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Jozi teen wins top prize at Google fair

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RAW: a new urban solution to growing fresh produce

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#InnovationMonth: Soil treatment that's just right

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'Less choice for African farmers' after Bayer's Monsanto takeover

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#BizsoeknBoer: Meet urban farmer Pierre van der Spuy

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- Simnai and Phillip Tshuma, smallholder farmers from Hwange, Zimbabwe, show off their sorghum crop planted using fertilizers. Photo: Busani Bafana

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Innovative use of fertilisers revives hope for Africa's Green Revolution

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Integrated Pest Management key in reducing use of chemicals

30 Aug 2016

Faithful to Nature collaborates with Topic to confirm label claims

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Faithful to Nature collaborates with Topic to confirm label claims

12 Aug 2016

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The organic roots of Reliance Compost

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SADC subsidies fail to ease rural poverty and soil deterioration, study finds

12 Jul 2016

Training programme to improve access to fertilisers and smallholder development

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Training programme to improve access to fertilisers and smallholder development

7 Jul 2016

Probiotics for plants

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Probiotics for plants

13 May 2016

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Zimbabweans make thriving farm on abandoned land

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Fertilizer sales expected to pick up

3 May 2016

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Drought-hit SA importing maize to cover shortfall

Madeleine van Niekerk 3 May 2016

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Status of Oriental fruit fly in SA

26 Apr 2016

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Top African producer bans GM cotton

26 Apr 2016

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Monsanto commits to agriculture in Africa

21 Apr 2016

Food security efforts need to look beyond urban agriculture. Jane Battersby

Food, Water & Energy Security

Why urban agriculture isn't a panacea for Africa's food crisis

Gareth Haysom and Jane Battersby 18 Apr 2016

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Digitizing agriculture and growing knowledge

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Decline of bees, other pollinators, threatens crop output

29 Feb 2016

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UFS researcher: Cows hold solution to SA's power crisis

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Worms do the dirty work for composting entrepreneur

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Yara expands investment in Africa

7 Dec 2015

Radebe: SA is world's 9th largest GM crop producer

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Radebe: SA is world's 9th largest GM crop producer

6 Nov 2015

No menace in mealies

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No menace in mealies

8 Oct 2015

15 EU nations opt to stay GMO-free

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15 EU nations opt to stay GMO-free

2 Oct 2015

MiteNot might just help save the bees

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Organisations condemn go-ahead given by South African GMO authorities for GM maize seed

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RAW: a new urban solution to growing fresh produce

AgricultureRAW: a new urban solution to growing fresh produce

23 Sep 2016

#InnovationMonth: Soil treatment that's just right

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'Less choice for African farmers' after Bayer's Monsanto takeover

Agriculture'Less choice for African farmers' after Bayer's Monsanto takeover

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#BizsoeknBoer: Meet urban farmer Pierre van der Spuy

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- Simnai and Phillip Tshuma, smallholder farmers from Hwange, Zimbabwe, show off their sorghum crop planted using fertilizers. Photo: Busani Bafana

AgricultureInnovative use of fertilisers revives hope for Africa's Green Revolution

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AgricultureIntegrated Pest Management key in reducing use of chemicals

30 Aug 2016

Faithful to Nature collaborates with Topic to confirm label claims

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12 Aug 2016

The organic roots of Reliance Compost

AgricultureThe organic roots of Reliance Compost

29 Jul 2016

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AgricultureSADC subsidies fail to ease rural poverty and soil deterioration, study finds

12 Jul 2016

Training programme to improve access to fertilisers and smallholder development

AgricultureTraining programme to improve access to fertilisers and smallholder development

7 Jul 2016

Probiotics for plants

AgricultureProbiotics for plants

13 May 2016

Photo via - Albert Chinhanga, one of the N7 Farmers. Photo supplied

AgricultureZimbabweans make thriving farm on abandoned land

Tariro Washinyira 6 May 2016

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AgricultureFertilizer sales expected to pick up

3 May 2016

MaximusTaken via

AgricultureDrought-hit SA importing maize to cover shortfall

Madeleine van Niekerk 3 May 2016

Scott Bauer via - Bactrocera dorsalis

AgricultureStatus of Oriental fruit fly in SA

26 Apr 2016

KKB via _Burkina Faso: cotton harvest in Dourtenga

AgricultureTop African producer bans GM cotton

26 Apr 2016

Noppasin Kortungsap via

AgricultureMonsanto commits to agriculture in Africa

21 Apr 2016

Food security efforts need to look beyond urban agriculture. Jane Battersby

ESG & SustainabilityWhy urban agriculture isn't a panacea for Africa's food crisis

Gareth Haysom and Jane Battersby 18 Apr 2016

Digitizing agriculture and growing knowledge

AgricultureDigitizing agriculture and growing knowledge

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AgricultureDecline of bees, other pollinators, threatens crop output

29 Feb 2016

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AgricultureUFS researcher: Cows hold solution to SA's power crisis

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AgricultureWorms do the dirty work for composting entrepreneur

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AgricultureYara expands investment in Africa

7 Dec 2015

Radebe: SA is world's 9th largest GM crop producer

AgricultureRadebe: SA is world's 9th largest GM crop producer

6 Nov 2015

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AgricultureNo menace in mealies

8 Oct 2015

15 EU nations opt to stay GMO-free

Agriculture15 EU nations opt to stay GMO-free

2 Oct 2015

MiteNot might just help save the bees

ICTMiteNot might just help save the bees

Mark Warren 1 Sep 2015

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AgricultureOrganisations condemn go-ahead given by South African GMO authorities for GM maize seed

19 Jun 2015

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AgricultureGenetically modified cotton in Africa will harm, not help, smallholder farmers

12 Jun 2015

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AgricultureAfrica joins the world in global protest

29 May 2015

Dept to probe classification of herbicide as possibly carcinogenic

AgricultureDept to probe classification of herbicide as possibly carcinogenic

25 May 2015

Monsanto would sell Syngenta's seed business in merger

AgricultureMonsanto would sell Syngenta's seed business in merger

22 May 2015

Marchers plant seeds of protest

AgricultureMarchers plant seeds of protest

22 May 2015

Google backs farm-focused startup as AgTech blooms

AgricultureGoogle backs farm-focused startup as AgTech blooms

20 May 2015

EU agrees opt-out deal for GMO imports

AgricultureEU agrees opt-out deal for GMO imports

23 Apr 2015

Why conservation agriculture must be promoted in SA

AgricultureWhy conservation agriculture must be promoted in SA

13 Apr 2015

PnP promotes sustainable transformation with community food garden

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5 Mar 2015

The time is ripe to expand into the continent and abroad says Smillie

AgricultureThe time is ripe to expand into the continent and abroad says Smillie

21 Jan 2015