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Botselo Mills and Shoprite's partnership feeds the nation

Supply Chain

Botselo Mills and Shoprite's partnership feeds the nation

4 hours

Supplied image: SA Harvest, Martin van Staden and SA Rugby Legends

Food, Water & Energy Security

Rugby Legends, SA Harvest champion food security initiative at Epworth Children’s Village

2 Apr 2025

#Budget2025: Navigating everyday living amid rising VAT and food prices

Retail

#Budget2025: Navigating everyday living amid rising VAT and food prices

24 Mar 2025

What dietitians say about 2025’s top nutrition trends

Trends

What dietitians say about 2025’s top nutrition trends

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 9 Jan 2025

Rainbow Chicken supports FAO’s 2024 World Food Day Poster Contest initiative

ESG

Rainbow Chicken supports FAO’s 2024 World Food Day Poster Contest initiative

Issued by Rainbow Chicken 16 Oct 2024

Fashion & Homeware

Jockey Partners with Robin Hood Foundation to Empower Local Seniors through Mahala Market

Issued by Jockey South Africa 17 Jul 2024

Discovering the latest trends in South African wine categories

Viticulture & Oenology

Discovering the latest trends in South African wine categories

Oelof Weideman 9 Jul 2024

Jumbo and Cash & Carry stores introduce Econo Maize Meal

FMCG

Jumbo and Cash & Carry stores introduce Econo Maize Meal

20 Mar 2024

Secrets of soil-enriching pulses could transform future of sustainable agriculture

Agriculture

Secrets of soil-enriching pulses could transform future of sustainable agriculture

Sebastian Schornack 12 Feb 2024

Why your breakfast costs are lower this year

Agribusiness

Why your breakfast costs are lower this year

Paul Makube 24 Aug 2023

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Sustainable Farming

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Christopher Oluwakunmi Akinbile 22 Jun 2023

Changing weather patterns set to exacerbate challenges faced by SA's farmers

Agribusiness

Changing weather patterns set to exacerbate challenges faced by SA's farmers

19 Jun 2023

Image supplied. Despite shifting shopper behaviour due to tough economic conditions the FMCG retail sector remains the jewel in the South African economy crown

FMCG

FMCG retail sector remains the jewel in the South African economy crown - despite unsettled economy

28 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Russel Morena, chief executive officer of the Southern African Institute of Government Auditors (SAIGA).

Markets & Investment

Russia-Ukraine War: Faraway conflict, local consequences

Russel Morena 30 Mar 2022

10 tech startups selected for inaugural ASIP Accelerator

Entrepreneurship

10 tech startups selected for inaugural ASIP Accelerator

29 Jun 2021

To what extent does climate change affect food insecurity? What we found in Lesotho

Food Security

To what extent does climate change affect food insecurity? What we found in Lesotho

Friederike Otto and Jasper Verschuur 16 Mar 2021

How Cabo Verde indigenous beans could boost food security

Food Security

How Cabo Verde indigenous beans could boost food security

Anyse Sofia Fernandes Pereira Essoh 11 Mar 2021

Infrastructure spend: insights from the effect of a bridge across the Zambezi on maize prices

Agriculture

Infrastructure spend: insights from the effect of a bridge across the Zambezi on maize prices

Sam Jones 9 Mar 2021

Tafelsig CAN feeding scheme battles red tape

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Tafelsig CAN feeding scheme battles red tape

Marecia Damons 18 Nov 2020

City planning is a critical lever to address urban food insecurity

Food Security

City planning is a critical lever to address urban food insecurity

Mologadi Makwela 11 Nov 2020

Rising grocery costs are impacting shopper behaviour

Retailers

Rising grocery costs are impacting shopper behaviour

Issued by ASK AFRICA 7 Oct 2020

The imperative to create shared value for Africa through investment in agriculture

Agribusiness

The imperative to create shared value for Africa through investment in agriculture

Axel Smeulders 27 Aug 2020

South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout

Regulatory

South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout

Ihsaan Bassier, Refiloe Joala and Thando Vilakazi 14 Aug 2020

What does life after lockdown look like for business?

Community

What does life after lockdown look like for business?

3 Apr 2020

Research & Development

ARC launches new maize information guide for farmers

21 Feb 2020

Reducing salt intake can save lives. Shutterstock

Nutrition

Salt is bad for you: but how it affects your body is still frontier science

Alta Schutte & Michél Strauss 15 Mar 2019

UFS graduate's crop research to diversify SA food security

Food Security

UFS graduate's crop research to diversify SA food security

7 Dec 2018

Connecting Kenya: AI as a government tool to accelerate manufacturing

Technology

Connecting Kenya: AI as a government tool to accelerate manufacturing

Joseph Kanyua 23 Oct 2018

Report: South Africa's grim agricultural outlook

Food Security

Report: South Africa's grim agricultural outlook

24 Aug 2018

Agricultural commodity prices expected to remain low globally says OECD-FAO

Food Security

Agricultural commodity prices expected to remain low globally says OECD-FAO

4 Jul 2018

#Mandela100: Pick n Pay, FoodForward SA set goal of over one million meals

#BizUnity

#Mandela100: Pick n Pay, FoodForward SA set goal of over one million meals

3 Jul 2018

Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47%

Research & Development

Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47%

Paul South 27 Jun 2018

Keeping tabs on genetically modified crops

Agriculture

Keeping tabs on genetically modified crops

Dr Alec Basson 7 Jun 2018

People in the HaMakuya community go without potable water for months. Melissa McHale

Infrastructure & Utilities

Small, local solutions can crack water crises: a South African case study

Melissa McHale, David Bunn and Eddie Riddell 22 May 2018

Agriculture

Scientists are breeding super-nutritious crops to help solve global hunger

Heather Ohly, Nicola Lowe 23 Jan 2018

Will Zim agriculture revive and if so, how?

Agriculture

Will Zim agriculture revive and if so, how?

4 Dec 2017

Agriculture

The traditional vegetable and sweet potato research that's revolutionising the way we build food and nutrition security in Africa

Millie Phiri, Sonia Naidoo, Nadia Ibraimo 17 Oct 2017

NGOs slam UN aviation agency plan for biofuels

Climate Change

NGOs slam UN aviation agency plan for biofuels

11 Oct 2017

Agri finance in a time of uncertainty and risk

Agriculture

Agri finance in a time of uncertainty and risk

21 Aug 2017

#CSIMonth: An opportunity to use commercial enterprises to ensure global food security

Agriculture

#CSIMonth: An opportunity to use commercial enterprises to ensure global food security

Cari Coetzee 18 Jul 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Agriculture

Clues and solutions to Kenya's puzzling food price crisis

Timothy Njagi Njeru 2 Jun 2017

#FreshOnTheShelf: Vital launches healthy, on-the-go snack range

FMCG

#FreshOnTheShelf: Vital launches healthy, on-the-go snack range

Lauren Hartzenberg 29 Mar 2017

Fighting back for bread

FMCG

Fighting back for bread

9 Mar 2017

Commodities & Fairtrade

Breakfast after the drought

8 Mar 2017

Food, Water & Energy Security

We've calculated the environmental cost of a loaf of bread – and what to do about it

Peter Horton 28 Feb 2017

Retail

Drought pushing food prices up sharply in East Africa

21 Feb 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Agriculture

Food prices approaching record highs in East Africa due to drought

15 Feb 2017

Poisonous fungus gets into food and eats away at health

Agro-processing

Poisonous fungus gets into food and eats away at health

13 Feb 2017