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The combustion of fossil fuels is often (rightly) regarded as the chief source of many negative environmental consequences, such as the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and climate change. However, recent computer models have suggested that even if all combustion of oil, coal and gas was to cease tomorrow, global warming would still exceed the 1.5°C threshold agreed upon at the Paris climate summit in 2015.
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While the electronic tongue bears little physical resemblance to its namesake, the strand-like sensory probes of the "e-tongue" still outperformed human senses when detecting contaminated wine in a recent study.
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Tilling has been with us for 10,000 years or more, in some form. But as the Agricultural Revolution transformed farming in the 18th and 19th centuries, the method of cultivation became increasingly popular, primarily because tilling enables farmers to plant and weed more, fast, with very little effort.
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The pet transporting service market size is estimated to be valued at US$ 525 million in 2023 and is expected to reach US$ 820 million by 2033. The adoption of pet transporting service likely to advance at a CAGR of 4.5% during the forecast period.
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Entries will open on 1st July 2023 open - Close 30th September 2023-Hollard is proud to sponsor the Farming Portal/Agricultural Writers SA junior communicator awards. Our 3rd year
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South Africa’s current debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio is 73%. In nominal terms, the country owes around R5 trillion.
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The impact of policy matters on your individual farming operation and in your immediate rural community. Do you have a voice? Would you like to be heard? Do you wish to share your insights in how decisions on agricultural policy matters are affecting your daily lives on the farm?
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Their lengthy necks, used for chasing fast-moving fishes, developed quickly over a five million period around 250 million years ago.
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The research, published today in Nature Plants, shows plants have gradually developed their range of anatomical designs throughout the passage of time, punctuated by episodic bursts of innovation to overcome and adapt to environmental challenges.
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The impact of policy matters on your individual farming operation and in your immediate rural community.
Do you have a voice? Would you like to be heard? Do you wish to share your insights in how decisions on agricultural policy matters are affecting your daily lives on the farm?
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The US Federal Reserve chairman has said the central bank will continue to raise interest rates “if appropriate” as inflation remains “too high”.Jerome Powell told an annual gathering of central bankers that the pace of price rises had fallen from a peak. However, it remains above the Fed’s 2% target.
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The Women’s Insight Deliberation Competition provides the perfect opportunity for women who live on farms or who are involved in a farming business or in the sector to become part of the discussion on how boardroom decisions on policy matters impact on your daily lives.
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By 2030, the Agricultural Tractor Implements Market is expected to reach USD 43.50 billion, expanding at a CAGR of 5.0% between 2023 and 2030. The main forces propelling the market's expansion are growing labor costs, increased demand for agricultural goods, and technological improvements
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Global macadamia production is on track to double supply by 2025, while falling prices and over-supply should be viewed as temporary adjustments in the prevailing recessionary economic climate, says CEO of the World Macadamia Organisation (WMO) Jillian Laing.
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Renewable technologies are important in meeting energy demands sustainably. This is of vital importance given the roles of fossil fuels in producing carbon dioxide, a key driver of climate change. Renewable energy is growing at a rapid pace globally, with solar photovoltaic power providing about 30% of global renewable power, and increasing in amount by 25% in 2021.
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Agriculture and Farming Headline news of the week.
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The impact of policy matters on your individual farming operation and in your immediate rural community. Do you have a voice? Would you like to be heard? Do you wish to share your insights in how decisions on agricultural policy matters are affecting your daily lives on the farm?
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The global pet carriers market is projected to have a slow-paced CAGR of 4.1% during the forecast period. The current valuation of the market is US$ 866.1 million in 2023. The market value of the pet carriers market is anticipated to reach a high of US$ 1,294.4 million by the year 2033.
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The trend towards increased veganism has long been touted as holding promise for increased macadamia nut consumption, but the question is, how big is the market and how much room is there for increasing the demand?
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As we grapple with the mounting challenges of climate change, it's critical to understand that this crisis doesn't recognise borders or political, cultural, or economic divides. It’s a global catastrophe that requires a united, global response.
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When President Vladimir Putin opens the Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg on Thursday, the attendance cast list will be closely scrutinised - in Paris, Washington, London, and at United Nations headquarters in New York.
But Africans will view the event quite differently.
Headline News of the week.
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The US dollar’s strengthening last year to a 20-year high had major implications for the global economy. We examine these spillovers from the currency’s appreciation in our latest External Sector Report.
