Crops
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SA’s first organic pollinator programme launched
SA’s first organic pollinator programme launched The South African Organic Sector Organisation (SAOSO) in collaboration with the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) South Africa (SA) ... -
Garlic exports a golden opportunity for Zim farmers
Mike Kenneally via Unsplash Zimbabwean garlic farmers have been urged to increase exports riding on the growth of the global market, which has expanded to ... -
Nigeria: Special Report – How Nigeria’s Maize Production Has Grown Since 1960
By Abdulkareem Mojeed Farmers now worry about the takeoff of the African Continental Free Trade Area. Nigeria is producing 10 times more maize yearly now than ... -
Namibian farmers break with tradition as planting season begins
A farm worker applies biochar to a field during a demonstration at a farm 40 km from Windhoek, capital of Namibia, on Oct. 8, ... -
MoU signed to boost fruit exports from SA to China
Xiaohu Xu, Vice President of the CCCFNA/ Justin Chadwick, Chairman of Fruit SA and Vangile Titi-Msumza, Vice-Chair of Fruit SA. Fruit exports from South ... -
Sugar sector eyes master plan to protect its turf from big imports
The South African sugar industry is looking to the recently signed Sugarcane Master Plan to stabilise the sector in 2021. Photo: Supplied/By Given Majola ... -
New citrus export levy sees R1bn invested into sector
Marco Ossino via 123RF The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) has welcomed the gazetting of the new statutory export citrus levy by the ... -
Kenya Joins South Africa and Zambia in Digitising Seed Certification and Plant Variety Protection
Image: Sourcetrace Sponsored by Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service Kenya has officially launched the automated Seed Certification and Plant Variety Protection (SCPVP) System. With ... -
Morocco’s OCP Moves Forward With Initiative to Restore Soils in Africa
By: Safaa Kasraoui Rabat – Morocco’s state-owned phosphate and fertilizer group OCP is moving forward with its “Restore Africa Soils” platform to allow African ... -
The first Witte Wijn apples are growing on South African soil again
Image: TrueCape While we don’t know for how many years the Witte Wijn apple, the first ever apple variety picked in the Cape in ...
