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All posts tagged "Featured"
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2.9KBusinessElectricity costs for farmers – Eskom drags its feet
The Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) analysis of the electricity supply under the pandemic raised worrying flags. “Eskom share of its...
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2.7KBusinessSugar industry requests exemption from the Competition Act
Stakeholders in the sugar industry have less than 20 days to submit comments to the Competition Commission, for the sugar industry to...
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2.7KBusinessNERPO has expressed disappointment about the distribution of the inputs of agricultural relief fund vouchers by the government suppliers
The National Emergent Redmeat Producers Organisation (NERPO) has reacted with shock and disbelief following the failure of some of the government suppliers...
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4.5KBreaking NewsHigh Court rules that lives sheep can be exported
The Grahamstown High Court has granted the first and second respondents Al Mawashi and Livestock Transport and Trading Company, to transport 56 000...
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2.4KBusinessVinpro webinars to focus on post covid-19
According to Stats SA, the wine sector contributed around R36 billion to South Africa’s GDP, employing more than 290 000 people in all...
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2.0KAgricultureManaging plant diseases may determine your breakfast
The United Nations (UN) has assembled a team agronomists, crop, and plant scientists to work on developing disease-resistant varieties and “to track...
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2.4KFeaturedWomen in agriculture deserve so much more
As women’s month draws an end, we will simply forget about women’s contribution to agriculture. Suppose when the current Minister of Agriculture...
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4.1KAgricultureImproved 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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5.0KFeaturedAgriculture legal mind, Katli Ngwane
Legally speaking, agriculture is heading for interesting times as legal practitioners were entering the ring of agriculture boldly. Land reform, farm dwellings,...
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2.8KAgricultureDevastating impact of COVID 19 on African food security
“The knock-on effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are leading to “hunger hotspots” where the food security situation is deteriorating,” this, was according...
