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4 crucial steps to strengthen climate resilience against El Niño and La Niña

4 crucial steps to strengthen climate resilience against El Niño and La Niña

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Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Andrew Newsham, Toendepi Shonhe and Tsitsi Bvute 26 Oct 2021

What SA needs to achieve a carbon neutral food supply chain

What SA needs to achieve a carbon neutral food supply chain

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Why SA's farmers need to invest in alternative energy sources

Why SA's farmers need to invest in alternative energy sources

Kyle Durham and Dawie Maree 13 Oct 2021

Mondelez International launches Aquaponics Social Enterprise initiative

Mondelez International launches Aquaponics Social Enterprise initiative

5 Oct 2021

ZZ2 Afrikado launches Harmony Avs in SA

ZZ2 Afrikado launches Harmony Avs in SA

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SA wine industry making adjustments for climate change, adapting for sustainability

SA wine industry making adjustments for climate change, adapting for sustainability

29 Sep 2021

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Nestlé's transition towards a regenerative food system speeds up

21 Sep 2021

PepsiCo introduces initiative to drive sustainable transformation strategy

PepsiCo introduces initiative to drive sustainable transformation strategy

20 Sep 2021

Healthy soils are crucial for sustainable agri-food systems - FAO

Healthy soils are crucial for sustainable agri-food systems - FAO

14 Sep 2021

Vinpro, Winetech information days to spotlight sustainability in the wine industry

27 Aug 2021

50+ NGOs call on COP26 to acknowledge climate impacts of animal agriculture

50+ NGOs call on COP26 to acknowledge climate impacts of animal agriculture

27 Aug 2021

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

Kamran Mahroof and Sankar Sivarajah 19 Aug 2021

New Nespresso blend helps revive fragile coffee farming in the DRC

New Nespresso blend helps revive fragile coffee farming in the DRC

5 Aug 2021

Nestlé's first net zero carbon emissions dairy farm on track to reach targets

Nestlé's first net zero carbon emissions dairy farm on track to reach targets

4 Aug 2021

How palm oil became the world's most hated, most used fat source

Jonathan E. Robins 30 Jul 2021

Senegalese plant circular gardens in Green Wall defence against desert

Senegalese plant circular gardens in Green Wall defence against desert

Christophe Van Der Perre and Cooper Inveen 29 Jul 2021

'Upcycling' promises to turn food waste into your next meal

Rodney Holcomb and Danielle Bellmer 28 Jul 2021

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Bos Brands launches its first product with Rainforest Alliance seal

15 Jul 2021

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

9 Jul 2021

Uganda helps farmers grow trees for money in bid to reverse forest loss

Uganda helps farmers grow trees for money in bid to reverse forest loss

Christopher Bendana 9 Jul 2021

To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules

To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules

Laura van der Pol, Dale Manning, Francesca Cotrufo and Megan Machmuller 2 Jul 2021

Harnessing land reform to generate youth employment

Harnessing land reform to generate youth employment

29 Jun 2021

Climate change threatens age-old indigenous food systems

Climate change threatens age-old indigenous food systems

Fabio Teixeira 25 Jun 2021

#YouthMatters: Portia Phohlo of Woodlands Dairy on her love of soil science, and improving farm sustainability

#YouthMatters: Portia Phohlo of Woodlands Dairy on her love of soil science, and improving farm sustainability

Robin Fredericks 24 Jun 2021

Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution

Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution

17 Jun 2021

How research, collaboration are contributing to food security in Africa

How research, collaboration are contributing to food security in Africa

14 Jun 2021

Feeding Africa from Africa: Smallholder farmers to leverage on AfCFTA

Feeding Africa from Africa: Smallholder farmers to leverage on AfCFTA

Busani Bafana 14 Jun 2021

Deforestation is driven by global markets

Deforestation is driven by global markets

Ruben Valbuena and Thomas Lovejoy 11 Jun 2021

Luxury fashion label Chanel invests $25m in new climate adaptation fund

Luxury fashion label Chanel invests $25m in new climate adaptation fund

Michael Taylor 11 Jun 2021

Big irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What's needed next

Big irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What's needed next

Tom Higginbottom, Roshan Adhikari and Timothy Foster 10 Jun 2021

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Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

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What SA needs to achieve a carbon neutral food supply chain

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Why SA's farmers need to invest in alternative energy sources

