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SA: Extended Covid-19 relief for small-scale farmers
Image source: Gallo/Getty The minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development, Thoko Didiza, has extended the validity period of the Covid-19 Disaster Agricultural ... -
Exxaro’s EARN Agripreneurs graduate from 12-month programme
Image source: Gallo/Getty Ten Exxaro EARN Lephalale Cluster Agripreneurs recently graduated from the 12-month EARN Agripreneur Development Programme. The programme focuses on capacity building ... -
Mozambican president launches program to boost agriculture
MAPUTO, July 30 (Xinhua) — The President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi launched Thursday in the western city of Tete an agricultural program named “Sustenta”, ... -
Zimbabwe signs $3.5 billion deal to compensate white farmers
Source: businesstech Zimbabwe’s government signed a $3.5 billion deal to compensate White commercial farmers who were evicted from their land two decades ago. The agreement ... -
Africa’s Coffee Farmers Are Losing Billions to Exploitation
Millions of Africa’s coffee farmers have slipped into abject poverty caused by poor prices which are currently barely enough to cover production costs while ... -
Malawi’s former leader gained from Zimbabwe farm scheme – report
Image: 123RF/Igor Stevanovic The controversial farm mechanisation programme’s $200m debt is now being passed on to Zimbabwean taxpayers. Zimbabwe gave Malawi’s late former president Bingu ... -
Tru-Cape uses TikTok to promote apple variety Kanzi.
Social-media platforms are no longer just sharing news and headlines but appearing in them too. As USA TikTok users claim they have become a ... -
South Africa VS Coronavirus: Exports keeping agriculture afloat
By Xolisa Phillip, in Johannesburg A man wears a face mask to protect against coronavirus, as he pushes a trolley boxes of citrus fruit nearby ... -
Alert over renewed desert locust swarms heading into West Africa
Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture has warned that desert locusts remain a threat in three counties as the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) cautions ... -
Impact of macroeconomic policies on agricultural supply in Southern Africa
JOHANNESBURG – Agriculture, in general, and farming specifically, is an economic activity where the entrepreneur farmer is in it to make a profit. This ...
