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How FoodForward SA's digital tech tackles climate challenges and enhances food access in South Africa

How FoodForward SA's digital tech tackles climate challenges and enhances food access in South AfricaAndy du Plessis, FoodForward SA

People living in makeshift shelters outside the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town have been cold and wet this week. The site is owned by the Department of Public Works. Photos: Matthew Hirsch / Groundup

Shelters scramble as heavy rain continuesMatthew Hirsch

5 steps to decarbonising and digitising your fleet

5 steps to decarbonising and digitising your fleet

Climate smart agriculture key to development

11 Dec 2015

Cooperative members and Tongaat Hulett representatives prepare to plant their food gardens

New food security programme promotes sustainable living

11 Dec 2015

Drought Disaster Fund launched

9 Dec 2015

Making a difference one green meal at a time

Making a difference one green meal at a time

Cari Van Wyk 8 Dec 2015

SASSI Trailblazer Award winners announced

SASSI Trailblazer Award winners announced

2 Dec 2015

Adaptation and coping strategies in the current drought cycle

Adaptation and coping strategies in the current drought cycle

1 Dec 2015

Farmers request inclusion of agriculture in COP 21

30 Nov 2015

Joshua Willson via

Water-energy-food nexus remains an isolated issue

30 Nov 2015

Unsustainable Development Goals: Are 222 indicators too many?

Unsustainable Development Goals: Are 222 indicators too many?

Philippa Garson 27 Nov 2015

Sea Harvest Boat

Sea Harvest committed to fishing sustainably

24 Nov 2015

Tips to get your social report content to work harder

Tips to get your social report content to work harder

16 Nov 2015

South African student-team wins top international case competition with sustainable food production project

South African student-team wins top international case competition with sustainable food production project

UCT Graduate School of Business 11 Nov 2015

UN launches IYP 2016 to battle undernourishment

UN launches IYP 2016 to battle undernourishment

10 Nov 2015

Food for thought at the Spier Secret Festival

Food for thought at the Spier Secret Festival

Ruth Cooper 3 Nov 2015

MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet funds edible garden

MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet funds edible garden

2 Nov 2015

UN agencies expand operations in Southern Africa as poor harvests deepen food insecurity

UN agencies expand operations in Southern Africa as poor harvests deepen food insecurity

21 Oct 2015

Drought crisis deepens

Drought crisis deepens

Penwell Dlamini 19 Oct 2015

Bayer: Africa must become a farming state to feed a growing population

Bayer: Africa must become a farming state to feed a growing population

16 Oct 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa remains in grip of extreme poverty

Sub-Saharan Africa remains in grip of extreme poverty

15 Oct 2015

Bugger that: food that chirps

Bugger that: food that chirps

13 Oct 2015

Food insecurity is a reality for millions of South Africans living in informal settlements

Food insecurity is a reality for millions of South Africans living in informal settlements

Nisha Naicker 13 Oct 2015

Mpumalanga farmers feel the heat as harsh weather persists

Mpumalanga farmers feel the heat as harsh weather persists

13 Oct 2015

Food insecurity is a reality for millions of South Africans living in informal settlements

Food insecurity is a reality for millions of South Africans living in informal settlements

Nisha Naicker 12 Oct 2015

60 million people in sub-Saharan Africa risk famine: Red Cross

60 million people in sub-Saharan Africa risk famine: Red Cross

7 Oct 2015

Curbing water loss in agriculture: Q&A with Christine Colvin

Curbing water loss in agriculture: Q&A with Christine Colvin

1 Oct 2015

UN adopts 17 Global Goals

UN adopts 17 Global Goals

29 Sep 2015

Finding solutions to food and water risks

21 Sep 2015

Therapeutic food production facility opened in Cape Town

Therapeutic food production facility opened in Cape Town

18 Sep 2015

WWF: global marine populations slashed by half since 1970

WWF: global marine populations slashed by half since 1970

16 Sep 2015

Doing good is not enough

Doing good is not enough

Leigh-Anne Acquisto 11 Sep 2015

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Climate smart agriculture key to development

11 Dec 2015

Cooperative members and Tongaat Hulett representatives prepare to plant their food gardens

New food security programme promotes sustainable living

11 Dec 2015

Drought Disaster Fund launched

9 Dec 2015

Making a difference one green meal at a time

Making a difference one green meal at a time

Cari Van Wyk 8 Dec 2015

SASSI Trailblazer Award winners announced

SASSI Trailblazer Award winners announced

2 Dec 2015

Adaptation and coping strategies in the current drought cycle

Adaptation and coping strategies in the current drought cycle

1 Dec 2015

Farmers request inclusion of agriculture in COP 21

30 Nov 2015

Joshua Willson via

Water-energy-food nexus remains an isolated issue

30 Nov 2015

Unsustainable Development Goals: Are 222 indicators too many?

