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Sustainable Farming

Saving the bees: How Nedbank and WWF are working to ensure honeybee survival

Aa-isha Hassiem 12 Nov 2024

Basic Education works to develop school safety guidelines

Primary & Secondary Education

Basic Education works to develop school safety guidelines

7 Nov 2024

Ghana expects recovery in cocoa production for 2024/25 season

Agro-processing

Ghana expects recovery in cocoa production for 2024/25 season

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 7 Nov 2024

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Public Health

Death of 6 Soweto children linked to Terbufos

28 Oct 2024

Setshego Ledwaba, Marketing and Communications Manager at Radisson Hotel & Convention Centre, Johannesburg, O.R. Tambo Airport

Tourism

Tourism's climate crossroads: Sustainability is not just a trend, it's a necessity

Setshego Ledwaba 14 Oct 2024

Technology and sustainable farming can contain the cost-price squeeze

Agri Tech

Technology and sustainable farming can contain the cost-price squeeze

John Hudson 9 Oct 2024

While warmer weather might seem beneficial for crops like grapes, which can thrive in higher temperatures, the implications are more complex. Archive photo supplied.

Climate Change

How climate change threatens South Africa’s wine industry

Cole Potgieter, Aisling de Lange and Neil Thomas Stacey 2 Oct 2024

Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations

Agriculture

Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations

Liezl Human 8 Jul 2024

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

Medical Research

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 25 Jun 2024

Farm workers and their children are exposed to pesticides that have been banned in Europe. These pesticides remain in the environment, and studies have found them all year round in three river catchments in the Western Cape. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round

Steve Kretzmann 12 Jun 2024

G-Star successfully grows greenhouse cotton

ESG

G-Star successfully grows greenhouse cotton

3 Jun 2024

PwC study: Africa's food sustainability depends on greener production and waste reduction

Agriculture

PwC study: Africa's food sustainability depends on greener production and waste reduction

3 Apr 2024

How nature-based knowledge can restore local ecosystems and improve community well-being

Sustainable Farming

How nature-based knowledge can restore local ecosystems and improve community well-being

Saeed Rahman and Natalie Slawinski 11 Mar 2024

Nanotechnology promises to help farmers cut pesticide use – but could also make chemicals more toxic

Research & Development

Nanotechnology promises to help farmers cut pesticide use – but could also make chemicals more toxic

Tom Nederstigt and Martina G. Vijver 26 Feb 2024

From beer waste to pet food: Maltento's innovative approach to recycling

Sustainable Farming

From beer waste to pet food: Maltento's innovative approach to recycling

6 Feb 2024

How drinking sustainable wine can help vineyards and the planet

Viticulture & Oenology

How drinking sustainable wine can help vineyards and the planet

Gary Pickering and Kerrie Pickering 4 Jan 2024

Growing a sustainable paradise: Salt of Palmar's herb garden blooms with local flavour

Travel

Growing a sustainable paradise: Salt of Palmar's herb garden blooms with local flavour

Debbie Hathway 20 Dec 2023

Agriculture challenges in South Africa: We need a different lens

Agriculture

Agriculture challenges in South Africa: We need a different lens

Christian Giesel 14 Dec 2023

3 local entrepreneurs to watch

SMEs

3 local entrepreneurs to watch

Ben Bierman, Issued by Business Partners Limited 6 Dec 2023

#COP28: 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate and feed a rapidly growing world

Agriculture

#COP28: 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate and feed a rapidly growing world

Paul Winters 4 Dec 2023

Ending child labour in the agriculture sector: Where risk draws the line

Agriculture

Ending child labour in the agriculture sector: Where risk draws the line

Kate Collier 29 Nov 2023

How digital twins will enable the next generation of precision agriculture

Sustainable Farming

How digital twins will enable the next generation of precision agriculture

Istvan David 27 Nov 2023

WCape Govt commits to protecting export fruit industry with R2m investment

Agriculture

WCape Govt commits to protecting export fruit industry with R2m investment

12 Oct 2023

Standardisation key to insuring SA's growing grain storage industry in changing risk landscape

