BY: DEREK LYNCH We have little chance of tackling climate change and reducing biodiversity loss without a redesign of the world’s largest industry: agriculture and food. While shifting to more plant-based diets and reducing…
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) latest report, the index of world food prices dipped for the ninth consecutive month in December 2022, declining…
BY: EVODIUS WAZIRI RUTTA Feeding Africa’s growing population is a big development challenge for governments, policy makers and agriculture experts. Adding to the challenge is the high level of food loss and waste…
Twenty-five youth-led agriculture sector companies from 14 African countries have advanced to the finalist round of the African Development Bank Group’s 2022 AgriPitch competition. The bank, in collaboration with the…
Earlier this year, a Grain SA survey indicated that 22% of grain producers in South Africa had lost more than 60% of their white maize plantings to water damage in…
Sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett has received a cash injection from the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) ahead of the deadline for its business rescue plan. Post-commencement finance secured…
In the space of six weeks, GoGetta raised R4m for KZN’s Shuthuka Flagship Farm, a macadamia farm and R2.275m for Gauteng’s Trailored, a manufacturer of customised trailers. The sum was…
African Union member states meeting in Abidjan have called on governments to speed up investment, co-ordination and implementation of programmes to improve nutrition and food security in Africa. African leaders…
Five small local businesses have been recognised in Pick n Pay’s 2022 Small Supplier of the Year Awards, which honours the SMMEs that have excelled in the retailer’s Enterprise and…
After remaining in optimistic territory for nearly three years, the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) fell by 4 points in the fourth quarter of this year to 49. This is…