From backyard farming to commercial farming
By: Fundiswa Nkwanyana
Nowadays there is a growing trend of thriving farming businesses that were started by entrepreneurs who fell in love with farming by...
Water Tanks Are An Essential Component In Ensuring Ongoing Food Security
Food security has been a global concern for some time now, with about a tenth of the world's population suffering from acute hunger. The...
Education ignites entrepreneurship
By: Professor Ahmed Shaikh Md Regent business
GLOBALLY the perennial battle to alleviate poverty is an enduring one and in this respect South Africa...
Private sector contributions can enable land restitution beneficiaries to transform rural economies
Land Reform – The private sector can play a significant role in land reform efforts aimed at alleviating deepening levels of poverty among rural...
Battery cage rearing system in poultry farming: a necessary evil?
There are different systems of rearing chicken namely free-range, semi-intensive, folding units and intensive systems. To a large extent, chicken production especially...
Understanding coccidiosis in poultry
It may be difficult to know exactly who came first; the chicken or the Coccidia species. However, it can be said with certainty that...
Emancipation through agriculture > The Goetheanum’s Section for Agriculture reflects on a hundred years...
The biodynamic brand ‘Demeter’ is known around the world, the foundations of biodynamic agriculture less so. In the year leading up to the centenary,...
FLEXSOL’s innovative flexible bladders, tanks provide solution to various water storage needs
FLEXSOL, a manufacturing company and member of “Polymerconsulting” Group - the leading CIS market supplier of polymer films and industrial fabrics since 2003 is...
Local chicken feed could solve poultry challenges in Sierra Leone and boost maize production
With poultry feed prices at a historical high, a successful 18-month project by Sierra Leone’s Leecon Poultry to produce feed from local ingredients and...
How community-designed solutions take pressure off Madagascar’s Manombo Rainforest, spur food production
By Zablon Oyugi
Health In Harmony (HIH), an international nonprofit organisation through its community-designed solutions approach has introduced sustainable farming practices among local farmers and...