Mzansi Agriculture Talk
Science
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657Soil as a resource for smallholder farmers to improve production
Soil is ubiquitous but doesn’t get much attention because the most interesting features are out of sight, beneath the surface. Soil provides...
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406Climate Smart Agriculture Talks: DEFF CSA guidelines missing the target
The actionable guidelines on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices, released in 2020 by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) clearly ignore...
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691Exciting fellowship opportunity with FSNet-Africa
I’m pleased to announce that the call for applications to the Food Systems Research Network for Africa (FSNet-Africa) Fellowship Programme has opened...
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1.0KDeciduous fruit industry launches tissue culture facility
Encouraging signs that South African agriculture is surging towards technology was evidenced at the recent launch of the state-of-the-art Tissue Culture Facility...
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774WTO funds fruit fly free project led by ARC
On Tuesday 1 September, the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) was appointed project coordinator of the fruit fly free production in Southern Africa....
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799Part 3: Management of Ewes, last 6 weeks of pregnancy
80% of the growth of the foetus occurs in the last six weeks. Ewes therefore have to pick up weight to prevent...
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719Part 2: Management of Ewes during middle trimester of pregnancy
Pregnant ewes are more efficient than dry ewes in picking up weight and their requirements for supplements in this phase is not...
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834State of innovation in agriculture
On 28th August, the Department of Science and Technology together with the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) hosted a webinar on...
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1.5KImproved cow efficiency can reduce the carbon footprint of beef production
Motshabi Chadyiwa, Agricultural Research Council-Animal Production An effective way to reduce the carbon footprint is to reduce animal numbers and increase the...
