your wallets!

Rhian Berning 14 May 2015

Mondi surges more than 8% as Q1 profit lifts

Mondi surges more than 8% as Q1 profit lifts

Mark Allix 14 May 2015

Can you afford to become a farmer?

Can you afford to become a farmer?

13 May 2015

A peachy outlook for KZN poverty alleviation

A peachy outlook for KZN poverty alleviation

Lloyd Phillips 12 May 2015

'Bush vines' triumph for SA at global wine contest

'Bush vines' triumph for SA at global wine contest

12 May 2015

Journey of Water aims to highlight threat to water security

Journey of Water aims to highlight threat to water security

11 May 2015

Govt to transfer 8.9 million hectares of land by 2030

Govt to transfer 8.9 million hectares of land by 2030

11 May 2015

Renewed focus on improving farm workers' rights

Renewed focus on improving farm workers' rights

11 May 2015

SAB and the University of the Free State develop ground-breaking irrigation method

SAB and the University of the Free State develop ground-breaking irrigation method

11 May 2015

Western Cape government showcases SA's latest agricultural innovations

Western Cape government showcases SA's latest agricultural innovations

8 May 2015

Managing feed and breeding in replacement females

Managing feed and breeding in replacement females

Lloyd Phillips 8 May 2015

Wheat surges as rand weakens

Wheat surges as rand weakens

7 May 2015

Zimbabwe to import 700,000 tons of corn to avert hunger

Zimbabwe to import 700,000 tons of corn to avert hunger

7 May 2015

North West ready to launch agri-parks

North West ready to launch agri-parks

Edwin Tshivhidzo 6 May 2015

Local lady farmer to supply fresh produce to The Maslow

Local lady farmer to supply fresh produce to The Maslow

6 May 2015

Milking KZN's dairy potential

Milking KZN's dairy potential

Edsel Hohls 6 May 2015

Durban Tourism boss Philip Sithole has moved to allay fears that Durban will be unsafe for tourists when they visit the city’s Tourism Indaba this week.
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Durban indaba to restore city's 'dented image'

5 May 2015

WWF launches project to manage small-scale fisheries

WWF launches project to manage small-scale fisheries

4 May 2015

Inflation set to rise as maize crop wilts

Inflation set to rise as maize crop wilts

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 4 May 2015

Grain futures little changed following FAO report

Grain futures little changed following FAO report

30 Apr 2015

Photographer: Jessica Taylor

Can the fresh produce markets survive?

Mike Cordes 30 Apr 2015

Sugarcane industry beating the dry season

Sugarcane industry beating the dry season

Robyn Joubert 30 Apr 2015

Study verifies climate change impact on coffee production

Study verifies climate change impact on coffee production

29 Apr 2015

Stias fellow Dr Janos Bogardi.
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Finding realistic ways to boost Southern Africa's agri output

Glenneis Kriel 29 Apr 2015

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Zimbabwe to import 700,000 tons of corn to avert hunger

Zimbabwe to import 700,000 tons of corn to avert hunger

7 May 2015

Nigerian economy remains strong - Okonjo Iweala

Nigerian economy remains strong - Okonjo Iweala

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Mugabe admits land reform blunder

Mugabe admits land reform blunder

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Journey of Water aims to highlight threat to water security

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Govt to transfer 8.9 million hectares of land by 2030

Govt to transfer 8.9 million hectares of land by 2030

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Renewed focus on improving farm workers' rights

Renewed focus on improving farm workers' rights

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SAB and the University of the Free State develop ground-breaking irrigation method

SAB and the University of the Free State develop ground-breaking irrigation method

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Western Cape government showcases SA's latest agricultural innovations

Western Cape government showcases SA's latest agricultural innovations

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Managing feed and breeding in replacement females

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Wheat surges as rand weakens

Wheat surges as rand weakens

7 May 2015

North West ready to launch agri-parks

North West ready to launch agri-parks

Edwin Tshivhidzo 6 May 2015

Local lady farmer to supply fresh produce to The Maslow

Local lady farmer to supply fresh produce to The Maslow

6 May 2015

Milking KZN's dairy potential

Milking KZN's dairy potential

Edsel Hohls 6 May 2015

Durban Tourism boss Philip Sithole has moved to allay fears that Durban will be unsafe for tourists when they visit the city’s Tourism Indaba this week.
Image credit: CIRCA

Durban indaba to restore city's 'dented image'

5 May 2015

WWF launches project to manage small-scale fisheries

WWF launches project to manage small-scale fisheries

4 May 2015

Inflation set to rise as maize crop wilts

Inflation set to rise as maize crop wilts

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 4 May 2015

Grain futures little changed following FAO report

Grain futures little changed following FAO report

30 Apr 2015

Photographer: Jessica Taylor

Can the fresh produce markets survive?

Mike Cordes 30 Apr 2015

Sugarcane industry beating the dry season

Sugarcane industry beating the dry season

Robyn Joubert 30 Apr 2015

Study verifies climate change impact on coffee production

Study verifies climate change impact on coffee production

29 Apr 2015

Stias fellow Dr Janos Bogardi.
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Finding realistic ways to boost Southern Africa's agri output

Glenneis Kriel 29 Apr 2015

Green Point Urban Park, Sea Point Promenade become favourites

Green Point Urban Park, Sea Point Promenade become favourites

28 Apr 2015

Workers stand beside storage towers at Sappi’s Ngodwana wood mill in Mpumalanga in July.
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Sappi selected as preferred bidder of Ngodwana biomass project

Mark Allix 24 Apr 2015

Agriculture sector unites against attacks on foreign nationals

Agriculture sector unites against attacks on foreign nationals

24 Apr 2015

Attacks on foreign nationals have hurt SA, says Trade DM

Attacks on foreign nationals have hurt SA, says Trade DM

23 Apr 2015

EU agrees opt-out deal for GMO imports

EU agrees opt-out deal for GMO imports

23 Apr 2015

Marcel's scoops 2015 SA Dairy Product of the Year

Marcel's scoops 2015 SA Dairy Product of the Year

23 Apr 2015

Task team to implement 2010 farmworkers' resolutions

23 Apr 2015

Africa vital for SA economy: Minister

23 Apr 2015

SA's experts on implementing conservation agriculture

Lloyd Phillips 22 Apr 2015

Hydro-electricity: all the power, half the cost

Hydro-electricity: all the power, half the cost

Glenneis Kriel 22 Apr 2015

Theo Vorster, CEO of Galileo Capital.
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Job losses despite growing SA economy

Annelie Coleman 21 Apr 2015

The ripple effect of SA's maize crop shock

The ripple effect of SA's maize crop shock

Jaco Visser 20 Apr 2015

Secrets to success in the US citrus market

Secrets to success in the US citrus market

Glenneis Kriel 20 Apr 2015

Tru-Cape goes City Deep as part of closer-to-market strategy

Tru-Cape goes City Deep as part of closer-to-market strategy

20 Apr 2015

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