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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

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

Transforming agriculture critical to address food security, climate change challenges

27 Sep 2016

Four threats to global food security and what we can do about them

Four threats to global food security and what we can do about them

Stuart Thompson 23 Sep 2016

FSA brings drought relief to struggling emerging farmers

22 Sep 2016

By Gerhard Roux –

Climate change health risks will hit the poor hardest - so what can be done?

Bob Mash 14 Sep 2016

Checkers partners with Food and Trees for Africa to establish sustainable food gardens

Checkers partners with Food and Trees for Africa to establish sustainable food gardens

6 Sep 2016

#InnovationMonth: Stories of Impact shared at AUx

#InnovationMonth: Stories of Impact shared at AUx

Sindy Peters 5 Sep 2016

ValeriaRodrigues via

Healthy oceans important drivers of African prosperity, food security

2 Sep 2016

Image by Tawanda Marandure

How agriculture can be intensified in Africa without causing harm

Tawanda Marandure and Kennedy Dzama 2 Sep 2016

Algae may be the answer to world's food problems

Algae may be the answer to world's food problems

JP Géné 1 Sep 2016

You are what you eat: congress to address food and nutrition challenges

You are what you eat: congress to address food and nutrition challenges

26 Aug 2016

Drought in southern Africa today: a preview of what climate change could bring and how African farmers can adapt

Drought in southern Africa today: a preview of what climate change could bring and how African farmers can adapt

25 Aug 2016

#WomensMonth: empowering women for the sake of food security

#WomensMonth: empowering women for the sake of food security

Cari Van Wyk 24 Aug 2016

Investing in science can help put food on Africa's plates

Investing in science can help put food on Africa's plates

John Butler-Adam 22 Aug 2016

Myths and Facts: addressing the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals

Myths and Facts: addressing the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals

19 Aug 2016

Green beans: why pulses are the eco-friendly option for feeding - and saving - the world

Green beans: why pulses are the eco-friendly option for feeding - and saving - the world

Caroline Wood and Wayne Martindale 18 Aug 2016

SU faculties join forces for new MSc programme focused on food security

SU faculties join forces for new MSc programme focused on food security

18 Aug 2016

New agribusiness models embed sustainability in agriculture

New agribusiness models embed sustainability in agriculture

17 Aug 2016

Why we need to unite to feed children while at school

Why we need to unite to feed children while at school

Peninsula School Feeding Association 16 Aug 2016

Stevie Mann via - Ethiopia's Ghibe valley

Ethiopia's last chance to plant

16 Aug 2016

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

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Transforming agriculture critical to address food security, climate change challenges

27 Sep 2016

Four threats to global food security and what we can do about them

Four threats to global food security and what we can do about them

Stuart Thompson 23 Sep 2016

FSA brings drought relief to struggling emerging farmers

22 Sep 2016

By Gerhard Roux –

Climate change health risks will hit the poor hardest - so what can be done?

Bob Mash 14 Sep 2016

Checkers partners with Food and Trees for Africa to establish sustainable food gardens

Checkers partners with Food and Trees for Africa to establish sustainable food gardens

6 Sep 2016

#InnovationMonth: Stories of Impact shared at AUx

#InnovationMonth: Stories of Impact shared at AUx

Sindy Peters 5 Sep 2016

ValeriaRodrigues via

Healthy oceans important drivers of African prosperity, food security

2 Sep 2016

Image by Tawanda Marandure

How agriculture can be intensified in Africa without causing harm

Tawanda Marandure and Kennedy Dzama 2 Sep 2016

Algae may be the answer to world's food problems

Algae may be the answer to world's food problems

JP Géné 1 Sep 2016

You are what you eat: congress to address food and nutrition challenges

You are what you eat: congress to address food and nutrition challenges

26 Aug 2016

Drought in southern Africa today: a preview of what climate change could bring and how African farmers can adapt

Drought in southern Africa today: a preview of what climate change could bring and how African farmers can adapt

25 Aug 2016

#WomensMonth: empowering women for the sake of food security

#WomensMonth: empowering women for the sake of food security

Cari Van Wyk 24 Aug 2016

Investing in science can help put food on Africa's plates

Investing in science can help put food on Africa's plates

John Butler-Adam 22 Aug 2016

Myths and Facts: addressing the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals

Myths and Facts: addressing the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals

19 Aug 2016

Green beans: why pulses are the eco-friendly option for feeding - and saving - the world

Green beans: why pulses are the eco-friendly option for feeding - and saving - the world

Caroline Wood and Wayne Martindale 18 Aug 2016

SU faculties join forces for new MSc programme focused on food security

SU faculties join forces for new MSc programme focused on food security

18 Aug 2016

New agribusiness models embed sustainability in agriculture

New agribusiness models embed sustainability in agriculture

17 Aug 2016

Why we need to unite to feed children while at school

Why we need to unite to feed children while at school

Peninsula School Feeding Association 16 Aug 2016

Stevie Mann via - Ethiopia's Ghibe valley

Ethiopia's last chance to plant

16 Aug 2016

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