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The newest, 11th package of Russian sanctions adopted by the European Council on 23 June could have a major impact on the Russian dairy industry, Roman Chuybak, manager for liaising with the authorities in the Russian association of dairy producers, Soyuzmoloko said
South Africa’s national health department recently invited public comment on regulations for warning
labels on food packaging. The regulations specify how pre-packaged food should be labelled. Broadly speaking, “front-of-pack” labels provide information about the overall nutritional quality of foods and beverages.
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The overall market progressed from US$ 76.7 billion in 2018, with an average yearly growth rate of 4% until 2022. By the end of the year 2022, the net revenue generated by the agro-rural tourism business globally was nearly US$ 89.8 billion
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The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2023-2032 provides an assessment of the ten-year prospects for agricultural commodity and fish markets at national, regional, and global levels in a context of continued economic risks, uncertainty, and high energy prices.
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The European Commission has proposed making gene-edited plants much easier to study and commercialize.
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They found a surprisingly strong correlation. Using only information on beak shape and size, they were able to correctly predict broad nest material use in 60% of species, rising to 97% in some cases.
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The European Commission is proposing to mobilize additional funding for farmers impacted by adverse conditions. The new support package will consist of 330 million Euro (about $359 million) to be allocated among 22 member states.
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Natural habitats are facing mounting environmental challenges due to human activities such as land use changes, exploitation and climate change.
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The shift began 20 years ago or so, when networked computers became sufficiently ubiquitous that people began using them to build and manage relationships. Social networking had its problems—collecting friends instead of, well, being friendly with them, for example—but they were modest compared with what followed.
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The latest El Nino climate phenomenon has arrived, threatening floods in some areas of the world and droughts in others. Previous disruptive weather patterns cost the global economy trillions and stoked inflation.
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A Cretaceous origin for placental mammals, the group that includes humans, dogs and bats, has been revealed by in-depth analysis of the fossil record, showing they co-existed with dinosaurs for a short time before the dinosaurs went extinct.
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Almost a quarter of a billion people are now at risk of hunger as conflict, drought and flooding combined to wreak havoc on farms and food supply chains in 2022, according to the latest report.
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When combined with iridescent colouration, a matt target surface appearance confers greater survival benefits in beetles than a glossy surface, scientists at the University of Bristol have found.
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According to another FAO study, 14.5% of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are attributable to livestock farming.
The industry releases carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, which cause harm to varying degrees. Methane and nitrous oxide do not linger in the air as long as carbon dioxide, but their climate warming potential is higher than carbon dioxide.
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Rendered animal fats from poultry, pigs and cattle have been used for many years in pet food and in the oleochemical sector for soaps and cosmetics. But, their use as transport fuels, currently mostly in cars and trucks, is causing alarm to climate scientists.
Headline news of the week.
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Extinct kangaroos used alternative methods to their famous hop according to comprehensive analysis from University of Bristol and the University of Uppsala scientists.
Although hopping is regarded as a pinnacle of kangaroo evolution, the researchers highlight those other kinds of large kangaroos, in the not-too-distant past, likely moved in different ways such as striding on two legs or traversing on all fours.
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Stories of virgin births, where young are produced without fertilization, have been told throughout history. Mars the ancient Roman god, Horus the ancient Egyptian god and Qi from ancient Chinese mythology were all born to virgins. But virgin births do happen in the natural world.
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A team of researchers from the University of Bristol have shed light on the life of the ancient reptile Rhynchosaur, which walked the earth between 250-225 million years ago, before being replaced by the dinosaurs.
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Human influences have the potential to reduce the effectivity of communication in bees adding further stress to struggling colonies, according to new analysis.
Scientists at the University of Bristol studying honeybees, bumblebees and stingless bees found that variation in communication strategies are explained by differences in the habitats that bees inhabit and differences in the social lifestyle such colony size and nesting habits.
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South Africa is currently in the grip of its worst-ever power cuts, while coal exports fell to a 30-year low in 2022 because of the poor performance of the national freight rail company. That, coupled with poor water infrastructure and inefficient ports, is stifling investment.
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Agriculture Healines of the week.
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The World Bank has been tracking carbon markets for around two decades and the annual State and Trends of Carbon Pricing report is now in its tenth year. When the first report was published a decade ago, only 7% of global emissions were covered by either a carbon tax or an ETS. Today, as highlighted in the 2023 report, almost a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions (23%) are now covered by 73 instruments.
