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Data breach alert: Over 100,000 fake accounts linked to SA grant-fraud claim

News24 journalists take top honours in 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

Boxer formally announces its intention to list on JSE

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Farmers urged to tackle climate risks with strategic planting

Role of innovative financing for farmers: Lessons from Ghana's cocoa irrigation

Role of innovative financing for farmers: Lessons from Ghana's cocoa irrigation

Role of innovative financing for farmers: Lessons from Ghana's cocoa irrigation

Role of innovative financing for farmers: Lessons from Ghana's cocoa irrigation

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RMIS launches traceability platform for red meat industry

5 Nov 2024

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UN human rights experts call for global treaty to regulate dangerous pesticides

9 Mar 2017

Research and study fostering the adoption of new techniques in biotech agriculture

27 Feb 2017

Responsible travel: Finding environmental solutions for campers and lodges

Responsible travel: Finding environmental solutions for campers and lodges

Gavin Heron 21 Feb 2017

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From flask to field: How tiny microbes are revolutionising big agriculture

Matthew Wallenstein 17 Feb 2017

Carl Davies, CSIRO via - Cowpeas are a staple food and an important source of protein for over200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa.

Pulses, powerful allies in achieving Sustainable Development Goals

13 Feb 2017

Urban farming produces more than food: social networks are a key spinoff

David Olivie 10 Feb 2017

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Feb 2017

Debate over glyphosate rages in South Africa

Debate over glyphosate rages in South Africa

30 Jan 2017

Using wastewater as an agricultural resource

20 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: Fresh urban farming trends

#BizTrends2017: Fresh urban farming trends

Cari Coetzee 9 Jan 2017

Commercialisation of agriculture in Tanzania to be private sector-led

Commercialisation of agriculture in Tanzania to be private sector-led

3 Jan 2017

Focusing on soil fertility, form of farming insurance says Advanced Agri

Focusing on soil fertility, form of farming insurance says Advanced Agri

23 Dec 2016

KZN works to build food security

KZN works to build food security

21 Dec 2016

#BestofBiz 2016: Agriculture

#BestofBiz 2016: Agriculture

12 Dec 2016

Soil and pulses strategic allies in creating food security, combating climate change

Soil and pulses strategic allies in creating food security, combating climate change

6 Dec 2016

USA GMO maize imports to put SA farmers at disadvantage

2 Dec 2016

By Daniel Ladenhauf, Flickr, CC BY-NC

Our cities need to go on a resource diet

André Stephan et al. 1 Dec 2016

Fertiliser plant in the offing near Saldanha

Allan Seccombe 28 Nov 2016

So what's the big fuss about no-till agriculture?

So what's the big fuss about no-till agriculture?

Melissa Britz 14 Nov 2016

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Charlotte Hebebrand 10 Nov 2016

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Soil quality requires a complex approach

Frank Winder 8 Nov 2016

Nigerian government enforces prohibition of GM foods

Nigerian government enforces prohibition of GM foods

2 Nov 2016

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Raymond Auerbach 1 Nov 2016

Mystery 'Cyclone' invader a growing headache for Zimbabwe

Mystery 'Cyclone' invader a growing headache for Zimbabwe

Andrew Mambondiyani 6 Oct 2016

Tea in the Park opens in Green Point

Tea in the Park opens in Green Point

6 Oct 2016

Bernard Gagnon via - Tef in Ethiopia

Ethiopia Soil Map arms farmers with new fertilisers in climate fight

Pius Sawa 30 Sep 2016

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Jozi teen wins top prize at Google fair

29 Sep 2016

#InnovationMonth: Smart farming technology to help feed the masses

#InnovationMonth: Smart farming technology to help feed the masses

Cari Van Wyk 28 Sep 2016

RAW: a new urban solution to growing fresh produce

RAW: a new urban solution to growing fresh produce

23 Sep 2016

#InnovationMonth: Soil treatment that's just right

#InnovationMonth: Soil treatment that's just right

Cari Van Wyk 22 Sep 2016

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Research and study fostering the adoption of new techniques in biotech agriculture

27 Feb 2017

Responsible travel: Finding environmental solutions for campers and lodges

Responsible travel: Finding environmental solutions for campers and lodges

Gavin Heron 21 Feb 2017

walkersalmanac via

From flask to field: How tiny microbes are revolutionising big agriculture

Matthew Wallenstein 17 Feb 2017

Carl Davies, CSIRO via - Cowpeas are a staple food and an important source of protein for over200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa.

