Tag: South Africa

Without a way to process international payments, Russia will not be alone in feeling mounting economic sanctions. South African businesses with a footprint - and a total investment of R77 ...

PERSPECTIVE: Russia’s large-scale military attack on Ukraine, its southern neighbour, has consequences for South Africa, warns Agri SA executive director Christo van der Rheede. The country’s wheat has the biggest ...

North West farmer Kabelo Lekalakala believes the future belongs to those who create it. He also believes that, as a newcomer to ostrich farming, he has what it takes to ...

One of the world’s most spectacular marine migrations is the KwaZulu-Natal sardine run. The so-called “greatest shoal on Earth” takes place during the southern hemisphere’s winter. It involves the movement ...

Farmers are increasingly under pressure not only to employ sustainable farming practices, but also to take ownership of the environment and the well-being of farmworkers and surrounding communities.

Agricultural exports are set to reach record levels. Favourable weather conditions in the last season saw record crops across most commodities.

The far-reaching impact of climate change on agriculture, food security and society is increasingly in the spotlight with predictions being quite dire. What does this mean for the future of ...

Immigration agencies were inundated by people who wanted to leave the country following recent anarchy in two provinces. Six top agriculturists, however, are having none of it…

Agbiz chief economist Wandile Sihlobo says Africa ought to also loosen up rules for genetically engineered crops. This, after Germany’s agriculture minister, Julia Kloeckner, welcomed the “overdue modernisation” of European ...

While trade policy has potential to boost local poultry production, it could also harm household consumption through price escalation caused by excessive protection. Thabile Nkunjana, agricultural economist with the National ...