Mzansi Agriculture Talk
Covid-19 Watch
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3.6KLivestock disease control and its reliance on human behavioural changes
The novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) causes severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) emerged in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, and was...
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3.3KEconomic Impact of COVID-19: What you should know before delving into numbers
COVID-19 outbreak presents multifaceted economic effects. It might be too soon to do an economic impact assessment and to forecast for the...
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3.1KOvercoming the fear of the COVID-19 as a threat to smallholder business sales
The recent outbreak of the epidemic Corona virus disease ‘COVID-19” brought fear, not only to the sector of agriculture, but to the...
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3.2KOpinion: Building trust in PPPs for agriculture– some food for thought
“positive expectations about another’s motives with respect to oneself in situations entailing risks”
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3.5KNERPO calls for consequence management against farmers who ignore Covid-19 regulations
The National Emergent Redmeat Producers Organisation (NERPO) has reacted with shock and disbelief following the report that there are some farm owners...
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3.0KAPAC shares preventative measures for livestock auctions
The Agricultural Produce Agents Council (APAC) has shared some preventative measures for all livestock auctions across the country during lockdown. The Minister...
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2.7KCOVID 19 – what about us?
MEC Ramathuba clarion call barely scratched the surface.
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3.5KActing swiftly could help consumers access affordable poultry meat during COVID 19 pandemic
Poultry meat provides about 60% of animal protein consumed by South Africans. The importance of the industry in food security cannot be exaggerated, however, the local...
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3.1KCOVID-19: FAO breaks down the food supply economics
Breaking down the food supply economics amid Covid-19 – A scenario mapping by FAO A battle plan for ensuring global food supplies...
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3.9KCOVID-19: Agriculture and food supply sector remains vital during this period
The government has maintained its stance that the agriculture and food supply sector remains a vital cog during this period. In terms...
