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... 

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,... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

Food and non-alcoholic beverage inflation (hereafter referred to, for short, as food inflation) in South Africa continued its upward momentum in October, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy... 

State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) says the Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT) has been exceeding weekly volumes by 32% for two consecutive weeks as the South Africa’s deciduous fruit... 

The Mvua Water Harvesting Initiative is providing advice and making it easier for Ugandans to access funding to invest in harvesting rainwater for households and agriculture. Harvesting rainwater... 

Shares in Astral Foods rose more than 4% in morning trade after it reported full year revenue growth of over a fifth, and it more than doubled its profits. The strong performance came as the... 

Vulnerable countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America have less than a decade to install early-warning systems and diversify the crops they grow before the growing “loss and damage” from climate... 

The majority of creditors of agriculture and agri-processing business Tongaat Hulett have approved an extension to the date of publication of a business rescue plan to January 31. In a statement... 

A new financial services firm AgMerchant Capital was launched on November 9 and aims to be a keen participant in the agricultural financing services industry in South Africa through the provision... 

Sugarcane industry organisation SA Canegrowers’ members have accepted a proposal by the business rescue practitioners (BRPs) for Tongaat Hulett that ensures the payment of outstanding payments due... 

The High Court in Pretoria has issued a judgment ordering the City of Tshwane to invest R18-million in the implementation of a precinct plan for the maintenance of the Tshwane Fresh Produce Market,... 

In South Africa, a country where 'braais' are a national pastime, plant-based substitutes are making surprising inroads despite a deep cultural love of meat and hostility from the regulator. That... 

Sugarcane business organisation SA Canegrowers will meet with the business rescue practitioners (BRPs) appointed to sugar producer Tongaat Hulett after Tongaat missed the deadline by which to make... 

State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) says it has moved 128 374 forty-foot equivalent units across its container terminals in Durban, Ngqura, Gqeberha and Cape Town and has handled 3.7% more... 

Sustainable agriculture investment company Agrarius Sustainability Engineered has listed Africa’s first Shari’ah-compliant sustainability-linked Sukuk on the JSE. This constitutes the inaugural... 

Sugarcane business organisation SA Canegrowers says the immediate risk arising from sugar company Tongaat Hulett's entry into business rescue is that R401-million that was due to be paid to growers... 

Agriculture business organisation Agri SA says it is extremely concerned that the 2022/23 summer season will lead to an even greater locust outbreak if no proactive measures are taken now. South... 

Agroprocessing group Tongaat Hulett's board has determined that the company is in financial distress and has decided to start voluntary business rescue proceedings. The company reiterates in an... 

African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretary-general Wamkele Mene has said the automotive sector is at the heart of Africa’s industrialisation and can play a vital part in the global... 

Industry body Agri SA says it is hopeful that the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), to be delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday afternoon, will outline critical... 

Wine industry organisation Vinpro and industry body Winetech People Development have launched an e-learning platform through which South African wine industry vineyard workers can hone their... 

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has highlighted, in its latest “Food Inflation Brief”, that South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (hereafter to be referred to simply as... 

Jean Nel has resigned as nonexecutive director of JSE-listed agriculture and agri-processing company Tongaat Hulett, with effect from October 17. He has also stepped down as a member of the Tongaat... 

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), Swiss bank BIC-BRED (Suisse) and Swiss commodity trading group Agro Companies International (ACI) have partnered to help finance the importation of... 

Agroprocessing company Tongaat Hulett says its board of directors has approved the capital restructuring plan created by the chief restructuring officer and restructuring committee. The plan, which... 

To be a globally competitive agricultural produce exporting nation, South Africa needs to focus on logistics, as transport infrastructure is a crippling problem for the sector, says industry... 

Investment holding company the Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) has, through its Khulisani Ventures initiative, invested R10-million in crowd farming financial technology (fintech) company... 

The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on October 11 launched the National Biosecurity Hub, at the University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Future Africa campus, to support the prevention and...