A business delegation comprising 16 South African agro-processing companies, including the South African Fruit and Vegetables Canners Export Council (SAFVEC), will showcase their products at the Gulfood exhibition in Dubai,…
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has confirmed a new outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) on a farm in Gauteng. The department said the farm has…
SA Canegrowers has appealed to government to put short-term measures in place to mitigate the impact of load shedding on growers while long-term solutions are considered. Data compiled by the…
South Africans have had to endure some the harshest load shedding in history over the past few weeks, disrupting lives and putting food security at risk. The persistent blackouts have…
In a statement on Sunday, 29 January, minister of public works and infrastructure, Patricia de Lille, announced the approved release of 1,199 hectares of land, valued at approximately R7.4m, to…
The anti-dumping tariffs on French fries placed on three European countries by the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) have lapsed. In July 2022, Itac – the organisation…
The Omnia Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with WKN Windcurrent to evaluate the onsite production of green hydrogen and ammonia at Omnia’s Sasolburg plant in the Free…
By 2050, the global population is projected to reach 10 billion people. Current food production systems will be unable to meet the growing demand and protein scarcity is a concern.…
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…
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…