Mzansi Agriculture Talk
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2.6KAgricultureFarmers not aware of maize ear rots reducing quality of grains
“Information will be available to South African maize producers to assist with cultivar choices in order to manage charcoal rot.”
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3.0KCovid-19 WatchOvercoming 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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13.1KAgricultureProud product of Owen Sithole Agriculture College
I was born and bred in Umlazi and growing up in the township gave us little exposure to farming. Considering this now,...
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5.4KBusinessOpinion: Communal sector’s role in the wool industry – highlighting a few blind spots
The wool industry has gained popularity in communal areas (especially in the Eastern Cape) and has increased many folds from what it...
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3.4KAgricultureBells of joy ring over new SA table grape
Meet Joybells…undoubtedly one of the most promising table grape varieties to emerge from South Africa. Joybells was developed from an open-pollinated variety,...
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4.9KBusinessOpinion: No more AGOA for South Africa – How did we use the preferential treatment?
The Trump administration updated the list of developing countries benefiting from the trade remedy laws of the United States of America (USA)....
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3.2KBusinessOpinion: 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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6.7KAgricultureARC’s Nedambale innovation advances livestock reproduction
“The CASA provides automatic sperm motility and velocity rates analyses, and captures images previously only unattainable using a microscope” he said.
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6.5KAgricultureIrrigation of table grapes under drought conditions
Over the past four decades, the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) has focused on developing irrigation strategies for table grapes. As parts of...
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4.3KAgricultureUN Women calls for government and private sector to aid women in agriculture and agri-business
Poor access to Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Technologies and Inputs in South Africa thwarts the progress and productivity of women involved in agriculture....
