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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

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Great Food Puzzle: WWF launches guide to sustainable food practices

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Greening the tobacco supply chain in Africa bears fruit

7 Nov 2017

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Nestlé to complete transition to cage-free egg supply chain in Africa by 2025

6 Nov 2017

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Africa pushes for gains on genetic materials

Johnson Kanamugire 6 Nov 2017

EC food prices rise: Farmers at breaking point

3 Nov 2017

An Antarctic icebreaker sails past a penguin. But conservationists are still waiting for their own breakthrough. John B. Weller, author provided

Why are talks over an East Antarctic marine park still deadlocked?

Cassandra Brooks 3 Nov 2017

Western Cape drought a growing concern, lack of water has far-reaching consequences

Western Cape drought a growing concern, lack of water has far-reaching consequences

3 Nov 2017

Project to help Africa farm its savannahs

Victor Kiprop 2 Nov 2017

#EntrepreneurMonth: A different perspective on sugar from the sugarcane fields of Mauritius

#EntrepreneurMonth: A different perspective on sugar from the sugarcane fields of Mauritius

Cari Coetzee 2 Nov 2017

From left: Prof Eugene Cloete (vice-rector: research, innovation and postgraduate studies of Stellenbosch University), the Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, and Willem Botes (research leader of Stellenbosch University’s Plant Breeding Laboratory). Photo: Stefan Els

Wheat Breeding Platform launched to improve wheat production, yields

1 Nov 2017

Prof Kennedy Dzama

SU professor recognised for research on genetics of indigenous South African livestock species

31 Oct 2017

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City's food basket faces uncertain future

Mary-Anne Gontsana 30 Oct 2017

From waste to healthy soils: Why composting is the green thing to do

27 Oct 2017

Farm murders: South Africans urged to observe 'Black Monday'

Farm murders: South Africans urged to observe 'Black Monday'

27 Oct 2017

Agriculture sector expects job-loss bloodbath, with 50,000 possibly out of work

Agriculture sector expects job-loss bloodbath, with 50,000 possibly out of work

Aphiwe Deklerk 26 Oct 2017

Image Source: . Photo: ANA PHOTO

#MTBPS2017: Little to instil agribusiness confidence, allay fears around policy uncertainty

26 Oct 2017

Bayer bolsters smallholder wool production in the Eastern Cape

Bayer bolsters smallholder wool production in the Eastern Cape

26 Oct 2017

SAB Foundation awards over R9m to small social enterprises

SAB Foundation awards over R9m to small social enterprises

25 Oct 2017

Phillip Oosthuizen and Dr. Piet Swiegers (Image Supplied)

Sernick launches research and innovation division to improve beef production

25 Oct 2017

Seven ways wine farms can protect SA's natural resources

Seven ways wine farms can protect SA's natural resources

25 Oct 2017

Neil Palmer (CIAT) via

Can index insurance make African farmers climate-resilient?

Wambi Michael 25 Oct 2017

Mega-mergers will squeeze farmers, push up food prices, experts warn

Alex Whiting 24 Oct 2017

Policy interventions essential to optimise South Africa's agricultural output

Policy interventions essential to optimise South Africa's agricultural output

Wessel Lemmer 24 Oct 2017

Farming initiative empowers emerging tobacco farmers, accelerates agricultural transformation

24 Oct 2017

WAZA signs MoU to help make sustainably produced palm oil the norm

20 Oct 2017

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New campaign launched to contain a major threat to banana production

19 Oct 2017

Separating myths from facts: Understanding food labels and innovation in food production

Separating myths from facts: Understanding food labels and innovation in food production

19 Oct 2017

Bees in the city: Designing green roofs for pollinators

Catherine Howell, Jennifer Drake and Liat Margolis 18 Oct 2017

SACAU: Agriculture can play a critical role in eradicating poverty

SACAU: Agriculture can play a critical role in eradicating poverty

18 Oct 2017

The traditional vegetable and sweet potato research that's revolutionising the way we build food and nutrition security in Africa

Millie Phiri, Sonia Naidoo, Nadia Ibraimo 17 Oct 2017

More trees, better farming could slash carbon emissions: study

More trees, better farming could slash carbon emissions: study

17 Oct 2017

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Photo: HSI (Image Supplied)

Nestlé to complete transition to cage-free egg supply chain in Africa by 2025

6 Nov 2017

Neil Palmer (CIAT) via

Africa pushes for gains on genetic materials

Johnson Kanamugire 6 Nov 2017

EC food prices rise: Farmers at breaking point

3 Nov 2017

An Antarctic icebreaker sails past a penguin. But conservationists are still waiting for their own breakthrough. John B. Weller, author provided

Why are talks over an East Antarctic marine park still deadlocked?

