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Court decision awaited in hemp, cannabis dispute

The Gaborone High Court will deliver judgment in a case in which Fresh Standard, a Botswana-based company, is fighting for the right to obtain...

Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy set to recover in 2021 – World Bank

African countries have made remarkable investments to keep their economies afloat and protect the lives and livelihoods of their people over the past year,...

COVID-19 ‘perfect storm’ for African food security

COVID-19’s arrival in Africa has exacerbated pre-existing major challenges to the continent’s food production and nutrition security. These include droughts, floods, extreme temperatures, outbreaks of...

Subsidies can support food production during COVID-19 crisis

Africa is coming up with its own solutions to the challenges posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a statement by the...

Africa agripreneur competition to award two US$50 000 prizes

Applications are now open for the second annual GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition. Generation Africa, which launched the competition in 2019, provided support to young entrepreneurs...

Lockdowns must not disrupt food supply chains – FAO, AU

With statistics prior to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic suggesting that one in five people in Africa suffers from hunger, it is important that...

Group auctions: a great team brings great results

The Valsrivier Bonsmara Breeders Group, which comprises two stud and three commercial breeders, was started in 2005 by Cornay Botma (Hentacor Bonsmaras) of Bothaville...

Higher milk production, lower carbon footprint

The subject of methane emissions from dairy cattle has received increasing attention from environmental activists concerned about climate change. This has spilled over to consumers,...

The importance of maintaining reproductive health in a herd

Following in the footsteps of his ancestors, Gerhard Grobler, of Smitsfield farm in Lothair, Mpumalanga, started farming intensively about 10 years ago. His great-grandfather started...

Producing well-balanced animals for maximum profit

Willie Landman and his business partner, Jean van der Merwe, both mechanical engineers, run a Drakensberger stud on the farm Rooipoortjie between Potchefstroom and...

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