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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. ... -
Regulating commercial use of hemp products
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced during his 2020 State of the Nation Address (SONA) that this year “government will open up, regulate the commercial use ... -
The Unexpected Contribution of COVID-19 To The Fresh Produce Export Industry
By: Dr. Nimrod Israely – Founder and CEO – Biofeed Ltd ,and The Fruit Fly Research Institute In the previous manifesto, I wrote that the ...