Pulses, powerful allies in achieving Sustainable Development Goals

13 Feb 2017

Urban farming produces more than food: social networks are a key spinoff

David Olivie 10 Feb 2017

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Feb 2017

Debate over glyphosate rages in South Africa

Debate over glyphosate rages in South Africa

30 Jan 2017

Using wastewater as an agricultural resource

20 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: Fresh urban farming trends

#BizTrends2017: Fresh urban farming trends

Cari Coetzee 9 Jan 2017

Commercialisation of agriculture in Tanzania to be private sector-led

Commercialisation of agriculture in Tanzania to be private sector-led

3 Jan 2017

Focusing on soil fertility, form of farming insurance says Advanced Agri

Focusing on soil fertility, form of farming insurance says Advanced Agri

23 Dec 2016

KZN works to build food security

KZN works to build food security

21 Dec 2016

#BestofBiz 2016: Agriculture

#BestofBiz 2016: Agriculture

12 Dec 2016

Soil and pulses strategic allies in creating food security, combating climate change

Soil and pulses strategic allies in creating food security, combating climate change

6 Dec 2016

USA GMO maize imports to put SA farmers at disadvantage

2 Dec 2016

By Daniel Ladenhauf, Flickr, CC BY-NC

Our cities need to go on a resource diet

André Stephan et al. 1 Dec 2016

Fertiliser plant in the offing near Saldanha

Allan Seccombe 28 Nov 2016

So what's the big fuss about no-till agriculture?

So what's the big fuss about no-till agriculture?

Melissa Britz 14 Nov 2016

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Charlotte Hebebrand 10 Nov 2016

edisonjimenez10 via

Soil quality requires a complex approach

Frank Winder 8 Nov 2016

Nigerian government enforces prohibition of GM foods

Nigerian government enforces prohibition of GM foods

2 Nov 2016

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Raymond Auerbach 1 Nov 2016

Mystery 'Cyclone' invader a growing headache for Zimbabwe

Mystery 'Cyclone' invader a growing headache for Zimbabwe

Andrew Mambondiyani 6 Oct 2016

Tea in the Park opens in Green Point

Tea in the Park opens in Green Point

6 Oct 2016

Bernard Gagnon via - Tef in Ethiopia

Ethiopia Soil Map arms farmers with new fertilisers in climate fight

Pius Sawa 30 Sep 2016

Klauspoechhacker via

Jozi teen wins top prize at Google fair

29 Sep 2016

#InnovationMonth: Smart farming technology to help feed the masses

#InnovationMonth: Smart farming technology to help feed the masses

Cari Van Wyk 28 Sep 2016

RAW: a new urban solution to growing fresh produce

RAW: a new urban solution to growing fresh produce

23 Sep 2016

#InnovationMonth: Soil treatment that's just right

#InnovationMonth: Soil treatment that's just right

Cari Van Wyk 22 Sep 2016

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

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

Wanjiru Eunice 19 Sep 2016

#BizsoeknBoer: Meet urban farmer Pierre van der Spuy

#BizsoeknBoer: Meet urban farmer Pierre van der Spuy

Cari Van Wyk 8 Sep 2016

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

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

Busani Bafana 5 Sep 2016

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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

Faithful to Nature collaborates with Topic to confirm label claims

12 Aug 2016

The organic roots of Reliance Compost

The organic roots of Reliance Compost

29 Jul 2016

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

Training programme to improve access to fertilisers and smallholder development

7 Jul 2016

Probiotics for plants

Probiotics for plants

13 May 2016

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

Zimbabweans make thriving farm on abandoned land

Tariro Washinyira 6 May 2016

Fertilizer sales expected to pick up

3 May 2016