Sustained sharp upswing in fuel prices will trim agriculture profit outlook
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agribusiness Early indications are that South Africa faces a massive upswing in fuel prices given the recent...
Challenges impacting rural women and their participation in land reform
By Peter Setou, Chief Executive of the Vumelana Advisory FundLand Reform – The agricultural sector continues to play a pivotal role as the engine...
Rising energy costs and supply challenges mean investing in alternatives makes a lot of...
By Kyle Durham; Head of Alternative Energy Solutions at FNB Commercial and Dawie Maree; Head of Agriculture Information and Marketing at FNB Agribusiness
Many people outside...
Is “Income Leapfrog” Possible For Smallholders In Emerging Economies?
By:Dr. Nimrod Israely - Founder and CEO - Biofeed Ltd
DREAM, DREAM, DREAM…
Twenty-seven years ago, while I was spraying my orchards nearly daily (mostly at...
Advancing food security; doing it differently
The agricultural sector is used to facing events of abnormal impact, including floods, droughts, veld fires, and disease outbreaks. Even if it is possible...
Part 1: More money into African agriculture and on the contrary, more hunger for...
Year in year out, Grants, DFI funds & Private Equity funds flow into Sub-Saharan African Agriculture space. From a discussion paper by Husmann, Christine...
ABB robotics offer SA’s food and beverage industry a taste of the future
The future has never looked more unpredictable for South Africa’s food and beverage (F&B) sector, as it battles a perfect storm of pressure brought...
Op-ed : South Africa’s success with GMO white maize – lessons for the continent
African countries in the south of the Sahara have a lot to learn from South Africa’s successes in Genetically Modified (GM) plant agriculture. The...
Expropriation without compensation threatens agricultural sector
By Ian van Niekerk, Managing Director of Oakland GroupGovernment’s proposed land expropriation without compensation initiative threatens to jeopardise food security, dissuade investment and will...
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...