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South Africa’s central bank has warned of dire consequences should the country face censure due to its stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
At worst, secondary, or indirect sanctions could be imposed on the country and lead to a sudden halt to capital inflows and increased outflows, the bank said in its latest financial stability review published on Monday. It cautioned that South Africa’s financial system would be unable to function if its ability to make international payments in dollars was impeded.
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Climate change-driven shifts in the circulation of waters to the deepest reaches of the ocean around Antarctica, which could reverberate across the planet and intensify global warming, are happening decades "ahead of schedule", according to new research.
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The government of South Africa is weighing new anti-dumping tariffs of up to 232% on a range of products imported from China and India, ostensibly to protect local industry. Bad plan.
The International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC), a bunch of pencil-pushers tasked with second-guessing the ‘proper’ pricing of imports, has asked Ebrahim Patel, the communist in charge of the Department of Trade Barriers, Deindustrialisation and Collusion (DTIC), to impose ‘anti-dumping’ tariffs on a number of products imported from China and India.
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Natural gas might be the same commodity everywhere in the world, but prices can vary dramatically because of the complex network of infrastructure needed to transport it.
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“The chance of global near-surface temperature exceeding 1.5°C above preindustrial levels for at least one year between 2023 and 2027 is more likely than not (66%).”
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New research from Queen Mary University of London shows that only around 13% of global methane emissions are regulated, despite methane emissions causing at least 25% of current global warming.
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News Headlines of the week.
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A new study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials by researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and partners has identified a diverse microbiome of plastic-degrading fungi and bacteria in the coastal salt marshes of Jiangsu, China.
Potatoes South Africa, in collaboration with the University of Pretoria, has secured funding from the Department of Science and Innovation for a project aimed at creating a new value chain for waste or ‘cull’ potatoes – those too small, low-quality, or overproduced to meet fresh produce market standards.
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Most Sub-Saharan African currencies have weakened against the US dollar, fanning inflationary pressures across the continent as import prices surge. This, together with a growth slowdown, leaves policymakers with difficult choices as they balance keeping inflation in check with a still-fragile recovery.
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Food security in South Africa, the second wealthiest country by GDP, is low. According to 2019 data, Statistics SA says at least 10 million people didn’t have enough food or money to buy food.
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News Headlines of the week.
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Advances in genetic engineering have given rise to an era of foods—including genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and gene-edited foods—that promise to revolutionize the way we eat.
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Most people don't think much about stethoscopes but the fact is that this tool, so commonly associated with doctors, is at a crossroads. Having been in use for nearly two centuries, the stethoscope is during a debate with respect to its utility in healthcare.
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Summary of NEWS HEADLINES of the week.
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A team of researchers, using a state-of-the-art climate prediction system, is forecasting a strong El Niño toward the end of 2023. If westerly wind bursts were to occur during the spring and early summer, an even stronger El Niño event might occur.
Lead is a toxic metal that negatively affects body systems of people and animals, with the nervous system being particularly sensitive. Although elevated levels of dietary lead are potentially damaging to animal health, lead shot can be legally used for hunting terrestrial gamebirds, like pheasants, in the UK. While most pheasants are eaten by people, some are used in petfood.
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Gerhard Papenfus is the Chief Executive of the National Employers' Association of South Africa (NEASA).
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The first people to live in the Americas migrated from Siberia across the Bering land bridge more than 20,000 years ago. Some made their way as far south as Tierra del Fuego, at the tip of South America. Others settled in areas much closer to their place of origin where their descendants still thrive today.
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News Headlines of the week.
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Cities and states in the US will be able to sue massive fossil fuel polluters thanks to a Supreme Court decision. As the climate crisis worsens, local governments are taking energy giants to court. Big Oil appealed five of these local cases to America’s Supreme Court. But the court declined to hear them- setting an important precedent for future lawsuits.
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Globally, the consumption of animal source foods including meat, eggs and milk can help to reduce stunting, wasting and overweight amongst children, according to a new UN report.
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The cost of lithium, an essential component in EV batteries, has dropped by nearly 20% since January while the price of cobalt, also an important material for batteries, has fallen over 50%; the price of copper has dipped nearly 20%. Unsurprisingly, the sales of electric vehicles have sharply risen.
Summary of the News Headlines of the week.
