Policies – Page 4 – Mzansi Agriculture Talk

City of Ekurhuleni officially hands over farms to winning bidders

In 2019, the City of Ekurhuleni announced it was releasing 56 farms valued at R120 million to local smallholder and subsistence farmers...

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Policies

Commission on land rights sets ambitious targets

On May 4, Parliament Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development gave the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR)...

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Business

Talking the future of local cotton production – Series 2

Government’s efforts to reindustrialize the textile sector is pivotal to the sustenance of the cotton industry. Chief Executive Officer of Cotton SA,...

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Economics

Freedom‌ ‌Day:‌ ‌Problems‌ ‌of‌ ‌rural‌ ‌household‌ ‌still‌ ‌persist‌

In our recent trip into the hinterlands of the Northern Cape and North West, myself and one of our in-house policy gurus...

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Agriculture

Talking the future of local cotton production – Series 1

Hennie Bruwer, Cotton SA’s Chief Executive Officer, said the Cotton industry celebrated 800% growth in cotton production over a period of 5...

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Implementing Climate-Smart Agriculture: Innovation, Inclusivity and Capacity-Building

There is significant focus on achieving and upscaling climate-smart agriculture (CSA), with particular emphasis on delivering benefits to smallholder farmers. Despite the...

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Africa Talk

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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Policies

Something fishy about Minister Creecy approaching the High Court

For many years, poor coastal and inland fishing communities have warned of signs, allegedly perpetuated by some scientists and government officials, seeking...

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Africa Talk

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...