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These blogs contain agricultural related information and written by our editor Craig Macaskill as well as guest columnists from time to time.
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Living Planet Report shows that Africa’s average decline in monitored wildlife populations is in the order of 80%!
The systems that benefit from biodiversity are also driving nature loss …
From reclaimed land to global shelves: how one Northern Cape community built a R17 million raisin export business
A community-owned agricultural enterprise that illustrates how land reform, commercial agriculture, and structured development support can be aligned.
Super El Niño – how it could affect South Africa’s maize prices
Will South Africa’s maize stocks get the country through a super El Niño drought?
Survival notes for SA livestock farmers (Oct – Dec 2026)
What should you as a livestock farmer be considering as a ‘Plan of Action’ over the coming months?
How to drive precision and confidence in seed testing
Quality assurance in a modern seed system begins much earlier than the laboratory
Intelligent systems can fix Africa’s post-harvest crisis
How technology tailored to local conditions could help shift Africa’s food systems from reacting to losses to preventing them.