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Our latest World Economic Outlook forecasts that growth will slow from 3.4 percent last year to 2.8 percent this year. Growth is then expected to accelerate to 3 percent next year.
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Among all greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide is the highest contributor to global warming. If we do not take action by 2100, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the average temperature of our world will increase by about 34 degrees Fahrenheit. Finding effective ways to capture and store CO2 has been a challenge for researchers and industries focused on combating global warming, and Amir Barati Farimani has been working to change that.
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The first-and-only AO postbiotic developed specifically for layers, using patent pending technology.
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Dry-spells known as flash droughts, with a surprisingly rapid onset and often devastating impact, are becoming more frequent as human activity warms the planet, according to a study published Thursday.
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Summary of the HEADLINES news of the week
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South African businesses and consumers must brace for long weeks of load shedding ahead until at least March 2024, a new report by the Centre for Risk Analysis (CRA) has highlighted.
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Since the 1950s, humanity has produced an estimated 8.3 billion tons of plastic, adding a further 380 million tons to this amount each year. Only 9% of this gets recycled. The inevitable result is that plastic is everywhere, from the depths of the oceans to the summit of Everest—and notoriously, inside the tissues of humans and other organisms.
An international research team led by Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, determined that Troodon, a dinosaur very close to modern birds, was a warm-blooded animal (an endotherm), but had a reproductive system similar to that of modern reptiles.
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Summary of South Africa Agriculture News
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Yields in Africa’s smallholder-based farming system have remained stubbornly below the global average for years. The continent is not producing enough of its own food and spends almost $50bn annually importing food, a figure which is predicted to double by 2030 if productivity gains cannot be achieved.
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It’s now more commonly known that alcohol and tobacco use make us ill. Less known is that just four industries account for at least one-third of global preventable deaths. These industries are unhealthy processed food and drinks, fossil fuels, alcohol and tobacco. Collectively they cause 19 million deaths every year, according to a recent series of reports published in The Lancet.
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Summary of the news headines of the week on Agri New sNet.
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The surge in food and energy prices during the past few years has fueled inflation and hurt growth. Prices of food and energy commodities increased steadily following the onset of the pandemic and reached historic highs after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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The fruit of the cocklebur plant, which grows worldwide and is often considered a noxious weed, has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory components that could make it useful as a skin protectant, according to new research.
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The South African government had been expected to hike up the Health Promotion Levy on Sugary Beverages last month: but decided instead to keep it at its current rate for the next two years. That’s welcome news to the country’s sugar industry, which had campaigned tirelessly against the ‘job-killing’ increase.
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Mixing cannabis and nicotine isn’t uncommon – especially in Europe, Australia, and Israel. Many people enjoy mixing the two substances to create a unique “high”; some swear it heightens the effects of THC while others claim to not feel much from weed without nicotine.
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Fifteen years ago, a 1.5Celsius limit on global warming—championed by small island nations worried about sea level rise—was rejected by most scientists as unrealistic and by most countries as unnecessary.
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Synthetic fertilizers have allowed us to feed the world. Around half of humanity relies on them.
They’re not only important for food production and nutrition, but they’re important for the environment too. We’ve seen massive increases in crop yields – partly due to fertilizers – and this means we need less farmland. Less farmland means less deforestation and more space for wildlife.
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This past week the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its monthly flagship report, the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. This report provides insight into the global production conditions of the major grains and oilseeds
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Saildrone surveyed more than 45,000 square kilometers of previously unknown ocean floor around Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and off the California coast to address ocean exploration gaps in remote areas.
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About 25 million kilometres of new roads are expected to be built around the world by 2050. Along with power lines and railways, roads cut through the landscape everywhere, disrupting ecosystems. This linear infrastructure prevents animals from moving safely around their habitat. It also reduces access to the resources they need, like food, sufficient space and mating partners.
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Summary of the week important news
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African researchers will receive grants worth tens of thousands of dollars to study the impact of solar geoengineering despite concerns from environmental activists that solar radiation management could deepen climate injustices and carbon colonialism
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Today's is a world whose theme of environmental sustainability is also often linked to communication dynamics, especially when analyzing the theme of road transport which is often the subject of questionable and contradictory analyses.
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It’s no secret that air pollution is a serious problem facing the world today. Just how serious? A new study on global daily levels of air pollution shows that hardly anywhere on Earth is safe from unhealthy air.
China used as much cement in three years as the US did in the entire 20th century” is a headline that has been repeated over and over.
