The Impoverished Rural Community That Changed Its Nation History
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THOSE FARMERS?
This story could only happen many years ago in a faraway land.
I bring it here for you as it...
Maize estimates breach 11m tons – boosting supply outlook
• Adequate maize supplies for 2018/19 marketing season
• Positive for food inflation
• Could impact positively on interest rate outcomes
Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at...
Strengthening Local Food Systems Through Urban Farming and Food Diversity
South Africa’s National Development Plan (NDP) 2030 envisions eliminating poverty and reducing inequality, with economic growth and employment at its core. Among its initiatives,...
Getting women in the driver’s seat of Africa’s agribusiness revolution
by Mariam Yinusa and Edward Mabaya
Monica Musonda, CEO of Zambian food processing company Java Foods , certainly faced hurdles in her rise to the top,...
Sustaining the agricultural engine in South Africa: business rescue and informal restructuring
By Tobie Jordaan, Partner, Bowmans South Africa
Business confidence in the agricultural sector in South Africa in the second quarter of 2024 was at its...
Saai: Presidential report on land reform is disappointing
The Southern Africa Agri-Initiative (Saai) is disappointed with the report presented by the so-called advisory panel of land reform experts to cabinet, and at...
My Environment
BY : Sheunesu Hwande ,Gokwe North Nembudziya,Zimbabwe
I would not have done Justice if I talk about Agriculture without mentioning the environment because Agriculture deals...
Stubbornly high meat prices lift food inflation in August 2021
By: Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agri-Business
After showing signs of moderation for the second half of 2021 with the July 2021 food...
Climate change a risk to agricultural production
By Pertunia Setumo, Agricultural Economist for FNB
Agribusiness.
Climate change has presented additional risks to
agricultural production and to farming enterprises....
Community-driven decentralization and reconciliation in Palestine
By Yossef Ben-Meir Marrakech, Morocco
A decentralized governance administration, whose procedures and functioning are defined from implementing a wide range of local development projects across...