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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

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 continues

By Matthew Hirsch 12 Jul 2024

5 steps to decarbonising and digitising your fleet

5 steps to decarbonising and digitising your fleet

12 Jul 2024

Taking a different approach to food security challenges and environmental sustainability

11 Aug 2016

Pioneer is growing its hybrid corn seed scheme further into Africa

Tshepiso Mokhema 11 Aug 2016

Mike Blyth via - Farmers in Nigeria

FAO: urgent farming support needed for 385,000 people in Nigeria

10 Aug 2016

#WomensMonth: Kate Schrire and The Creamery of the crop

#WomensMonth: Kate Schrire and The Creamery of the crop

Jessica Tennant 2 Aug 2016

not not phil via

The revolution that matters to Africa

Carl Manlan 2 Aug 2016

Spur Foundation is on a mission to nourish SA children

Spur Foundation is on a mission to nourish SA children

1 Aug 2016

USAID Africa Bureau via

A race against time: ensuring farming support in drought-ravaged Southern Africa

29 Jul 2016

Tshwane Agropolitan Village boost food and energy security

28 Jul 2016

Paul Ntshabele of Sakata; Siviwe Mponzo, a St John's College student; Ndaba Mandela of Africa Rising Foundation; Rural Development and Agrarian Reform MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane; Nangamso Phuthumani of Milton Mbekela and KSD Mayor, Councillor Nonkoliso Ngqongwa showing off some of the vegetables seeds planted in 67 plots at Nelson Mandela's farm in Qunu as part of Nelson Mandela Day. Image credit: Mvusiwekhaya Sicwetsha

Mandela's Community Garden: 67 plots of land for 67 children on Madiba's farm

27 Jul 2016

AfDB committed to building resilience of African agriculture

AfDB committed to building resilience of African agriculture

26 Jul 2016

Better forest management needed for building sustainable agriculture

Better forest management needed for building sustainable agriculture

25 Jul 2016

By Annabel Symington - The road to Timbuktu, Mali, CC BY 2.0,

Snapshot on forests, land use in drylands to date

20 Jul 2016

Reinventing agriculture using supercharged carbon recyclers

Sindy Peters 19 Jul 2016

#MandelaMonth: Forgood offers something for everyone this #MandelaDay

#MandelaMonth: Forgood offers something for everyone this #MandelaDay

Sindy Peters 14 Jul 2016

ENOUGH: Global food production under threat, innovation needed

ENOUGH: Global food production under threat, innovation needed

13 Jul 2016

#MandelaMonth: KFC adds hope R2 at a time

#MandelaMonth: KFC adds hope R2 at a time

Jessica Tennant 12 Jul 2016

Report urges more work to curb overfishing despite progress

11 Jul 2016

Funky cappuccinos for farmers in need

8 Jul 2016

UN aims to boost response to El Niño's impact and prepare for La Niña

UN aims to boost response to El Niño's impact and prepare for La Niña

8 Jul 2016

Photo/International Institute of Tropical Agriculture/Flickr

Growing food in thin air

7 Jul 2016

Prince Albert II of Monaco and (from left to right) Laurence Tubiana, Maja Hoffman (representing Luc Hoffmann), founder and president of the LUMA Foundation and LUMA Arles et LUMA Arles, VP of the Tour du Valat Foundation, Dhesigen Naidoo of the Water Research Commission of South Africa (© FPA2)

WRC receives Water Award 2016

4 Jul 2016

#MandelaMonth: Sun International, Stop Hunger Now aim to feed two million

#MandelaMonth: Sun International, Stop Hunger Now aim to feed two million

1 Jul 2016

Faking food security

Faking food security

1 Jul 2016

Kate Holt/AusAID via

African hunger policy silent on climate risks

Baraka Rateng 29 Jun 2016

Call to restaurants to enter new sustainability award

Call to restaurants to enter new sustainability award

29 Jun 2016

Pulses: your way to better health

Pulses: your way to better health

27 Jun 2016

Crop yields will fall within next decade due to climate change unless action is taken, says new study

22 Jun 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa has a long way to go before it cracks food insecurity

Sub-Saharan Africa has a long way to go before it cracks food insecurity

Xikombiso Mbhenyane and Irene Labuschagne 21 Jun 2016

Chantell Ilbury

There is still hope for SA to play in the premier league

Derick van der Walt 14 Jun 2016

- Sizwe Nyuka Mlenzana at his Ekasi Green Project. Photo: Pumla Tuko

Making gardens in Khayelitsha's sandy soil

Pumla Tuko 14 Jun 2016

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Taking a different approach to food security challenges and environmental sustainability

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Pioneer is growing its hybrid corn seed scheme further into Africa

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Mike Blyth via - Farmers in Nigeria

