South African riots and food security: why there’s an urgent need to restore stability
When South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, addressed the nation on July 12 amid violence and destruction of property in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, he warned of several risks if the situation was not resolved swiftly. One of them was food security.
VINPRO SURVEY: SA wine industry at the edge of a cliff
The South African wine industry is at a tipping point, with many wine businesses, especially smaller companies and those under black ownership, facing potential closures in the next three to twelve months due to the recurring and now fifth domestic wine sales restrictions.
World Poultry Foundation online videos to boost biosecurity in African poultry farming
The US-based World Poultry Foundation (WPF) has released a series of training videos to help Africa’s poultry farmers raise healthier birds and so enhance both their profitability and their communities’ nutritional status.
Sustainability, Traceability & the Future of Farming
IQ Logistica is the company behind the IQ Thentic SaaS products that are seeing easy-to-use innovation made easily available and accessible to South African Farmers in 2021.
The Third Wave: COVID-19 and Agriculture
In this first week of another lockdown, we thought we would take a look back at where we’ve come from with the coronavirus, and at what lies ahead.
Small towns are collapsing across South Africa. How it’s starting to affect farming
Farming and agribusiness play a crucial role in sustaining the economies of small towns and rural areas. There is a lot of evidence of this in the economic literature and in the popular media. This dependency has its inherent risks.
When details are important
As the reader will be aware, traceability is an important consideration in our export markets, and increasingly so here at home. If something is questionable in a product, it can be traced back to the farm – even the field – of its origin.
Rooibos industry pledges continued commitment to sustainablity ahead of World Environment Day (5 June) via striking art installation
While the Rooibos industry has always had environmental preservation at heart, an increased global demand for the tea has compelled the industry to more proactively review its impact across its value chain.
EWC debate “out of sync with South Africa’s economic policy direction”
On Monday the 31st of May, the Ad Hoc Committee on the amendment of section 25 of the Constitution met for deliberations prior to the expiration of its mandate at midnight.
FairPlay welcomes trade policy statements
FairPlay welcomes the many positive features in this week’s statements by the South African government on trade policy and localisation of production. These will help to bring about improvements in areas on which FairPlay has focused – action to limit job-destroying predatory imports such as in the chicken and sugar sectors, and a job-creating stimulus for the industries and areas most affected, including poor and under-resourced rural areas.