Science

Climate 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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Exciting 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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Deciduous 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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WTO 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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Part 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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Part 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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State 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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Improved 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...

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Part 3: Choice of breeding

“Into markets’ The performance recording information is the “qualifications” of the bull. In other words, what level of education does the potential...