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SA Government to regulate commercial use of hemp products
Government will this year open up and regulate the commercial use of hemp products, providing opportunities for small-scale farmers, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on ... -
SLIPS, SLIDES AND SCORES – THE BEAST HITS THE MUD FOR A GOOD CAUSE
4 February – World Cancer Day – saw one of our national heroes get downright muddy for all the right reasons. Headlining this year’s ... -
Africa’s youth want to cultivate careers, not just crops
By 2050, sub-Saharan Africa will be home to a third of the world’s young people, who will play a key part in feeding future ... -
Department calls for compliant wood-packaging
Pan-African technology company, Cellulant Corporation has empowered Africa’s agriculture sector with the hosting of its inaugural partners’ summit in Lagos, Nigeria late last year. ... -
Using technology to plug wastage in Africa’s agri value chain
Pan-African technology company, Cellulant Corporation has empowered Africa’s agriculture sector with the hosting of its inaugural partners’ summit in Lagos, Nigeria late last year. ... -
Urgent funding needed to fight desert locust upsurge in Africa
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has appealed for urgent funding to tackle the desert locust upsurge in the Horn of Africa, which threatens to provoke ... -
Eight governing council meeting of Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism
The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) will convene its eight Governing Council (GC) meeting on 24 January 2020, at the African Development Bank (AfDB), ... -
Zimbabwe imports corn as catastrophic hunger loom
As many as eight million people are suffering from hunger in Zimbabwe. Facing catastrophic hunger, Zimbabwe will import corn from Mexico, Ukraine and neighboring ... -
Severe drought in Namibia continues unabated
Despite reports of good rainfall in the north-eastern parts of Namibia, the drought in that country is still continuing. This was according to Thinus ... -
‘ZIMBABWE DROUGHT, FOOD CRISIS LIKELY TO RUN INTO 2020’
A swathe of Zimbabwe, running from the southwest to the northeast, faces a “Phase 3” food crisis after a sporadic start to the November ...
