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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

Nedbank announces R25m boost to safeguard water, biodiversity and job security

Nedbank announces R25m boost to safeguard water, biodiversity and job security

7 Aug 2019

Illovo Sugar Africa and partners launch LandAssess Tool

Illovo Sugar Africa and partners launch LandAssess Tool

31 Jul 2019

Irrigation earns flood-prone farmers US$4,344 a hectare

Irrigation earns flood-prone farmers US$4,344 a hectare

30 Jul 2019

Undercover farming helps overcome climate change challenges

Undercover farming helps overcome climate change challenges

Carin Venter 25 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Kangnas Wind Farm celebrates first turbine lift

Kangnas Wind Farm celebrates first turbine lift

23 Jul 2019

South Africa’s agriculture and food production industries are exempt from the carbon tax - for now. Shutterstock

South Africa's carbon tax matters - for the economy and tackling climate change

Mmatlou Kalaba & Heinrich Bohlmann 19 Jul 2019

Northern Cape farmers receive drought relief support

Northern Cape farmers receive drought relief support

12 Jul 2019

Agroecology as innovation

Agroecology as innovation

Timothy A. Wise 11 Jul 2019

SCA halts fracking exploration in the Eastern Cape

5 Jul 2019

Distell, Separation at Source launch Khayelitsha-based recycling programme

Distell, Separation at Source launch Khayelitsha-based recycling programme

1 Jul 2019

CoCT calls for suspension on octopus fishing

28 Jun 2019

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

21 Jun 2019

Anouk Sijmonsma explains what PMA Fresh Connections: Southern Africa is all about

Anouk Sijmonsma explains what PMA Fresh Connections: Southern Africa is all about

Produce Marketing Association 20 Jun 2019

New growth opportunities for eco-friendly pesticides

19 Jun 2019

KNP continues demolition of artificial dams to safeguard fish livelihood

18 Jun 2019

Agricultural innovation needed to improve farmers' resilience to drought, says FAO

Agricultural innovation needed to improve farmers' resilience to drought, says FAO

18 Jun 2019

Spinach is more prone to carrying bacteria and pathogens, study finds.

Careful with spinach, no matter where you buy it

Mologadi Makwela 12 Jun 2019

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CoCT develops methods to combat invasive tree beetle infestation

11 Jun 2019

Cut the greenwash. Get the facts straight about paper and recycling

Cut the greenwash. Get the facts straight about paper and recycling

Samantha Choles 10 Jun 2019

How Fair Cape Dairies made its packaging more recyclable

How Fair Cape Dairies made its packaging more recyclable

3 Jun 2019

Farmer-to-farmer programme launches in Zimbabwe

Farmer-to-farmer programme launches in Zimbabwe

31 May 2019

Do you have a frog in your orchid?

Do you have a frog in your orchid?

30 May 2019

How design thinking united Malawian researchers and farmers

How design thinking united Malawian researchers and farmers

Kurt R. Richter and Bill Heinrich 28 May 2019

Luke Dale Roberts

Luke Dale Roberts joins Farm Africa's Chefs for Change initiative in Kenya

27 May 2019

Farm smarter, not harder: Key to satisfying the growing demand for wine

Farm smarter, not harder: Key to satisfying the growing demand for wine

Daneel Rossouw 17 May 2019

Forum challenges African businesses to dive into the Blue Economy

Forum challenges African businesses to dive into the Blue Economy

10 May 2019

Why rooftop farms may be the next big thing

Why rooftop farms may be the next big thing

30 Apr 2019

Mon Choco's eco-friendly Easter eggs

Mon Choco's eco-friendly Easter eggs

18 Apr 2019

Wealth from waste - three ways pollution can be turned into something useful

Wealth from waste - three ways pollution can be turned into something useful

Maria Sotenko 11 Apr 2019

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Illovo Sugar Africa and partners launch LandAssess Tool

Illovo Sugar Africa and partners launch LandAssess Tool

31 Jul 2019

Irrigation earns flood-prone farmers US$4,344 a hectare

Irrigation earns flood-prone farmers US$4,344 a hectare

30 Jul 2019

Undercover farming helps overcome climate change challenges

Undercover farming helps overcome climate change challenges

Carin Venter 25 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Kangnas Wind Farm celebrates first turbine lift

Kangnas Wind Farm celebrates first turbine lift

23 Jul 2019

South Africa’s agriculture and food production industries are exempt from the carbon tax - for now. Shutterstock