Unsustainable Development Goals: Are 222 indicators too many?

Philippa Garson 27 Nov 2015

Sea Harvest Boat

Sea Harvest committed to fishing sustainably

24 Nov 2015

Tips to get your social report content to work harder

Tips to get your social report content to work harder

16 Nov 2015

South African student-team wins top international case competition with sustainable food production project

South African student-team wins top international case competition with sustainable food production project

UCT Graduate School of Business 11 Nov 2015

UN launches IYP 2016 to battle undernourishment

UN launches IYP 2016 to battle undernourishment

10 Nov 2015

Food for thought at the Spier Secret Festival

Food for thought at the Spier Secret Festival

Ruth Cooper 3 Nov 2015

MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet funds edible garden

MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet funds edible garden

2 Nov 2015

UN agencies expand operations in Southern Africa as poor harvests deepen food insecurity

UN agencies expand operations in Southern Africa as poor harvests deepen food insecurity

21 Oct 2015

Drought crisis deepens

Drought crisis deepens

Penwell Dlamini 19 Oct 2015

Bayer: Africa must become a farming state to feed a growing population

Bayer: Africa must become a farming state to feed a growing population

16 Oct 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa remains in grip of extreme poverty

Sub-Saharan Africa remains in grip of extreme poverty

15 Oct 2015

Bugger that: food that chirps

Bugger that: food that chirps

13 Oct 2015

Food insecurity is a reality for millions of South Africans living in informal settlements

Food insecurity is a reality for millions of South Africans living in informal settlements

Nisha Naicker 13 Oct 2015

Mpumalanga farmers feel the heat as harsh weather persists

Mpumalanga farmers feel the heat as harsh weather persists

13 Oct 2015

Food insecurity is a reality for millions of South Africans living in informal settlements

Food insecurity is a reality for millions of South Africans living in informal settlements

Nisha Naicker 12 Oct 2015

60 million people in sub-Saharan Africa risk famine: Red Cross

60 million people in sub-Saharan Africa risk famine: Red Cross

7 Oct 2015

Curbing water loss in agriculture: Q&A with Christine Colvin

Curbing water loss in agriculture: Q&A with Christine Colvin

1 Oct 2015

UN adopts 17 Global Goals

UN adopts 17 Global Goals

29 Sep 2015

Finding solutions to food and water risks

21 Sep 2015

Therapeutic food production facility opened in Cape Town

Therapeutic food production facility opened in Cape Town

18 Sep 2015

WWF: global marine populations slashed by half since 1970

WWF: global marine populations slashed by half since 1970

16 Sep 2015

Doing good is not enough

Doing good is not enough

Leigh-Anne Acquisto 11 Sep 2015

Kudos to SA for reaching hunger target

Kudos to SA for reaching hunger target

10 Sep 2015

Photograph by Kelvin Trautman

Unilever SA to plant one million trees

10 Sep 2015

Global Goals Campaign hopes to reach seven billion people in seven days

8 Sep 2015

Crop farmers challenged by drought and climate change

Crop farmers challenged by drought and climate change

Zhann Meyer 26 Aug 2015

Back: Eugene Simons (Smallholder), Jessica Bonin (Processing) and Ingrid de Waal (Commercial). Front: Maria Persens (Best Worker), Tenjiwe Kaba (Subsistence) and Geraldine Theunissen (Ministerial Award)

Top Western Cape female entrepreneurs in agriculture crowned

24 Aug 2015

Farming communities facing safety and security challenges

21 Aug 2015

Salvatore Vuono via

New partnership to accelerate innovation in African farming

12 Aug 2015

A not-so-fishy story

A not-so-fishy story

5 Aug 2015

More than half of the continent’s population relies directly or indirectly on forests for livelihood

Africa to debate the sustainable future of forests

3 Aug 2015

Global Youth Ag-Summit addressing global agriculture challenges

Global Youth Ag-Summit addressing global agriculture challenges

31 Jul 2015