Crops
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Tru-Cape thanks Eskom for uninterrupted power during peak picking season
Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing is the largest exporter of South African apples and pears and has almost completed its picking season on farms in Ceres, ... -
Two pears feature in Tru-Cape’s current promotional basket
Driving consumption of South Africa’s apple and pear crop is one of Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, South Africa’s favourite apple and pear brand, and the ... -
Second locust wave could dampen East Africa’s harvest hopes
Despite significant gains in the battle against desert locust infestations in 10 countries, mostly in East Africa, food security remains at risk, especially as ... -
How planting a garden can boost bees, local food and resilience during the coronavirus crisis
City gardeners are dependant on wild insects to make their gardens thrive. (Shutterstock) With the arrival of spring, many people have been starting to ... -
Tru-Cape joins Food Lover’s Market for their fourth Hunger Month
South Africa’s leading fresh produce retailer, Food Lover’s Market, has launched a month-long in-store campaign from 01 May 2020 aimed at encouraging consumers to ... -
Africa’s grain consumption numbers continue to rise
IndexBox latest report has revealed that the revenue of Africa’s grain market amounted to $109bn in 2018, picking up by 9% against the previous year. This ... -
New book on the history of apples reads like a whodunnit
In their new book, The Newcomers and their Friends, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing apple and pear experts Buks Nel and Henk Griessel explore the more recent history of ... -
Why Ghana’s smallholders aren’t excited by the latest ‘Green Revolution’
The Green Revolution – the introduction of new higher yielding seed varieties, increased use of fertiliser, irrigation and other mechanisation introduced since the 1960s ... -
Kenyan farmers battle fruit-fly menace as climate warms
KIRWIRE VILLAGE, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Gideon Gitonga inspected his avocado orchard in central Kenya with military precision, revealing that some of the ... -
Quercetin, a compound found in apples, may be helpful in combating Covid-19
While experts scramble to create and test a vaccine against Covid-19, there is plenty we can all do to keep ourselves safe and healthy. ...
