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

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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

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5 steps to decarbonising and digitising your fleet

5 steps to decarbonising and digitising your fleet

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Millions spent to keep taps running

Millions spent to keep taps running

Roxanne Henderson 9 Jan 2017

Incubating ideas on how southern Africa can manage the Anthropocene

Incubating ideas on how southern Africa can manage the Anthropocene

Laura Pereira et al. 6 Jan 2017

Innovative sustainability at Boschendal

Innovative sustainability at Boschendal

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(Left to right) Alain Ebobisse, CEO, Africa50, Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, deputy governor of Jigawa State, Terje Pilskog, executive vice president, Scatec Solar, Børge Brende, the Norwegian foreign minister and Mark Davis, investment director, Norfund.

Nigeria's Nova Scotia solar project gets new investors

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High-tech agriculture can prevent oncoming global water wars

High-tech agriculture can prevent oncoming global water wars

Rupesh Paudyal 28 Dec 2016

By Kate Holt_AusAID –

Gender equality in agriculture holds key to food security, poverty alleviation

23 Dec 2016

Source: Eren Renewable Energy

Huge solar plant beams power, hope to rural Uganda

22 Dec 2016

Community-scale projects are Africa's energy future

Community-scale projects are Africa's energy future

21 Dec 2016

KZN works to build food security

KZN works to build food security

21 Dec 2016

Ethiopia inaugurates dam to double energy output

Ethiopia inaugurates dam to double energy output

20 Dec 2016

Growing Healthy Farms trains emerging farmers, feeds orphans

Growing Healthy Farms trains emerging farmers, feeds orphans

20 Dec 2016

Call for further assistance in drought relief

Call for further assistance in drought relief

19 Dec 2016

FAO Council approves new climate change department

15 Dec 2016

(Source: Access Power)

Uganda's Soroti Solar Plant begins operations

15 Dec 2016

Eskom must change its business model to stay competitive

Eskom must change its business model to stay competitive

Bruse Raw 15 Dec 2016

Zimbabwe responding to limitations of hydro power

Zimbabwe responding to limitations of hydro power

James Shepherd 15 Dec 2016

Survey reveals what South Africans think about clean energy

Survey reveals what South Africans think about clean energy

15 Dec 2016

Why Zimbabwe has failed to sate the yearning for land and to fix rural hunger

Why Zimbabwe has failed to sate the yearning for land and to fix rural hunger

Beverly L. Peters 13 Dec 2016

#BestofBiz 2016: CSI & Sustainability

#BestofBiz 2016: CSI & Sustainability

12 Dec 2016

Battling climate change with holistic solutions

Battling climate change with holistic solutions

Jamie Matroos 9 Dec 2016

Mondelez initiative to enhance capacity of cocoa farmers

7 Dec 2016

Building real sustainability in renewables projects

Building real sustainability in renewables projects

7 Dec 2016

Sustainable farming is water smart farming

Sustainable farming is water smart farming

UTZ 7 Dec 2016

Soil and pulses strategic allies in creating food security, combating climate change

Soil and pulses strategic allies in creating food security, combating climate change

6 Dec 2016

Three keystones in reaching Africa's energy goals

Three keystones in reaching Africa's energy goals

Fola Esan 6 Dec 2016

Charging up developing nations with solar energy

Charging up developing nations with solar energy

Emile Uys 6 Dec 2016

Mainstreaming biodiversity to create sustainable agriculture

Mainstreaming biodiversity to create sustainable agriculture

6 Dec 2016

Max Edkins, climate change and communications expert at the World Bank’s Connect4Climate programme

Time to tell SA's renewable energy story

5 Dec 2016

Megatrends pose defence, security challenges - PwC report

Megatrends pose defence, security challenges - PwC report

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Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants

Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants

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Incubating ideas on how southern Africa can manage the Anthropocene

Incubating ideas on how southern Africa can manage the Anthropocene

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Innovative sustainability at Boschendal

Innovative sustainability at Boschendal

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(Left to right) Alain Ebobisse, CEO, Africa50, Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, deputy governor of Jigawa State, Terje Pilskog, executive vice president, Scatec Solar, Børge Brende, the Norwegian foreign minister and Mark Davis, investment director, Norfund.

Nigeria's Nova Scotia solar project gets new investors

29 Dec 2016

High-tech agriculture can prevent oncoming global water wars

High-tech agriculture can prevent oncoming global water wars

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By Kate Holt_AusAID –

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Source: Eren Renewable Energy

Huge solar plant beams power, hope to rural Uganda

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KZN works to build food security

KZN works to build food security

21 Dec 2016

Community-scale projects are Africa's energy future

Community-scale projects are Africa's energy future

21 Dec 2016

Ethiopia inaugurates dam to double energy output

Ethiopia inaugurates dam to double energy output

20 Dec 2016

Growing Healthy Farms trains emerging farmers, feeds orphans

Growing Healthy Farms trains emerging farmers, feeds orphans

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Call for further assistance in drought relief

Call for further assistance in drought relief

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FAO Council approves new climate change department

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(Source: Access Power)

Uganda's Soroti Solar Plant begins operations

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Eskom must change its business model to stay competitive

Eskom must change its business model to stay competitive

Bruse Raw 15 Dec 2016

Zimbabwe responding to limitations of hydro power

Zimbabwe responding to limitations of hydro power

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Survey reveals what South Africans think about clean energy

Survey reveals what South Africans think about clean energy

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Why Zimbabwe has failed to sate the yearning for land and to fix rural hunger

Why Zimbabwe has failed to sate the yearning for land and to fix rural hunger

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#BestofBiz 2016: CSI & Sustainability

#BestofBiz 2016: CSI & Sustainability

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Battling climate change with holistic solutions

Battling climate change with holistic solutions

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Mondelez initiative to enhance capacity of cocoa farmers

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Building real sustainability in renewables projects

Building real sustainability in renewables projects

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Sustainable farming is water smart farming

Sustainable farming is water smart farming

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Soil and pulses strategic allies in creating food security, combating climate change

Soil and pulses strategic allies in creating food security, combating climate change

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Three keystones in reaching Africa's energy goals

Three keystones in reaching Africa's energy goals

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Charging up developing nations with solar energy

Charging up developing nations with solar energy

Emile Uys 6 Dec 2016

Mainstreaming biodiversity to create sustainable agriculture

Mainstreaming biodiversity to create sustainable agriculture

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Time to tell SA's renewable energy story

5 Dec 2016

Megatrends pose defence, security challenges - PwC report

Megatrends pose defence, security challenges - PwC report

5 Dec 2016

Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants

Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants

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South Africa's water sector: a case study in state capture

South Africa's water sector: a case study in state capture

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WHC Leak-Less Valves aims to solve SA's water problems

WHC Leak-Less Valves aims to solve SA's water problems

2 Dec 2016

Interest groups call for more time to comment on IEP and IRP

Interest groups call for more time to comment on IEP and IRP

1 Dec 2016

Renewables body calls for public participation in IEP and IRP

Renewables body calls for public participation in IEP and IRP

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Making hydropower bankable in Africa

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Source: Africa Green Tec

Mali solar project will reduce power costs by 75%

23 Nov 2016

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DAFF sets West Coast Rock Lobster quota higher than recommended

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Meeting green ambitions requires a coordinated approach

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Implementing climate smart agriculture up for discussion at COP22

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