New Manual Aids Small-Scale Farmers in Climate-Smart Horticulture Production
Small-scale farmers across Southern Africa are facing mounting climate risks from unpredictable rainfall and droughts, to declining soil health and pest pressures. In response,...
Grain SA, NAMPO management bans cloven-hoofed animals at NAMPO 2026 amid foot-and-mouth disease concerns
Grain SA and the management of NAMPO have confirmed that no cloven-hoofed animals will be allowed at the 2026 NAMPO Harvest Day, scheduled for...
Harnessing Precision Farming Technologies for Modern Agricultural Practices
Precision farming is a practice that involves the use of integrated crop management techniques and devices to increase profitability and sustainability and protect the...
Eco-Friendly bird abatement gains ground as poison loses favour
Although pest control is critical for a number of industries, from food manufacturing and pharmaceuticals to airport, retail, and renewable energy, poisoning is increasingly...
Fans are on. But is your poultry house really under control?
Lei Gommers, Global Business Development Manager – Agriculture Drives, ABB
The way air moves through a poultry house can determine whether a farm thrives or...
Corteva Agriscience: Boosting SA’s farming future
As South African farmers prepare for 2026, the year ahead presents both challenges and opportunities. As a critical contributor to the national economy and...
Africa’s farm mechanization needs a new approach to succeed
By Beth Bechdol
For decades, Africa’s agricultural mechanization has been guided by a stubborn assumption: if tractors transformed farming elsewhere, surely, they would do the...
2025 – the year when land reform underwent a baptism of fire
Land Reform - 2025 was the year that subjected the land reform programme to the most rigorous litmus test yet. The enactment of...
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Crisis Moves Beyond Talk as Saai Demands Immediate State Action
The Southern African Agri Initiative (Saai) confirms that Saai, Free State Agriculture, and Sakeliga’s attorneys has sent a formal demand to the Minister of...
“1/3 of global food emissions tracked, but 82% of net zero targets unverified. New...
Agriculture and food systems produce nearly one-third of global GHG emissions, much of it at the farm and land-use level (Our World in...