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President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on commercial banks to ease lending restrictions for emerging farmers, saying access to finance is essential to expanding black people’s participation in commercial agriculture.
Agriculture remains the biggest cause of biodiversity loss worldwide, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). However, the organisation’s latest Living Planet Report highlights conservation successes that show biodiversity loss can be reversed.
During the annual Agbiz Information Session held in Pretoria on 8 October, Thapelo Machaba, Agbiz agricultural economist and policy analyst, discussed the implications that the Employment Services Amendment Bill could have on employers in the agriculture sector.
Farmer’s Weekly will bring agriculture and food together at the Royal Show with a dedicated pavilion showcasing the connection between farming and the food on our plates.
South Africa’s agriculture sector needs leaders who can look beyond the farm gate and work across the value chain as infrastructure constraints, access to technology, and global volatility place increasing pressure on producers.
Africa's agricultural potential will not translate into food security, jobs, and economic growth simply by producing more food, delegates heard at the 10th Africa Agri Expo in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
A century of research at Langgewens, near Malmesbury in the Swartland, Western Cape, has helped transform farming far beyond the boundaries of the research farm, contributing to advances in crop production, soil management, conservation agriculture, and livestock systems.
Minister of Agriculture Willie Aucamp has committed his department to pursuing the classification of the Gamtoos Valley in the Eastern Cape as a disaster area, following a meeting with farmers and local authorities in Humansdorp and Patensie.