Op:Ed: Biopesticides Supporting Sustainable Agriculture in Jordan
By Abdelmoneim Bakr, Regional Director MENA, CropLife Africa Middle EastJordan's agricultural sector has long demonstrated resilience and innovation despite limited natural resources and challenging...
Beyond the packhouse – how tariffs and macroeconomic shocks are redrawing the risk map...
By Dirk Schlebusch, Financial Manager at Programmed Process Outsourcing (PPO)South African agriculture has always required a high tolerance for volatility. Yet, the systemic shocks...
Mauritius Competition Commission initiates market study in the poultry sector
By Heather Irvine, Partner, Chetan Ancharaz, Associate, and Nazeera Mia, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer, BowmansThe Mauritius Competition Commission (Commission) has launched a formal market...
Vision Sugar Group’s plan to revive South Africa’s sugar heartland and secure over 15,000...
By Rute Moyo,South Africa’s sugar industry stands at a defining moment. For decades, sugar production has been a cornerstone of the rural economy...
OPINION: Good Heavens – The Substance of Air in South African National Environment Month...
The wind carries no suitcase, yet moves forests, across centuries.From gentle breezes to tempests fierce, air as an animating force in nature and the...
The risk sitting at the edge of South Africa’s agriculture supply chain
By Lucas Molefe, Cybersecurity Expert at ESET Southern Africa
Agriculture has become agritech. Over the past few years, technology has eased into everything from yield...
Agriculture, financial services sustain South Africa’s economic growth momentum in 1Q26
By Thanda Sithole, FNB & WesBank Senior EconomistSouth Africa’s economy delivered a stronger-than-expected performance in the first quarter of 2026, with agriculture and financial...
A show of resilience as agriculture powers to a 3.9% growth in Q1 of...
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB Commercial Despite elevated risks emanating from the ongoing Middle East war, animal diseases and inclement weather, South Africa’s...
Mixed fuel outlook as South Africa sees record petrol prices and diesel relief
By Koketso Mano, Ester Ochse and Paul MakubeSouth Africa’s June 2026 fuel price adjustment has delivered a sharply divergent outcome for consumers and the...
OPINION: Putting Foodprints on the Agenda for SA National Environment Month – Part 1
“The hunger for good things usually winds up as starvation," wrote the Nobel Prize-winning poet Czesław Miłosz, born in Lithuania during June 1911 -...