I’m skeptical of most statistics that go viral, so had to double-check and calculate the numbers myself.
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Weekend Audio News - Summary of the weeks headlines.
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Economists will be studying the pandemic for generations to learn from the dramatic global downturn and the ensuing credit crunch, but one important lesson about the scope of action needed to contain the next global crisis is already coming into focus.
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Biodiversity loss may be the harbinger of a more devastating ecological collapse, an international team of scientists have discovered.
By exploring the stability and collapse of marine ecosystems during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, researchers have gained worrying insights into the modern biodiversity crisis, given that the rate of species loss today outpaces that during the event, known as the ‘Great Dying’.
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2035 is approaching and after the definitive ok from the European Union relating to the ban on the sale of endothermic engines, the road is precisely that from 2035 and we must organize ourselves to follow it, thanks to the fact that the transition from endothermic to electric means for the manufacturers a complete and total revision of the design and construction schemes of the vehicles as well as a remodulation of the product lines.
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Summary of the news that was posted on Agri News Net
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Economists are sounding the alarm over South Africa’s increasing debt burden and particularly its debt-servicing costs which threaten to drag the country into a debt spiral.
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South Africa’s agricultural sector is feeling the effects of the country’s power crisis, with the power cuts grinding South Africa’s food sector to a halt, as farmers struggle to adapt to the dysfunction.
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Researchers at the University of Bristol have found why zebra fur is thinly striped and sharply outlined.
Their findings, published today in the Journal of Experimental Biology, reveal that stark black-white distinctions and small dark patches are particularly effective in thwarting horsefly attack. These characteristics specifically eliminate the outline of large monochrome dark patches that are attractive to horseflies at close distances.
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The economic headwinds that faced Asia and the Pacific last year have started to fade. Global financial conditions have eased, food and oil prices are down, and China’s economy is rebounding.
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When we’re done with our plastic, we have three options: recycle it, incinerate (burn) it, or send it to landfill.
We think about recycling as the holy grail of environmental action, but it’s not. Most items can only be recycled once or twice (if they’re sent there at all), so they end up in landfill eventually. Recycling delays, but does not eliminate, plastic going to landfill.
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As the world population continues to grow and the human population becomes more urbanized, there is an increasing demand for food. This has led to a rise in the use of agricultural technology and innovations to meet and sustain the demand.
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People across the world worry about climate change, but that concern alone doesn’t translate into support for climate mitigation policies.
That’s our finding based on a recent survey designed to better illustrate how people perceive the risks from climate change and their support for government climate actions.
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Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. It focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, improving the water cycle, enhancing ecosystem services, supporting bio-sequestration, increasing resilience to climate change, and strengthening the health and vitality of farm soil.
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While Agri SA welcomes the President’s focus on the electricity crisis in his State of the Nation Address, the sector remains deeply concerned about the ongoing and devastating impact of loadshedding on the agricultural sector.
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Summary of the main news that were posted on Agri News Net and Farmingportal.
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Three astrophysicists have an out-of-this-world solution for the climate crisis — mining dust from the moon and using it to build a shield around Earth that blocks the sun's rays.
Researchers Benjamin Bromley, Sameer Khan, and Scott Kenyon say they've found that dust grains from the moon could be the right size to scatter sunlight
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In advertising and in the media, we can often observe that milk is portrayed as something that can easily be substituted by the so called "alternatives": plant-based drinks. Although both categories of drinks are white, this is where the similarities end.
First of all, it is important to be precise with the definition, in the EU, purely plant-based products cannot be marketed with designations such as ‘milk’, ‘cream’, ‘butter’, ‘cheese’ or ‘yoghurt’, which are reserved by EU law for animal products. In the US, the debate is still open.
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Fish welfare legislation is urgently needed to protect farmed fish from cruelty, says Compassion in World Farming as a new scientific study published yesterday (6th February 2023) shows that the number of farmed fish has more than doubled since 2007.
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MycoLogic began as an academic research project at Kennesaw State University by co-founders Drs. Chris Cornelison and Kyle Gabriel. As applied microbiologists, with a focus in mycology, we began to look at specialty mushroom cultivation after discussing the general lack of mushroom diversity in local markets. Why could we only find 3 varieties?
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The primary ingredient in rice and a naturally occurring polymeric carbohydrate is rice starch. It is an insoluble white powder that contains both amylose and amylopectin in its natural state. Similar to rice, its composition and structure can vary substantially.