Cassandra Brooks 3 Nov 2017

Western Cape drought a growing concern, lack of water has far-reaching consequences

Western Cape drought a growing concern, lack of water has far-reaching consequences

3 Nov 2017

Project to help Africa farm its savannahs

Victor Kiprop 2 Nov 2017

#EntrepreneurMonth: A different perspective on sugar from the sugarcane fields of Mauritius

#EntrepreneurMonth: A different perspective on sugar from the sugarcane fields of Mauritius

Cari Coetzee 2 Nov 2017

From left: Prof Eugene Cloete (vice-rector: research, innovation and postgraduate studies of Stellenbosch University), the Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, and Willem Botes (research leader of Stellenbosch University’s Plant Breeding Laboratory). Photo: Stefan Els

Wheat Breeding Platform launched to improve wheat production, yields

1 Nov 2017

Prof Kennedy Dzama

SU professor recognised for research on genetics of indigenous South African livestock species

31 Oct 2017

Image Source: . Photo: Leon Lestrade

City's food basket faces uncertain future

Mary-Anne Gontsana 30 Oct 2017

From waste to healthy soils: Why composting is the green thing to do

27 Oct 2017

Farm murders: South Africans urged to observe 'Black Monday'

Farm murders: South Africans urged to observe 'Black Monday'

27 Oct 2017

Agriculture sector expects job-loss bloodbath, with 50,000 possibly out of work

Agriculture sector expects job-loss bloodbath, with 50,000 possibly out of work

Aphiwe Deklerk 26 Oct 2017

Image Source: . Photo: ANA PHOTO

#MTBPS2017: Little to instil agribusiness confidence, allay fears around policy uncertainty

26 Oct 2017

Bayer bolsters smallholder wool production in the Eastern Cape

Bayer bolsters smallholder wool production in the Eastern Cape

26 Oct 2017

SAB Foundation awards over R9m to small social enterprises

SAB Foundation awards over R9m to small social enterprises

25 Oct 2017

Phillip Oosthuizen and Dr. Piet Swiegers (Image Supplied)

Sernick launches research and innovation division to improve beef production

25 Oct 2017

Seven ways wine farms can protect SA's natural resources

Seven ways wine farms can protect SA's natural resources

25 Oct 2017

Neil Palmer (CIAT) via

Can index insurance make African farmers climate-resilient?

Wambi Michael 25 Oct 2017

Mega-mergers will squeeze farmers, push up food prices, experts warn

Alex Whiting 24 Oct 2017

Policy interventions essential to optimise South Africa's agricultural output

Policy interventions essential to optimise South Africa's agricultural output

Wessel Lemmer 24 Oct 2017

Farming initiative empowers emerging tobacco farmers, accelerates agricultural transformation

24 Oct 2017

WAZA signs MoU to help make sustainably produced palm oil the norm

20 Oct 2017

Free-Photos via

New campaign launched to contain a major threat to banana production

19 Oct 2017

Separating myths from facts: Understanding food labels and innovation in food production

Separating myths from facts: Understanding food labels and innovation in food production

19 Oct 2017

Bees in the city: Designing green roofs for pollinators

Catherine Howell, Jennifer Drake and Liat Margolis 18 Oct 2017

SACAU: Agriculture can play a critical role in eradicating poverty

SACAU: Agriculture can play a critical role in eradicating poverty

18 Oct 2017

The traditional vegetable and sweet potato research that's revolutionising the way we build food and nutrition security in Africa

Millie Phiri, Sonia Naidoo, Nadia Ibraimo 17 Oct 2017

Integrated policy approach needed to ensure sustainable food systems

Integrated policy approach needed to ensure sustainable food systems

17 Oct 2017

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Dangote initiative engages unemployed youth in rice farming

17 Oct 2017

More trees, better farming could slash carbon emissions: study

More trees, better farming could slash carbon emissions: study

17 Oct 2017

#WorldFoodDay: Access to data vital for empowering smallholders, building resilience

#WorldFoodDay: Access to data vital for empowering smallholders, building resilience

16 Oct 2017

#WorldFoodDay: Transforming the agricultural sector by unlocking the potential of smallholder farmers

Dr Klaus Eckstein 16 Oct 2017

#WorldFoodDay: Investing in agricultural education can help feed future populations

#WorldFoodDay: Investing in agricultural education can help feed future populations

Cari Coetzee 16 Oct 2017

Organic farming matters - just not in the way you think

Verena Seufert, Navin Ramankutty 13 Oct 2017

Underwater nurseries help revive Mediterranean fish stocks

13 Oct 2017

Avian flu may spread via aerosol and droplets

Avian flu may spread via aerosol and droplets

12 Oct 2017

CGIAR wants to build a big data platform and innovate with startups to help smallholder farmers

11 Oct 2017

Report: Agriculture can power transformation of African economies

11 Oct 2017

NGOs slam UN aviation agency plan for biofuels

NGOs slam UN aviation agency plan for biofuels

11 Oct 2017