Tag: South Africa
Microsoft invests R40m into agritech to boost SA food security
Microsoft South Africa (SA) has announced an investment of up to R40-million in South Africa’s agriculture sector; this is to boost food...
Analysis: E Africa’s locusts outbreak, Zimbabwe’s drought may push neighbors to...
New Delhi — The outbreak of desert locusts in East African countries, and severe drought in Zimbabwe, have raised serious concerns about grain...
Microsoft launches FarmBeats to tackle food security in SA, Africa
Microsoft recently launched FarmBeats, an agriculture research platform with the aim of making the benefits of using artificial intelligence available to farmers.
Phenias Gumede, appointed president of KZN Agricultural Union, Kwanalu
A Makhathini farmer, Phenias Gumede has been appointed president of KZN Agricultural Union, Kwanalu
A well respected Makhathini...
South African president reaffirms need to accelerate land reform
The slow land reform in South Africa has caused impatience among the public and it needs to be accelerated if the country is to...
South Africa, India builds more synergy in Agriculture
The governments of South Africa and India have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the fields of agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
The two countries made the...
Land Facts: South Africa
Do You Know that more than 70% of commercial farms in South Africa are owned by white farmers #LandReforms #DYK
Food and Mouth Disease : Mozambique slaps ban on South African...
Mozambique has slapped a blanket ban on imports of animals and animal products from neighbouring South Africa due to the outbreak of an outbreak...
Botswana bans SA imports after foot-and-mouth disease
The Botswana government says it has immediately banned the import of live cloven-hoofed animals and their products from neighbouring South Africa after a report of...
Africa: Irrigation doubles African food production
Food production in Africa still relies almost exclusively on rain-fed agriculture, leaving farmers and rural communities vulnerable to increasingly erratic rainfall patterns and extreme...