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FNB Wealth and Investments’ Wayne McCurrie predicts that inflation is going to plummet by the end of 2023, surprising virtually everyone.
The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) increased interest rates by 25 basis points (bp) in January 2023, taking the country’s repo rate to 7.25%.
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A process for extracting nutritious antioxidant dietary fibers from corn starch production waste could turn tons of nearly worthless bran into a valuable, circular resource.
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The global economy is poised to slow this year, before rebounding next year. Growth will remain weak by historical standards, as the fight against inflation and Russia’s war in Ukraine weigh on activity.
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Based on differences in GDP per capita, the index suggests the rand is 36.4% undervalued and should be at around R10.94 to the dollar.
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From kitchen gadgets, devices and apps to hydroponic farming, cellular dairy and regenerative agriculture, how we “do” food — grow it, manufacture it, plan it, source it, and finally prepare it — has taken giant leaps forward in high-tech directions in recent years, and the pace of such food technology innovation is only accelerating.
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Nearly a decade after the first images of hamburger produced from beef cells grown in a petri dish flooded media outlets, enormous advances have been made in reverse engineering meat.
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In the early 1990s, tillage was the leading form of weed control, with minimum/zero-tillage management practices incapable of long-term continuation. Presently, weed control through tillage has virtually disappeared as cropland management systems have transitioned largely to continuous cropping, with zero to minimal soil disturbance.
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While humans have been evolving for millions of years, the past 12,000 years have been among the most dynamic and impactful for the way we live today, according to an anthropologist who organized a special journal feature on the topic in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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On quiet nights across large swaths of the African bush, you may hear a series of whooping calls in the distance. This unique sound is the long-distance vocalisation used by spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) to communicate with each other.
For hyenas, it’s advantageous to know who is calling before deciding to respond. They don’t treat every member of their group the same – and the caller could even be an intruder in their territory.
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Although discovered in the United States only seven years ago, tar spot has wreaked havoc on corn yield—resulting in an estimated 1.2-billion-dollar loss in 2021 alone. The miscreant behind this devastating plant disease, Phyllachora maydis, is an emergent fungal pathogen whose biology remains obscure. This lack of understanding significantly limits disease management strategies, and no corn germplasm is completely resistant to the pathogen.
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Precision fermentation is a relatively new food technology that is rapidly entering the mainstream. Products such as milk protein, animal fats, collagen, honey, lobster, egg whites and more are receiving hundreds of millions of investor dollars.
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South African tractor sales reached a 40-year high in 2022, according to the South African Agricultural Machinery Association. Despite the sector’s mounting challenges, commercial farmers are still investing in their businesses — a notable green shoot amid the wreckage that is the country’s economy.
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Rampant lithium demand has caught many forecasters by surprise, with booming global EV sales causing consumption to double over the past two years. With suppliers unable to keep pace, a blistering price rally sent the total spot value of lithium consumption rocketing to about $35 billion in 2022, up from $3-billion in 2020, according to Bloomberg calculations.
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Global population projected to exceed 8 billion in 2022; half live in just seven countries. The world's population cross 8 billion in November 2022. And more than half of all people live in just seven countries.
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From Styrofoam packages to saran wrap to toys and dental wear, much of our daily lives involve plastics. The plastic itself is extremely cheap to produce, which is why it seems ubiquitous; but because it does not break down easily, it has become a major pollutant in waterways, oceans, and soils. In short, the Earth has a plastic problem.
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South Africans are facing another decade of rolling blackouts, and we have joined Zimbabwe, Nigeria, and Lebanon as a country with an unstable electricity supply.
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When the African National Congress came to power in South Africa in 1994, an expressed priority was
land reform. This was to address the fact that black farmers had been excluded from the agricultural economy for most of the 20th century. The aim of land reform was to provide agricultural land to disadvantaged people, raising their productivity, income and employment.
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At last year’s US Africa leaders summit in Washington the US signed an historic memorandum of understanding with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to develop an electric vehicle battery supply chain.
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British Airways’ Master of Wine will play a vital role in selecting and tasting potential new wines, curating menu descriptions, developing the airline’s wider drinks strategy and sourcing a diverse range of wines from across the globe for customers to enjoy.
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Commercial agriculture, or otherwise known as agribusiness, is a cropping method in which crops are raised and livestock are raised in order to sell the products on the market in order to make money.
