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South Africa to welcome new private university by 2026

Blue Label Media partners with African Bank to roll out new corporate identity across 155 buses

Copper could cure Murray & Roberts cold after De Beers diamond cough

Lindsey Schutters

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

Leadership shakeup at Moderna ahead of major vaccine rollouts

Katja Hamilton

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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

6 Nov 2024

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RMIS launches traceability platform for red meat industry

5 Nov 2024

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Dutch designers use human waste to make electricity

Dutch designers use human waste to make electricity

Bongani Shweni 20 Jun 2017

Technology, like this tea-picking machine in Kenya, can harness agriculture’s power to change lives. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Science has the power to boost farming in Africa. But a lot has to change

Frans Swanepoel 19 Jun 2017

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Is organic farming really organic to the core?

Ankit Gupta 13 Jun 2017

#UrbanAgri: How to create an urban farm

Cliff Rosen 7 Jun 2017

PEDI Urban Agriculture Academy to create a cohort of emerging farmers

6 Jun 2017

BNI trait could improve nitrogen-efficiency of crops

BNI trait could improve nitrogen-efficiency of crops

22 May 2017

Introducing the Greenhouse In a Box

16 May 2017

African agribusiness partnerships driving growth on the continent

African agribusiness partnerships driving growth on the continent

15 May 2017

#UrbanAgri: Let It Grow Foundation helps communities grow their own urban farms

#UrbanAgri: Let It Grow Foundation helps communities grow their own urban farms

Cari Coetzee 15 May 2017

John Deere drops merger plan with Monsanto unit

3 May 2017

Africa has vast agricultural potential, so why are we due to import $110 billion worth of food annually by 2025?

Africa has vast agricultural potential, so why are we due to import $110 billion worth of food annually by 2025?

Junior Sabena Mutabazi 2 May 2017

Young Africans create new roads for agriculture

Pius Sawa, Reuters 28 Apr 2017

Govt unveils crop disease quarantine

Runyararo Muzavazi 24 Apr 2017

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

Nteranya Sanginga 31 Mar 2017

Urban farming project to deliver Harvest of Hope

20 Mar 2017

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Urban farming dilemma for city

10 Mar 2017

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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

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congerdesign via

Is organic farming really organic to the core?

Ankit Gupta 13 Jun 2017

#UrbanAgri: How to create an urban farm

Cliff Rosen 7 Jun 2017

PEDI Urban Agriculture Academy to create a cohort of emerging farmers

6 Jun 2017

BNI trait could improve nitrogen-efficiency of crops

BNI trait could improve nitrogen-efficiency of crops

22 May 2017

Introducing the Greenhouse In a Box

16 May 2017

African agribusiness partnerships driving growth on the continent

African agribusiness partnerships driving growth on the continent

15 May 2017

#UrbanAgri: Let It Grow Foundation helps communities grow their own urban farms

#UrbanAgri: Let It Grow Foundation helps communities grow their own urban farms

Cari Coetzee 15 May 2017

John Deere drops merger plan with Monsanto unit

3 May 2017

Africa has vast agricultural potential, so why are we due to import $110 billion worth of food annually by 2025?

Africa has vast agricultural potential, so why are we due to import $110 billion worth of food annually by 2025?

Junior Sabena Mutabazi 2 May 2017

Young Africans create new roads for agriculture

Pius Sawa, Reuters 28 Apr 2017

Govt unveils crop disease quarantine

Runyararo Muzavazi 24 Apr 2017

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

Nteranya Sanginga 31 Mar 2017

Urban farming project to deliver Harvest of Hope

20 Mar 2017

FranckSeuret via

Urban farming dilemma for city

10 Mar 2017

amissphotos via

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

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

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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