Tag: Agriculture

Sugarcane farmers are resorting to mechanising operations by using gadgets such as drones in a bid to reduce labour and other costs as cheap imports continue to take the sweetness ...

As South Africa prepares for the summer agricultural season, experts are warning small farmers and producers to prepare for the potential impacts of a weak La Niña weather pattern, expected ...

Once a reliable summer crop and a staple of rural livelihoods, South Africa’s melon and watermelon market is now in deep crisis. Production has fallen by more than 20% over ...

Small-scale fishing businesses in Kosi Bay are on the brink of collapse as illegal and unregulated fishing strips local waters of fish, leaving legitimate fishers struggling to survive. The crisis ...

The proposed Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill has triggered intense concern across South Africa’s informal sector. Spaza shop owners, hawkers, and traditional healers argue that it poses ...

By: Tebogo Mokwena SMMEs in the agro-processing sector who need financial and non-financial support must be assisted through the Agro-Processing Fund says the Gauteng Agriculture and Rural Development Department. It ...

By: Tebogo Mokwena Disadvantaged farmers could receive more than R6 billion in funding over the next 10 years following the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development joining forces ...

The evidence is now in and the verdict is that Africa´s agriculture is powering economic transformation in the region. African agriculture has shown remarkable improvement compared to its precarious state 15 years ...