Unlocking the power of digestate
A sustainable boost and game-changer for smallholder cabbage farming in South Africa Smallholder farmers in South Africa face significant challenges, from rising input costs to declining soil fertility. In the…
Resilience and responsibility
André Kritzinger crowned Eastern Cape Young Farmer of the Year André Kritzinger (28), owner and general manager of Tulpieskraal Boerdery in the Langkloof, and one of Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing’s valued…
A socio-economic imperative
Improving biosecurity and fighting animal diseases to protect the economy and job creation The Western Cape is facing a serious and urgent challenge: the growing threat of animal disease outbreaks…
A vision for sustainable farming
Insights from TLU SA Young Farmer Finalist Tiaan Barkhuizen Tiaan Barkhuizen is a young and driven farmer originally from Malmesbury in the Western Cape. Although his family does not have…
Catalysing a new era of agriculture
Growing numbers of young South Africans see the industry as a preferred career choice South African youth are increasingly pursuing agriculture as a preferred career choice – not out of…
Weather-proofing the breadbasket
How index insurance is building resilience for the country’s farmers Farmers are conservative by nature; they rely on the predictability of the seasons, the certainty of crop cycles, and weather…
Natural resource dividend
Eastern Cape launches strategy to boost natural ingredients exports by 25% The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC), in partnership with the Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO), has officially launched the…
Wine tourism – a golden opportunity for South African wine businesses
South Africa’s wine industry is in an outstanding position to reach new heights by making wine tourism its superstar attraction, argues Daneel Rossouw What South African wine tourism has to…
CPP ignites transformation
Restituted land is fertile ground for a new generation of rural entrepreneurs South Africa’s land restitution programme, long criticised for the slow pace of progress and unproductivity, is beginning to…
Moving with the grain of production
Investing in agri value chains that Africa can bank on A soybean harvested in Mpumalanga today moves through a value chain more structured than it was a decade ago. It travels…