Agribusiness

Standardisation key to insuring SA's growing grain storage industry in changing risk landscape

Sean Harper 6 Oct 2023

Cocoa prices are surging: West African countries should seize the moment to negotiate a better deal for farmers

Agro-processing

Cocoa prices are surging: West African countries should seize the moment to negotiate a better deal for farmers

5 Oct 2023

Sustainable Farming

Farmers go green: How renewable energy is changing the agriculture industry

13 Sep 2023

Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods

Sustainable Farming

Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods

Barath Raghavan and Michael Kantar 8 Aug 2023

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Health & Welfare

Pesticides are harming Nigeria: it's time to update the law

Jane Ezirigwe 31 Jul 2023

Technology can boost farming in Africa, but it can also threaten biodiversity - how to balance the two

Agri Tech

Technology can boost farming in Africa, but it can also threaten biodiversity - how to balance the two

Thomas Daum, Frédéric Baudron, Ingo Grass, Matin Qaim and Regina Birner 18 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Indian firm used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup - sources

Saurabh Sharma, Krishna N. Das; Jennifer Rigby and Olzhas Auyezov 28 Jun 2023

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

Unpacking additions to EPR Scheme; further proposed amendments

Lerato Molefi, Paula-Ann Novotny and Hassan Mahlawe 23 May 2023

Smart farming project to boost KZN food security

Food Security

Smart farming project to boost KZN food security

22 May 2023

#FarmingfortheFuture: Restore Africa Funds on the importance of regenerative agriculture

Sustainable Farming

#FarmingfortheFuture: Restore Africa Funds on the importance of regenerative agriculture

Robin Fredericks 25 May 2023

Source © Gardens Shopping Centre Woolies has responded to the video of a live mouse in the chicken section at its Gardens Centre branch in Cape Town

Retailers

Woolies, there's a mouse in my chicken...

Danette Breitenbach 5 May 2023

Why traceability is key to a sustainable future in South African agriculture

Agribusiness

Why traceability is key to a sustainable future in South African agriculture

Justin Platt 24 Apr 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

Sustainability is not sustainable without consistency

Chetan Mistry 14 Mar 2023

Solynta, PepsiCo join forces to empower Ethiopian potato farmers

Agro-processing

Solynta, PepsiCo join forces to empower Ethiopian potato farmers

2 Mar 2023

Helping Africa's farmers control climate-induced pests

Research & Development

Helping Africa's farmers control climate-induced pests

Gilbert Nakweya 30 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied

Trends

6 agriculture trends to look out for in 2023

Justin Platt 14 Dec 2022

New food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to nature

Research & Development

New food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to nature

Chris D Thomas, Jack Hatfield and Katie Noble 9 Dec 2022

SA young engineers to progress to global round of Blue Sky Awards

Forestry

SA young engineers to progress to global round of Blue Sky Awards

9 Dec 2022

Further agriculture profit margin compression as debt cost rises by 75bps

Agribusiness

Further agriculture profit margin compression as debt cost rises by 75bps

Paul Makube 25 Nov 2022

Pick n Pay reveals new premium flagship store design - its blueprint for the future

Retailers

Pick n Pay reveals new premium flagship store design - its blueprint for the future

28 Oct 2022

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Agriculture

Rise of precision agriculture exposes food system to new threats

George Grispos and Austin C. Doctor 11 Aug 2022

Are South Africa's pesticide rules outdated?

Food Security

Are South Africa's pesticide rules outdated?

Liezl Human 5 Jul 2022

Marine life in Western Cape's False Bay is full of chemical pollutants

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Marine life in Western Cape's False Bay is full of chemical pollutants

Leslie Petrik and Cecilia Yejide Ojemaye 2 Jun 2022