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The clear business case for sustainable agriculture
Sustainability is not only about humanity adapting to changes and finding ways to fulfil the needs of current generations without compromising the needs of future generations; it also provides significant financial benefits to farmers.
By SA Wine Industry · 5 min read
Western Cape agriculture promotes sustainable resource use
Western Cape Department of Agriculture commemorates World Environment Day by encouraging the agricultural sector to adopt sustainable resource use.
By SA Wine Industry · 3 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
Adversity drives innovation
Investments in agriculture address a number of critical United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by tackling issues such as extreme poverty, food security and lack of job opportunities, says Chris Potgieter, Head of Old Mutual Wealth Private Client Securities.
By Johannes Richter · 5 min read
Department of Agriculture embraces Fourth Industrial Revolution with cutting edge satellite technology
The Department of Agriculture in the Western Cape is at the forefront of using technology to enhance sustainable farming, and as part of its initiative to embra
By Anton Pretorius · 2 min read
Radford Dale: All about individuality
Alex Dale is well known as one of the original founders of Radford Dale, which he began in 1998 with Ben Radford. He’s been pioneering sustainable agriculture and minimal intervention winemaking ever since.
By SA Wine Industry · 6 min read
Prof Kennedy Dzama appointed as new Dean of the Faculty of AgriSciences
Prof Kennedy Dzama, an academic pioneer in animal breeding, genetics and sustainable agriculture, has been appointed as the new Dean of the Faculty of AgriSciences at Stellenbosch University (SU). He will start his term on 1 January 2026.
By SA Wine Industry · 3 min read
Four guest judges set to join Shoprite’s Act for Change Food Garden Competition
Agricultural entrepreneur Masimbonge Vuma, gardening advocate Mosa Seshoene, urban-farming pioneer Ncumisa Mkabile and comedian and broadcaster Angel Campey have been named guest judges for Shoprite’s inaugural Act For Change Food Garden Competition, each bringing their unique perspectives to the…
By SA Wine Industry · 4 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
Q&A with Charus du Plessis
Charus du Plessis is a soil nutritionist at Atlantic Fertilisers. He is committed to helping vineyards across the country implement innovative and sustainable solutions that enhance soil health, improve crop yields, and contribute to a more sustainable future for agriculture.
By SA Wine Industry · 4 min read
Nedbank & Boland Cellar gives Boland Trees for Bees initiative new buzz
During the many challenges of 2020 a remarkable development, and one of the few feel-good stories of this year, came out of the Western Cape, when Boland Cellar
By SA Wine Industry · 4 min read
The 2015 crop and the impact on primary wine grape producers’ financial sustainability
VinPro Production Plan Survey 2015 (Part 1)
By Edo Heyns · 7 min read