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Waterberg Boerdery and Yellow Door Energy inaugurate solar and battery energy storage system

Waterberg Boerdery and Yellow Door Energy inaugurate solar and battery energy storage system

14 Oct 2024

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Great Food Puzzle: WWF launches guide to sustainable food practices

12 Sep 2024

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

Matthew Wallenstein 17 Feb 2017

Winner of the Future Agro Challenge 2016, Nicolás Morelli, COO at VACUCH in Santiago, Chile, shares how his innovative business idea - an antibacterial milk liner that mitigates bovine mastitis
and reduces the amount of bacteria in milk - grew to new heights.

Top food and ag innovators competing for Agripreneur of the Year

16 Feb 2017

US scientists develop new way to measure crop yields from space

Magdalena Mis 15 Feb 2017

Armyworms are wreaking havoc in Southern Africa. Why it's a big deal

Armyworms are wreaking havoc in Southern Africa. Why it's a big deal

Kenneth Wilson 14 Feb 2017

Evelyn Simak via

Renewable organic waste system to help make agriculture sustainable

14 Feb 2017

Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren via

Eastern Cape preparing for armyworm battle

14 Feb 2017

Failure to help small farmers adapt will compromise future food production

14 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

Tongaat Hulett Developments, WCT to rehabilitate Ohlanga River riparian area

Tongaat Hulett Developments, WCT to rehabilitate Ohlanga River riparian area

10 Feb 2017

SONA pronouncements create further uncertainty in agribusiness

SONA pronouncements create further uncertainty in agribusiness

10 Feb 2017

Vineyard robot prototype

IGWS celebrates five years of innovation and collaboration

9 Feb 2017

Questions about fall armyworm infestation asked and answered

Questions about fall armyworm infestation asked and answered

9 Feb 2017

Biochar could help clean polluted water

Biochar could help clean polluted water

8 Feb 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Is Africa really undergoing a smallholder agricultural revolution?

Brendan Brown and Ian Nuberg 8 Feb 2017

Armyworms on march a threat to all SA

Armyworms on march a threat to all SA

7 Feb 2017

Steenberg Vineyards embraces #WaterlessWednesday

Steenberg Vineyards embraces #WaterlessWednesday

7 Feb 2017

Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility via - Fall armyworm

Armyworm hits SA

6 Feb 2017

#WeatherWatch: Is La Niña on her way out?

#WeatherWatch: Is La Niña on her way out?

Piers Kenyon 6 Feb 2017

Farmers should balance careful consideration with experimentation in 2017

Farmers should balance careful consideration with experimentation in 2017

Nico Groenewald 3 Feb 2017

Ceres fruit growers benefit from water-saving practices

Ceres fruit growers benefit from water-saving practices

3 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

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Guess how much water your daily food consumes

3 Feb 2017

Land Reform Futures

Future scenarios for land reform in South Africa

2 Feb 2017

Challenging times see farmers turning to smart agriculture

Challenging times see farmers turning to smart agriculture

2 Feb 2017

How farmers in Africa are finding ways to sustainably use wetlands

How farmers in Africa are finding ways to sustainably use wetlands

Adrian Wood 2 Feb 2017

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

Daniel Pelz 1 Feb 2017

The Western Indian Ocean's blue economy can thrive. Here's how

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg 30 Jan 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Horn of Africa faces acute food shortage

30 Jan 2017

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Can organic farming improve food security for SA's poor communities?

