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Standard Bank welcomes government’s R3 billion support for smallholders
The announcement by Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni that the Land Bank will provide R3 billion to support smallholders looking to increase their land holdings an
By Anton Pretorius · 2 min read
Old Mutual’s Masisizane Fund’s Harvest Day highlights agriculture’s investment potential
To expand the positive impact of agricultural initiatives, more investors need to be exposed to the investment potential and benefit of working within a network
By Anton Pretorius · 5 min read
Small-holder farmers need access to financing across the agricultural value chain
There is a real need to unlock financing for small-holder farmers to give them access to mechanisation and other technologies, says Antois van der Westhuizen, M
By Anton Pretorius · 6 min read
Agri Megatrends: Tech remains the biggest disruptor in 2019
Several factors influence the overall sustainability of food and agricultural around the world. We identify the megatrends that are predicted to shape the globa
By Carlin Cloete · 8 min read
Agricultural careers: Grounds for growth
Experts predict that advances in science and technology will keep farmers and agriculture professionals on their toes. By 2020 there will be an even higher dema
By Anton Pretorius · 3 min read
Call for Nominations: Youth in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Awards 2019
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) invites all stakeholders in the sector to nominate young producers either in agriculture, forestry
By Anton Pretorius · 2 min read
WC Minister of Agriculture visits farming projects in Cape Metro
Minister Ivan Meyer and the owner of Chamomile Enterprises, Wadea Jappies. Looking on are officials from the Western Cape Department of Agriculture’s Extension
By Anton Pretorius · 2 min read
New head of agriculture for Western Cape
Hugh Campbell, Dr Ilse Trautmann and Mogale Sebopetsa.
By Anton Pretorius · 3 min read
WC Minister of Agriculture welcomes Christo van der Rheede as executive director of Agri SA
Western Cape Minister of Agriculture Ivan Meyer has welcomed the announcement by the Board of Agri SA to appoint Christo van Rheede as its new executive directo
By SA Wine Industry · 1 min read
Cover crops enhance vineyard arthropod diversity
Intensive agriculture threatens arthropod biodiversity,1,2,3 impacts the functioning of ecosystems,4 and threatens the sustainable production of farming systems
By Marinus Geldenhuys, René Gaigher, James Pryke & Michael Samways · 17 min read
The CRISPR revolution and grapevine
Genome editing is a catchall phrase to describe the technologies that are available to alter an organism’s DNA. The most promising of these technologies is CRISPR, which is an acronym for ‘Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats’ and occurs in nature as a bacterial ‘immune system’.
By Manuela Campa, Philip Young, Melané Vivier and Johan Burger · 9 min read
