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Seed industry rejects government’s classification of NBT as GMO

The National Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) has in October last year, published a notice laying the foundation...

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‘Redesigned PESI Vouchers must benefit farmers’

The DA said it welcomes the temporary suspension of the Presidential Employment Stimulus Initiative PESI vouchers meant to benefit smallholder farmers.This is...

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DALRRD stops implementation of PESI Vouchers

The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) wishes to inform subsistence farmers who are beneficiaries of the Presidential Employment...

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‘PESI vouchers process is painful, frustrating and demotivating’

PESI vouchers continue to be a thorn in the flesh of several farmers. While some farmers complain that they were overlooked, some...

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WATCH: Upsurge of brown locusts in NC a cause for concern

The Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Land Reform and Rural Development has noted calls from members of the public on the upsurge...

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PESI Vouchers: DALRRD promises to blacklist wrongdoers

It appears the controversy that marred the first phase of Presidential Employment Stimulus Initiative (PESI) vouchers is repeating itself with the second...

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Here’s some livestock farming Ideas for 2022

Do you feel like farming in 2022? Well, If yes, then let’s start here. American novelist by the name of Wendell Berry...

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MEC: We had a challenging but fruitful year

Northern Cape MEC for Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Land Reform and Rural Development Mase Manopole writes: This year, witnessed the realisation of the...