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South African food inflation still running high in February
28th March 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (hereafter: food) inflation jumped 1% in month-on-month terms in February, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has reported. In... 


African smallholder farmers count the cost of fertilizer price spike
22nd March 2023 By: Reuters

Helplessly watching her maize turn yellow as she waited for free fertilizer from the government, Zimbabwean farmer Marian Kanenungo had nothing but makeshift compost from an anthill to help save... 


A portrait photo of Navisha Bechan-Sewkuran from Mondelēz International who is committed to inspiring consumers to snack mindfully
Nutrition programme delivering the goods
17th March 2023

South African learners and schools continue to benefit measurably, meaningfully as a result of holistic health and nutrition initiative the Health in Action (HIA) programme. The number of children... 


Aluminum food cans opened up to display their contents, which are baked beans beans, peas, mushrooms, corn, peppers and kidney beans
Expo advances export potential of food sector
17th March 2023

South African Fruit and Vegetables Canners Export Council (SAFVEC) GM Jill Atwood-Palm says the Gulfood Exhibition that took place in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from February 20 to... 


Vertical farming image
Panel unpacks how tech is influencing successful farming ventures
15th March 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

As the world undergoes a revolution towards greener and more digitalised technology, and the need to feed almost ten-billion people by 2050 looms, there is consensus from experts speaking at Africa... 


Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza
South Africa has plans in place to safeguard food supply amid power crisis
15th March 2023 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s government has contingency plans in place to safeguard key food-production facilities against an escalation in power cuts that are already at record levels, the nation’s agriculture... 


Citrus cartons for export
South Africa's citrus exports expected to take strain in 2023
13th March 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Following what has been an extremely tough year for citrus growers, the Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) predicts another year of export declines may be in store, ahead of the... 


Infrastructure backlog, waning service delivery driving people to cities – TIPS
6th March 2023 By: Schalk Burger

There is a massive infrastructure backlog in historic labour-sending regions, or former homelands, and the share of households with piped water inside the house has declined in the Free State,... 


Chick
SAPA unpacks green shoots, worrying factors in state of the poultry industry address
1st March 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) is preparing an application for export accreditation in the European Union (EU) and Saudi Arabian markets, which GM Izaak Breitenbach says could have a... 


Tongaat requests extension for release of business rescue plan
23rd February 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Tongaat Hulett Limited, Tongaat Hulett Sugar South Africa and Voermol Feeds have requested a time extension for the publication of the business rescue plan to June 30. The extension was requested... 


Soda cans
No increase in sugar tax for now
22nd February 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Following heavy lobbying from industry bodies the Sugar Association of South Africa and South African Cane Crowers’ Association, government has decided to not increase the Health Promotion Levy... 


SA Canegrowers call on Parliament to get sight of Treasury's sugar tax policy-making
20th February 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Sugarcane industry organisation SA Canegrowers has written to the chairperson of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance requesting oversight into the National Treasury’s policy-making regarding... 


Raw sugar at Durban's sugar export terminal
Sugar industry making progress on implementing master plan
16th February 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The advent of the Sugarcane Master Plan has been a crucial intervention aimed at stabilising the sugar industry and putting it on an upward growth trajectory, especially as it has been impacted... 


Inside a sugar silo at Durban export terminal
BFAP warns of looming sugarcane job losses if sugar tax is increased
16th February 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

A study by the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) finds that an above-inflation increase in the Health Promotion Levy (HPL), or sugar tax, would put 6 000 farm-level jobs and 3 000... 


Scope of commission's fresh produce market inquiry includes farming, retail sectors
15th February 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Competition Commission has published the final terms of reference for the Fresh Produce Market Inquiry (FPMI), which is aimed at assessing whether there are any features in the fresh produce... 


Inclusivity, productive land use and promoting biodiversity all help miners to go green
9th February 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

Major South African mining company Exxaro Resources had based its ambitions regarding the global decarbonisation process on its realisation that its own transition process had to be inclusive,... 


Sugarcane growers call for development funds for small farmers
8th February 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Industry organisation the South African Cane Growers Association (SA Canegrowers) has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to, in his State of the Nation Address on February 9, announce substantial... 


Tongaat Hulett executive director and incoming acting CEO Dan Marokane
Tongaat Hulett appoints acting CEO
7th February 2023 By: Darren Parker

Following the resignation of Tongaat Hulett CEO and executive director Gavin Hudson, with effect from February 28, the company has appointed executive director Dan Marokane as acting CEO. His... 