Why SA's farmers need to invest in alternative energy sources

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Mondelez International launches Aquaponics Social Enterprise initiative

Mondelez International launches Aquaponics Social Enterprise initiative

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ZZ2 Afrikado launches Harmony Avs in SA

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Nestlé's transition towards a regenerative food system speeds up

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PepsiCo introduces initiative to drive sustainable transformation strategy

PepsiCo introduces initiative to drive sustainable transformation strategy

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Healthy soils are crucial for sustainable agri-food systems - FAO

Healthy soils are crucial for sustainable agri-food systems - FAO

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50+ NGOs call on COP26 to acknowledge climate impacts of animal agriculture

50+ NGOs call on COP26 to acknowledge climate impacts of animal agriculture

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We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

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New Nespresso blend helps revive fragile coffee farming in the DRC

New Nespresso blend helps revive fragile coffee farming in the DRC

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Nestlé's first net zero carbon emissions dairy farm on track to reach targets

Nestlé's first net zero carbon emissions dairy farm on track to reach targets

4 Aug 2021

How palm oil became the world's most hated, most used fat source

Jonathan E. Robins 30 Jul 2021

Senegalese plant circular gardens in Green Wall defence against desert

Senegalese plant circular gardens in Green Wall defence against desert

Christophe Van Der Perre and Cooper Inveen 29 Jul 2021

'Upcycling' promises to turn food waste into your next meal

Rodney Holcomb and Danielle Bellmer 28 Jul 2021

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Bos Brands launches its first product with Rainforest Alliance seal

15 Jul 2021

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

9 Jul 2021

Uganda helps farmers grow trees for money in bid to reverse forest loss

Uganda helps farmers grow trees for money in bid to reverse forest loss

Christopher Bendana 9 Jul 2021

To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules

To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules

Laura van der Pol, Dale Manning, Francesca Cotrufo and Megan Machmuller 2 Jul 2021

Harnessing land reform to generate youth employment

Harnessing land reform to generate youth employment

29 Jun 2021

Climate change threatens age-old indigenous food systems

Climate change threatens age-old indigenous food systems

Fabio Teixeira 25 Jun 2021

#YouthMatters: Portia Phohlo of Woodlands Dairy on her love of soil science, and improving farm sustainability

#YouthMatters: Portia Phohlo of Woodlands Dairy on her love of soil science, and improving farm sustainability

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Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution

Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution

17 Jun 2021

How research, collaboration are contributing to food security in Africa

How research, collaboration are contributing to food security in Africa

14 Jun 2021

Feeding Africa from Africa: Smallholder farmers to leverage on AfCFTA

Feeding Africa from Africa: Smallholder farmers to leverage on AfCFTA

Busani Bafana 14 Jun 2021

Deforestation is driven by global markets

Deforestation is driven by global markets

Ruben Valbuena and Thomas Lovejoy 11 Jun 2021

Luxury fashion label Chanel invests $25m in new climate adaptation fund

Luxury fashion label Chanel invests $25m in new climate adaptation fund

Michael Taylor 11 Jun 2021

Big irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What's needed next

Big irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What's needed next

Tom Higginbottom, Roshan Adhikari and Timothy Foster 10 Jun 2021

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Anja Gassner, Philip Dobie and Terry Sunderland 7 Jun 2021

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Farmers, Ferraris and harvesting good investments in Africa

Roux Wildenboer 31 May 2021

Vergelegen completes eroded watercourse rehabilitation programme

Vergelegen completes eroded watercourse rehabilitation programme

20 May 2021

Brown locusts have survived a long drought in South Africa - here's how

Brown locusts have survived a long drought in South Africa - here's how

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Biosecurity measures can reduce the risk of avian influenza in farmer flocks

Biosecurity measures can reduce the risk of avian influenza in farmer flocks

17 May 2021

Cannabis Master Plan to be presented to Nedlac

Cannabis Master Plan to be presented to Nedlac

14 May 2021

Nine in 10 farmers still struggling with lockdown

Nine in 10 farmers still struggling with lockdown

13 May 2021

436,563 hectares released under land distribution programme

436,563 hectares released under land distribution programme

13 May 2021

Farming hygiene practices can help protect agricultural value chain

Farming hygiene practices can help protect agricultural value chain

13 May 2021

Sustainable farming achievable for local co-op

Sustainable farming achievable for local co-op

11 May 2021

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