FAO: urgent farming support needed for 385,000 people in Nigeria

10 Aug 2016

#WomensMonth: Kate Schrire and The Creamery of the crop

#WomensMonth: Kate Schrire and The Creamery of the crop

Jessica Tennant 2 Aug 2016

not not phil via

The revolution that matters to Africa

Carl Manlan 2 Aug 2016

Spur Foundation is on a mission to nourish SA children

Spur Foundation is on a mission to nourish SA children

1 Aug 2016

USAID Africa Bureau via

A race against time: ensuring farming support in drought-ravaged Southern Africa

29 Jul 2016

Tshwane Agropolitan Village boost food and energy security

28 Jul 2016

Paul Ntshabele of Sakata; Siviwe Mponzo, a St John's College student; Ndaba Mandela of Africa Rising Foundation; Rural Development and Agrarian Reform MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane; Nangamso Phuthumani of Milton Mbekela and KSD Mayor, Councillor Nonkoliso Ngqongwa showing off some of the vegetables seeds planted in 67 plots at Nelson Mandela's farm in Qunu as part of Nelson Mandela Day. Image credit: Mvusiwekhaya Sicwetsha

Mandela's Community Garden: 67 plots of land for 67 children on Madiba's farm

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AfDB committed to building resilience of African agriculture

AfDB committed to building resilience of African agriculture

26 Jul 2016

Better forest management needed for building sustainable agriculture

Better forest management needed for building sustainable agriculture

25 Jul 2016

By Annabel Symington - The road to Timbuktu, Mali, CC BY 2.0,

Snapshot on forests, land use in drylands to date

20 Jul 2016

Reinventing agriculture using supercharged carbon recyclers

Sindy Peters 19 Jul 2016

#MandelaMonth: Forgood offers something for everyone this #MandelaDay

#MandelaMonth: Forgood offers something for everyone this #MandelaDay

Sindy Peters 14 Jul 2016

ENOUGH: Global food production under threat, innovation needed

ENOUGH: Global food production under threat, innovation needed

13 Jul 2016

#MandelaMonth: KFC adds hope R2 at a time

#MandelaMonth: KFC adds hope R2 at a time

Jessica Tennant 12 Jul 2016

Report urges more work to curb overfishing despite progress

11 Jul 2016

Funky cappuccinos for farmers in need

8 Jul 2016

UN aims to boost response to El Niño's impact and prepare for La Niña

UN aims to boost response to El Niño's impact and prepare for La Niña

8 Jul 2016

Photo/International Institute of Tropical Agriculture/Flickr

Growing food in thin air

7 Jul 2016

Prince Albert II of Monaco and (from left to right) Laurence Tubiana, Maja Hoffman (representing Luc Hoffmann), founder and president of the LUMA Foundation and LUMA Arles et LUMA Arles, VP of the Tour du Valat Foundation, Dhesigen Naidoo of the Water Research Commission of South Africa (© FPA2)

WRC receives Water Award 2016

4 Jul 2016

#MandelaMonth: Sun International, Stop Hunger Now aim to feed two million

#MandelaMonth: Sun International, Stop Hunger Now aim to feed two million

1 Jul 2016

Faking food security

Faking food security

1 Jul 2016

Kate Holt/AusAID via

African hunger policy silent on climate risks

Baraka Rateng 29 Jun 2016

Call to restaurants to enter new sustainability award

Call to restaurants to enter new sustainability award

29 Jun 2016

Pulses: your way to better health

Pulses: your way to better health

27 Jun 2016

Crop yields will fall within next decade due to climate change unless action is taken, says new study

22 Jun 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa has a long way to go before it cracks food insecurity

Sub-Saharan Africa has a long way to go before it cracks food insecurity

Xikombiso Mbhenyane and Irene Labuschagne 21 Jun 2016

Chantell Ilbury

There is still hope for SA to play in the premier league

Derick van der Walt 14 Jun 2016

- Sizwe Nyuka Mlenzana at his Ekasi Green Project. Photo: Pumla Tuko

Making gardens in Khayelitsha's sandy soil

Pumla Tuko 14 Jun 2016

Prof Mike Muller

Agriculture's water challenge: more crops and jobs per drop

Derick van der Walt 13 Jun 2016

UN announces global standard to measure food waste

UN announces global standard to measure food waste

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The role of pulses in creating a sustainable world

The role of pulses in creating a sustainable world

8 Jun 2016

Woolworths achieves seafood goals

Woolworths achieves seafood goals

3 Jun 2016

By Kate Holt/AusAID –

12 ways to end hunger, use resources more efficiently

31 May 2016

Mart Bouter via - Namaqualand, Northern Cape

Shell's R1 million donation to bolster Agri SA Drought Relief Fund

31 May 2016

Shoprite and Checkers launch fund to fight winter hunger

Shoprite and Checkers launch fund to fight winter hunger

31 May 2016

UNEP report headlines emerging environmental issues of our time

UNEP report headlines emerging environmental issues of our time

27 May 2016

Women-in-Maize celebrates first harvest season

27 May 2016

By Edukeralam, Navaneeth Krishnan S –

How nanotechnology can help us grow more food using less energy and water

Ramesh Raliya and Pratim Biswas 26 May 2016