Agriculture in Africa still lagging behind

The development of agriculture in Africa was high on the agenda at this year’s SIMA Paris International Agribusiness Show in France.

Celebrating 106 years on the land

Today we celebrate Farmer’s Weekly’s 106th birthday. This is not only a celebration of 106 years of publishing, but of over a century of commercial farming in Southern Africa.

Get ready to live in a different world

I read an article a few weeks ago about one of Elon Musk’s – Tesla and SpaceX CEO – latest projects: the development of neural lace, an invention that would...

Globalisation – a subjective concept

The campaign that flung President Donald Trump into the White House introduced the world to the concept of alternative facts.

End cruelty to rhinos!

Whenever I see a rhino these days, I wonder if these remarkable creatures will still be around when I reach old age.

Predicting the future of farming

Humanity has always survived by adapting, but it seems to me that the next decade or two will require it to change more and faster than ever before.

Global challenges facing farmers

During the first week of January, the University of Oxford in the UK hosted the annual Oxford Farming Conference. Reading through some of the presentations given at the event, I...

Agriculture’s New Year’s resolutions

New Year’s resolutions may seem passé, but they can be a great way of at least attempting to implement what is known as the Urgent-Important Matrix in your life.

Good riddance to 2016

Finally, we have come to the end of a year that has tested farmers in this country like no other year before, and I am reminded of the poet, Robert...

Is farming in SA worth the risk?

I recently asked Agbiz CEO, Dr John Purchase, whether or not, all things considered, he would, in good conscience, advise someone with no current investment in agriculture to go ahead...

Increased minimum wage not the answer

South Africans are nervously awaiting the announcement by ratings agencies on whether the country has retained its sovereign credit rating, or if it has been downgraded to junk status.

Farming lessons from Poland

I have previously written about the serious threat posed to the future of agriculture because young people are no longer interested in following a career in farming.

Lesotho and SA farmers face similar challenges

I was reminded recently that many of the challenges faced by our country’s farmers are, if not universal, at least shared by others in Southern Africa.

South Africa’s agriculture sector breathed a sigh of relief when it was announced that Mike Mlengana had been appointed the new director-general of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries...

Love thy neighbour

All praise to Lindie Stroebel and her team at the Produce Marketing Association: Southern Africa, who organised the PMA Fresh Connections: Southern Africa Conference & Expo 2016 held in Pretoria...

Make your mark

This week, South Africans will have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates in the municipal elections.

Information vacuum in the farming sector

One of the reasons why farming has been able to make such impressive strides in productivity in our lifetime is that farmers today have the tools and ability to access...

Another day, another disaster

At some point, even the greatest tragedies become old news and a protracted crisis loses its punch.

The HIV/AIDS scourge on farms

Over the past two decades, commercial farmers in South Africa have made significant strides in improving the working and living conditions of farmworkers.

Censorship

The SABC’s Hlaudi (Good-news) Motsoeneng has joined the philosophical school of thought popular with political leaders such as President Jacob Zuma and EFF leader Julius Malema, which contends that if...

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