The role of ‘human error’ in climate change
Speaking at a technical information day hosted by the Dried Fruit Technical Services and Canning Fruit Producers’ Association, environmentalist Dave Pepler focused on individual responsibility in terms of climate change...
Reap returns on investments by ‘farming the markets’
Farming the markets’ originates from the analogy that exists between personal finance (investing) and farming.
Drought: a disaster for farmworkers
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that the impact of widespread drought conditions across South Africa over the past three years has now become a humanitarian disaster.
The cost of South Africa’s food loss and waste
The 2017 ‘Food loss and waste: facts and futures’ report, compiled by the WWF-SA, investigates food loss and waste in South Africa. According to the report, a third of all...
Farm crime: an unbearable burden
It must be at least six years ago now that I first became aware of the real scope of one of the many harassments that farmers face.
Low rural calving rates threaten Africa’s food security
During the Agribusiness Africa conference hosted by Farmer’s Weekly, Dr Riaan du Preez, manager of scientific affairs at Afrivet, highlighted a disturbing statistic about cow conception on the continent: six...
#BlackMonday brought out the best and worst in us
As I write this, only one day has passed since thousands of South Africans took part in peaceful protests to say that they had had enough of crime, enough of...
DAFF going from bad to rotten
One plus one normally adds up to two. Unless you look at the performance of our departments of agriculture and land affairs.
Farming’s darkest challenge
When we speak about the challenges of farming, we almost invariably talk about economic difficulties such as the cost-price squeeze and attaining economies of scale.
SA needs compassionate business leaders
South Africa needs leaders from all sectors of the economy who are proactive, imaginative and understanding of the economic difficulties the country faces. This was according to former finance minister...
The beginning of the end of ‘Big Food’
These past two years have been some of the toughest ever for SA agribusinesses hit by supply constraints due to drought. These businesses have also been affected by cheap imports,...
Climate variability versus climate change
Climate expert Johan van den Berg recently addressed the Northern Cape Red Meat Producers’ Organisation congress on the outlook for climatic conditions in the future, and how to manage the...
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