Covid-19 Watch

The potential of community-based breeding programs for rural production in South Africa

Indigenous Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR), constitute the largest reservoir of genetic diversity, and their improvement and conservation have great social, economic, and...

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Agriculture

Competition Commission: Smallholder farmers survival threatened

In a carpeted report titled Essential Food Price Monitoring, the Competition Commission of South Africa unmasks the wretched course smallholder farmers find themselves...

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Agriculture

Agricultural resilience boosts jobs

Statistics SA’s earlier released its latest economic growth numbers for the second quarter underpinned by robust gains in transport sector (6.9%) followed...

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Agriculture

All you need to know about selling to Fresh Produce Markets

For any new farmer without an offtake contract, access to market can be a headache. As much as one is passionate about...

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Agriculture

A $US 7.1 billion industry: Cheeba Academy takes us through the pros and cons of farming cannabis in SA

According to market intelligence and strategic consultancy firm Prohibition Partner, the legal cannabis industry in Africa is predicted to be worth more...

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Opinion Piece

Agriculture mitigates the fast rising unemployment rate in South Africa

Since Statistics South Africa began the quarterly labour force survey in 2008, the country has reportedly hit a new record of unemployment...

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Agriculture

ITAC recommends the renewal of anti-dumping duties on poultry imports

South African Poultry Association said it welcomes the recommendation for the renewal of anti-dumping duties on imports of bone-in chicken from Germany,...