South Africa's carbon tax matters - for the economy and tackling climate change

Mmatlou Kalaba & Heinrich Bohlmann 19 Jul 2019

Northern Cape farmers receive drought relief support

Northern Cape farmers receive drought relief support

12 Jul 2019

Agroecology as innovation

Agroecology as innovation

Timothy A. Wise 11 Jul 2019

SCA halts fracking exploration in the Eastern Cape

5 Jul 2019

Distell, Separation at Source launch Khayelitsha-based recycling programme

Distell, Separation at Source launch Khayelitsha-based recycling programme

1 Jul 2019

CoCT calls for suspension on octopus fishing

28 Jun 2019

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

21 Jun 2019

Anouk Sijmonsma explains what PMA Fresh Connections: Southern Africa is all about

Anouk Sijmonsma explains what PMA Fresh Connections: Southern Africa is all about

Produce Marketing Association 20 Jun 2019

New growth opportunities for eco-friendly pesticides

19 Jun 2019

KNP continues demolition of artificial dams to safeguard fish livelihood

18 Jun 2019

Agricultural innovation needed to improve farmers' resilience to drought, says FAO

Agricultural innovation needed to improve farmers' resilience to drought, says FAO

18 Jun 2019

Spinach is more prone to carrying bacteria and pathogens, study finds.

Careful with spinach, no matter where you buy it

Mologadi Makwela 12 Jun 2019

photographieundmehr via

CoCT develops methods to combat invasive tree beetle infestation

11 Jun 2019

Cut the greenwash. Get the facts straight about paper and recycling

Cut the greenwash. Get the facts straight about paper and recycling

Samantha Choles 10 Jun 2019

How Fair Cape Dairies made its packaging more recyclable

How Fair Cape Dairies made its packaging more recyclable

3 Jun 2019

Farmer-to-farmer programme launches in Zimbabwe

Farmer-to-farmer programme launches in Zimbabwe

31 May 2019

Do you have a frog in your orchid?

Do you have a frog in your orchid?

30 May 2019

How design thinking united Malawian researchers and farmers

How design thinking united Malawian researchers and farmers

Kurt R. Richter and Bill Heinrich 28 May 2019

Luke Dale Roberts

Luke Dale Roberts joins Farm Africa's Chefs for Change initiative in Kenya

27 May 2019

Farm smarter, not harder: Key to satisfying the growing demand for wine

Farm smarter, not harder: Key to satisfying the growing demand for wine

Daneel Rossouw 17 May 2019

Forum challenges African businesses to dive into the Blue Economy

Forum challenges African businesses to dive into the Blue Economy

10 May 2019

Why rooftop farms may be the next big thing

Why rooftop farms may be the next big thing

30 Apr 2019

Mon Choco's eco-friendly Easter eggs

Mon Choco's eco-friendly Easter eggs

18 Apr 2019

Wealth from waste - three ways pollution can be turned into something useful

Wealth from waste - three ways pollution can be turned into something useful

Maria Sotenko 11 Apr 2019

From grain to glass: Pernod Ricard's roadmap to sustainability

From grain to glass: Pernod Ricard's roadmap to sustainability

10 Apr 2019

UJ to host inaugural African Conference on Vertical Farming and Urban Agriculture

UJ to host inaugural African Conference on Vertical Farming and Urban Agriculture

5 Apr 2019

Giba Communal Property Association signs partnership agreement with private investor

Giba Communal Property Association signs partnership agreement with private investor

4 Apr 2019

FAO, ADEPT partner to promote potential of African diaspora in agribusiness

FAO, ADEPT partner to promote potential of African diaspora in agribusiness

4 Apr 2019

Three ways cities can help feed the world, without costing the Earth

Three ways cities can help feed the world, without costing the Earth

Silvio Caputo 4 Apr 2019

The Great Migration river crossing. Image source:

People are taking a huge toll on the plains of the Serengeti-Mara

Joseph Ogutu 2 Apr 2019

Mondelez to add Cocoa Life / 'Helping Farmers to Grow' symbol on chocolate products

Mondelez to add Cocoa Life / 'Helping Farmers to Grow' symbol on chocolate products

2 Apr 2019

Feeding farm animals seaweed could help fight antibiotic resistance and climate change

Feeding farm animals seaweed could help fight antibiotic resistance and climate change

Lauren Ford and Pamela Judith Walsh 1 Apr 2019

Syngenta to support Zambian farmers with sustainable farming solutions

Syngenta to support Zambian farmers with sustainable farming solutions

29 Mar 2019

Blue economy: Experts call for sustainable exploitation

Blue economy: Experts call for sustainable exploitation

Ruth Waruhiu 25 Mar 2019

Irrigating Africa: Can small-scale farmers lead the way?

Irrigating Africa: Can small-scale farmers lead the way?

Ian Scoones 20 Mar 2019

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