Tag: rural farmers

Despite cannabis being deeply rooted in indigenous culture in South Africa, activists are worried that 'anti-poor' licensing regulations will exclude rural and small-scale farmers from the country's so-called green rush.

It is the season of cultural celebrations in Mzansi and rural livestock farmers are doing their part to supply the cattle, goats and sheep needed to honour traditional customs. But ...

51-year-old farmer Aldrin Lawrence farms in the Mara area of the Vhembe district of Limpopo, near a little farming town called Buysdorp. The town was named for his ancestor, French ...

Sub-Saharan Africa is set to experience a population growth explosion, warns the United Nations in its latest data projections for 2100. Dr João Vidal, a research fellow at the department ...

Every year, compelling agricultural discoveries are made in Mzansi. These discoveries are seldom stumbled upon, they are made through thorough research conducted by some of our country's leading agricultural researchers.   The 26-year-old Qinisani Qwabe is one of those researchers leading agricultural projects for the Mangosuthu University of Technology’s (MUT) natural sciences faculty.   But being an ...

Qinisani Qwabe grew up in a small rural community called eSihuzu in northern KwaZulu-Natal. He was raised by his grandparents and he fondly remembers eating indigenous vegetables, like amadumbe and ...