Container-Grown, Retail-Ready: How Arable Grow Cracked Urban Farming
As South Africa faces mounting pressure from climate change, water scarcity and rapid urbanisation, the future of farming may not lie in fields. It...
Who Will Share the Risk? Swartland Wheat Farmers Battle Climate Extremes
Grain SA warns Swartland wheat crop and SA's food security at risk, pushes for urgent affordable crop insurance.Grain SA has raised serious concern over...
Following the Water: Tracing Climate Change from African Rivers to the Ocean
A conversation with 2026 Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant finalist Dr. Gabriel Akoko Juma
Water does not recognise the boundaries we have drawn on maps.Rain...
The untapped value of Rooibos to SA’s economy
For millions of South Africans, Rooibos is simply part of the daily ritual – a steaming cup in the morning, a refreshing iced drink...
Mycotoxin contamination in South Africa: implications for poultry immune system response
In South Africa, maize is a central raw material for animal feed, and its exposure to field and storage fungi creates a continuous risk...
Before We Cleared the Land, We Watched It
What a year of repeated observation in Prado, Bahia taught our family about sandy-soil recovery, low-cost digital field records and the value of sharing...
Women’s participation in agriculture must move beyond subsistence farming
By Zanele Mabelane, Product Portfolio Head of Agriculture at FNB CommercialAccording to Stats SA, there are approximately 40,000 commercial farming units in South Africa,...
Beyond disease control: getting more bang for your buck
By Andries Duvenhage: Campaign Lead: Cereals, Deciduous Fruit & VegCrop protection should no longer be seen as an unavoidable expense to control pests and...
Race Against Climate Change: How New Potato and Sweetpotato Varieties Are Delivering Results
Ever wondered what it takes to develop a new crop variety? Just like preparing for a marathon, developing a new variety is a carefully...
Rethinking Aid in Rural Tanzania: How Monthly Micro-Savings Transform Lives
For years, US agencies involved in foreign aid advocated “localization.” This means relying on local people, organizations and communities to provide the kind of...