27 Jan 2017

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US scientists develop new way to measure crop yields from space

Magdalena Mis 15 Feb 2017

Armyworms are wreaking havoc in Southern Africa. Why it's a big deal

Armyworms are wreaking havoc in Southern Africa. Why it's a big deal

Kenneth Wilson 14 Feb 2017

Evelyn Simak via

Renewable organic waste system to help make agriculture sustainable

14 Feb 2017

Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren via

Eastern Cape preparing for armyworm battle

14 Feb 2017

Failure to help small farmers adapt will compromise future food production

14 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

Tongaat Hulett Developments, WCT to rehabilitate Ohlanga River riparian area

Tongaat Hulett Developments, WCT to rehabilitate Ohlanga River riparian area

10 Feb 2017

SONA pronouncements create further uncertainty in agribusiness

SONA pronouncements create further uncertainty in agribusiness

10 Feb 2017

Vineyard robot prototype

IGWS celebrates five years of innovation and collaboration

9 Feb 2017

Questions about fall armyworm infestation asked and answered

Questions about fall armyworm infestation asked and answered

9 Feb 2017

Biochar could help clean polluted water

Biochar could help clean polluted water

8 Feb 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Is Africa really undergoing a smallholder agricultural revolution?

Brendan Brown and Ian Nuberg 8 Feb 2017

Armyworms on march a threat to all SA

Armyworms on march a threat to all SA

7 Feb 2017

Steenberg Vineyards embraces #WaterlessWednesday

Steenberg Vineyards embraces #WaterlessWednesday

7 Feb 2017

Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility via - Fall armyworm

Armyworm hits SA

6 Feb 2017

#WeatherWatch: Is La Niña on her way out?

#WeatherWatch: Is La Niña on her way out?

Piers Kenyon 6 Feb 2017

Farmers should balance careful consideration with experimentation in 2017

Farmers should balance careful consideration with experimentation in 2017

Nico Groenewald 3 Feb 2017

Ceres fruit growers benefit from water-saving practices

Ceres fruit growers benefit from water-saving practices

3 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

feraugustodesign via

Guess how much water your daily food consumes

3 Feb 2017

Land Reform Futures

Future scenarios for land reform in South Africa

2 Feb 2017

Challenging times see farmers turning to smart agriculture

Challenging times see farmers turning to smart agriculture

2 Feb 2017

How farmers in Africa are finding ways to sustainably use wetlands

How farmers in Africa are finding ways to sustainably use wetlands

Adrian Wood 2 Feb 2017

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

Daniel Pelz 1 Feb 2017

The Western Indian Ocean's blue economy can thrive. Here's how

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg 30 Jan 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Horn of Africa faces acute food shortage

30 Jan 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via

Can organic farming improve food security for SA's poor communities?

27 Jan 2017

Is a vegetarian diet really more environmentally friendly than eating meat?

Is a vegetarian diet really more environmentally friendly than eating meat?

Wayne Martindale 27 Jan 2017

USAID via - Woman watering crops in Morogoro, Tanzania

Invisible irrigators: how small-scale Tanzanian farmers are making a difference

Phil Woodhouse 25 Jan 2017

- Daniel Maitethia (left) shows one of his students how to use the water irrigation system in Meru, Kenya, June 16, 2016. Photo: Caroline Wambui

Kenyan irrigation app aims to cut water waste, crop losses

Caroline Wambui 25 Jan 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via

The smart way to help African farmers tackle climate change

Sophie Mbugua 24 Jan 2017

. Photograph: Yousef Eldin

FAO pushing ahead with digital strategy to equip farmers with ICT

24 Jan 2017

Erdenebayar via

Agriculture and water scarcity - it's time to act

23 Jan 2017

Using wastewater as an agricultural resource

20 Jan 2017

Meet Mthatha beekeeper Thoko Njemla

Meet Mthatha beekeeper Thoko Njemla

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 19 Jan 2017

Is Southern Africa running out of fish?

Geoff Hill 18 Jan 2017

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To discover Africa's biodiversity, look to the soil

Esther Ngumbi 18 Jan 2017

African agriculture on the World Economic Forum annual meeting agenda

African agriculture on the World Economic Forum annual meeting agenda

16 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: Ever increasing costs to shape agriculture 2017

#BizTrends2017: Ever increasing costs to shape agriculture 2017

Cari Coetzee 11 Jan 2017