A rate cut, downside inflation outlook and supportive rand boost agriculture rebound
In the midst
of a recessionary domestic economy, favourable inflation outlook and lower oil
prices, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) got room to...
OPINION PIECE | Why plantations are NOT green deserts
The patchwork nature of forestry with the mixture of insect-rich grasslands and tall trees for nesting lends itself as the ideal...
The long-term impact of quarantine pests
The problems associated with the spread of the coronavirus
(COVID-2019) affects each of us personally, and many countries economy as well.
FNB welcomes lifting of ban on livestock auctions
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNBThe lifting of the ban on livestock auctions is a...
Why Solving Poverty Should Get Higher Priority Versus Hunger
226.7 MILLION AFRICANS LIVE IN HUNGERHunger –
definition: less than 1,800 calories per day. It is a result...
Optimistic outlook for agriculture
The latest forecast released by South Africa’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) points to a somewhat optimistic outlook for the agricultural sector...
DOES LESS (farmers) MEAN MORE (success) FOR THE STATE?
THREE LEVELS OF AGRICULTURE
Export, and in very big countries (e.g., India and China) internal distribution to premium markets, is the fastest and most sustainable...
PROCESSING or FRESH – WHICH IS BETTER?
This story brings up a basic dilemma that many fruit growers face:
what is better for me; selling my fruits to a Processing Plant or...
OPed: Will we slash our food supply for politics, or stay with science?
By Okisegere Ojepat, CEO Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya (FPC-Kenya)
One of the sadder aspects of our development into a global village driven by technology...
Apples and pears are nature’s own anti-rust
New year’s resolutions often include drastic intentions which, as often, come to nothing as they demand too big a change. An easy and effective...