The greatest threat to South Africa’s farmlands doesn’t come from the global economy or government policies. It’s to be found under a farmer’s feet.
According...
Farmer Giovanna Secco stands in silence among the sweet-smelling macadamia and papaya blossoms on her farm in Lows Creek, Mpumalanga.
“Where are the bees?” she...
Wood is a valuable renewable resource that is used widely across various sectors, from the paper, textile and bioelectronic industries to construction and mining....
By its nature, a commercial farming business generates substantial quantities of data in the form of hand-written notes, hard and digital copies of documents,...
Planet-threatening challenges such as radical climate change and declining natural resources and global food insecurity call for relentless innovation and bold leadership.
Farmers are hard-pressed...
The world’s population is steadily growing and urbanisation is increasing. Farmers are trying to meet the global challenge of providing nutritious food for a...
Gene editing technology has been around for several years, but an inability to pinpoint exact genes and their functions, and change them for specific...
The general perception that livestock is a major contributor to global warming started in 2006, when the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization published the...