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Farmers seek new deal as loadshedding threatens industry and food security
3rd February 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The impact of loadshedding on the agriculture sector is evident at all levels of operation, including logistics and cold chain management, which necessitates urgent responses from farmers and... 


Treasury misses sugar tax reasoning deadline – SA Canegrowers
1st February 2023 By: Schalk Burger

The National Treasury has missed the 30-day legislative deadline to respond to a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application submitted by industry organisation SA Canegrowers, which... 


Oranges in a box
Citrus growers call for urgent WTO intervention to ensure oranges can be exported to EU
1st February 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Industry organisation the Citrus Growers Association of South Africa (CGA) has called on global body the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to urgently establish a panel to adjudicate on the False... 


Pathogen threats to global wheat crop increasing and more R&D needed, says study
31st January 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The threat posed by pathogens to global wheat crops is increasing as a result of the effects of climate change, researchers at the GEMS Informatics Centre (GEMS) of the University of Minnesota and... 


A grocey aisle
Loadshedding is hitting South Africa’s agricultural sector and food inflation is ‘sticky’
30th January 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

In its latest “Food Inflation Brief”, covering December, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has warned of the consequences of the continuing, rotating, scheduled power cuts (called... 


Doctoral scientists being trained to adapt crops to improve food security
27th January 2023 By: Schalk Burger

The African Plant Breeding Academy, which trains plant breeders in advanced crop breeding, is training 11 doctorate-level scientists from across the continent to use Clustered Regularly Interspaced... 


Power cuts leave fruit farmers in despair
26th January 2023 By: Reuters

On the cusp of harvesting this season's first fruit, South African deciduous farmer Heinie du Toit frets as the worst power cuts on record threaten to take the shine off his apple and pear crop... 


Sugarcane fields in South Africa
Sugar industry warns of R723m in loadshedding-induced losses for this year
26th January 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Industry body SA Canegrowers has appealed to government to implement measures to mitigate the impact of loadshedding on sugarcane growers, warning that its data shows that the South African sugar... 


Wheat
US Treasury reaffirms efforts to stabilise global energy prices, improve food security in Africa
25th January 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the US government and its partners are leading efforts to stabilise global energy prices by introducing a cap on the price of Russian oil, which should help... 


Africa needs up to $65bn in loans every year to curb food imports
25th January 2023 By: Bloomberg

Farmers in Africa will need as much as $65-billion in loans annually to produce enough food to curb imports and cushion their economies from external shocks. The continent imports over 100-million... 


Agbiz calls for less loadshedding in areas under irrigation
23rd January 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Business organisation the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) has urged for less loadshedding in areas under irrigation and food-processing facilities. In crucial field crops,... 


An energy crisis is seeping into South Africa’s food supply
18th January 2023 By: Bloomberg

The most severe power cuts ever experienced in South Africa are threatening food and water supplies and disrupting the lives of millions of people, including chicken farmers. In the poultry... 


Tractor in field
AfDB names 25 finalists in latest AgriPitch competition
10th January 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has announced that 25 youth-led agricultural companies will advance to the final round of its 2022 AgriPitch Competition and each be awarded $140 000 in... 


Fields of wheat in Caledon
South Africa 2022 wheat harvest forecast 1.6% lower than last year
21st December 2022 By: Reuters

South African farmers are expected to harvest 1.6% less wheat in the 2022 season compared with the previous season, the government's Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Wednesday. The CEC's... 


Only one in five citrus farms to make positive return for 2022 season
12th December 2022 By: Schalk Burger

A range of challenges that the citrus industry faced during the past year squeezed producers to the point where only one in five farms are likely to make a positive return this season, says... 


Tongaat Hulett's sugar operations in KwaZulu-Natal
Canegrowers call on Godongwana to eliminate the sugar tax
8th December 2022 By: Kenneth Creamer

Industry body SA Canegrowers has made a submission to the National Treasury, calling on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to not only suspend the increase in the sugar tax, but to eliminate the tax... 


Water crisis poses greatest risk for Africa’s food, CEO of fertiliser company says
6th December 2022 By: Bloomberg

One of Africa’s largest producers of agriculture chemicals says erratic rains and water shortages pose the biggest risk to food security on the continent, more than Russia’s war on Ukraine or other... 


Sugar production in KwaZulu-Natal
Sugar growers-led consortium sets out to buy Tongaat's assets
30th November 2022 By: Schalk Burger

A consortium comprising the sugarcane growers that supply troubled sugar producer Tongaat Hulett, has submitted an expression of interest to business rescue practitioners (BRPs) to acquire... 


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