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4.2KAgricultureImproved 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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5.2KFeaturedAgriculture 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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2.9KAgricultureDevastating 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...
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2.5KAgricultureSANSOR – vegetable seed market grows
Yearly vegetable price trends continuously show an upward trend at all South Africa’s fresh produce markets. In its 2019/2020 Annual Report, the...
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3.3KAfrica TalkZimbabwean farmers look to drone technology
It was in 2016 when President Thabo Mbeki, at a packed farmer gathering in Western Cape, remarked that Zimbabweans had a very...
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7.9KAgricultureWomen leadership in agriculture – Daisy Moleko
Daisy Moleko is one of the few female commercial rabbit farmers in South Africa. This is not a surprise, considering that this...
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5.5KAgricultureSomething sobering, Thai government supporting its rice farmers
As news spread that the Vietnamese had overtaken Thailand in rice exports, the Thai government reinforced its plans to claim the No.2...
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2.5KAgricultureUPDATE ON THE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE OUTBREAK IN LIMPOPO
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is pleased to announce that quarantine has been lifted on 9 locations, with...
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3.7KBusinessSpike in livestock theft might have a negative impact on communal farmers
Rural communities are spread out far from police stations and there seems to be no strategy insight. At the recent release of...
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3.6KAgricultureOBP – farmers and vets boil
The Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) is operating in a pendulum, with no signs of management stability. Intervention by the Minister of...