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About a third of arable land is now moderately to severely degraded, costing the world US$400 billion in agricultural production each year, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). But cover crops offer a potential solution, producing environmental and economic benefits urgently needed by farmers everywhere
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The number of people suffering from acute food insecurity in the Horn of Africa – southern Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and Somalia – has risen to 23 million. This is up three million since Rosamond Bennett’s, CEO of Christian Aid Ireland, last visit in June.
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In what year will the human population grow too large for the Earth to sustain? The answer is about 1970, according to research by the World Wildlife Fund. In 1970, the planet's 3 and a half billion people were sustainable. But on this New Year's Day, the population is 8 billion. Today, wild plants and animals are running out of places to live.
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Studies have been linking red meat consumption to health problems like heart disease, stroke, and cancer for years. But nestled in the recesses of those published papers are notable limitations.
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The Russia–Ukraine crisis has exposed vulnerabilities in US energy security. The US may import only a small amount of Russian oil, but it is tied to Russian energy via its participation in highly globalized supply chains.
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This year’s tumultuous weather – including fierce storms, searing heat, deep cold snaps – has devastated some of the UK’s most precious flora and fauna, a leading conservation charity has said.
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Brown algae take up large amounts of carbon dioxide from the air and release parts of the carbon contained therein back into the environment in mucous form. This mucus is hard to break down for other ocean inhabitants, thus the carbon is removed from the atmosphere for a long time, as researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen now show.
In 2022, water levels in some of the world’s largest rivers, including the Rhine in Europe and the Yangtze in China, fell to historically low levels. The Mississippi River fell so low in Memphis, Tennessee, in mid-October that barges were unable to float, requiring dredging and special water releases from upstream reservoirs to keep channels navigable.
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A new study led by the University of Liverpool has found that wandering albatrosses with older partners spend less time on foraging trips than those with sprightlier partners so that their mate has a shorter wait without food.
There’s no trait that distinguishes humans from all other mammals more clearly than the way we walk. Human habitual bipedalism – obligatory walking on two legs – has long been a defining trait of our species, as well as our ancestors as far back as 4.5 million years ago.
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An apple a day may keep the livestock veterinarian away. Juice, pulp, and other waste from Empire apples, when injected into chicken eggs before hatching, show signs of boosting the animal's intestinal health, according to Cornell research.
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Total public and private debt decreased in 2021 to the equivalent of 247 percent of global gross domestic product, falling by 10 percentage points from its peak level in 2020, according to the latest update of the IMF’s Global Debt Database. Expressed in dollar terms, however, global debt continued to rise, although at a much slower rate, reaching a record $235 trillion last year.
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Researchers at McMaster University have created a powerful new weapon against bacterial contamination and infection.
They have developed a way to coax bacteriophages—harmless viruses that eat bacteria—into linking together and forming microscopic beads. Those beads can safely be applied to food and other materials to rid them of harmful pathogens such as E. coli 0157. Each bead is about 20 microns, (one 50th of a millimeter) in diameter and is loaded with millions of phages.
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A new campaign is calling for livestock farming to be replaced by a technology that creates protein in micro-organism tanks. Precision fermentation (PF) is a form of brewing, which sees microflora like yeast or bacteria be genetically engineered to make proteins or fats (rather than beer or bread). This, campaigners say, means that we can create the same ingredients found in animal meat, without the animals.
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Solar power is undergoing a boom as the energy crisis drives a shift to renewable energy following the war in Ukraine and is expected to surpass coal power by 2027, the International Energy Agency has forecast.
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West Virginia University researchers are working to improve soil health and increase economic gains for Appalachian cattle farmers by bringing nutrients, like carbon, to the soil while decreasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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Lots of consumers say that they’re trying.1 Polling data from the UK suggests that nearly half (44%) of consumers try to buy less meat “All the time” or “Fairly often”. Visit the website above.
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It was once regarded as a miracle chemical to protect against disease and improve global food production. The man who discovered its properties even won a Nobel Prize for medicine. But today, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is best known for its devastating effects on the environment, as well as on animal and human health.
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The U.S. marijuana industry is booming as states all across the country continue to legalize medical and recreational cannabis. U.S. marijuana sales are reportedly set to jump over 20% to $33 billion in 2022, which is up from just $9 billion five years ago and $3 billion in 2015.
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The US dollar has been advancing rapidly in response to the Federal Reserve’s resolve to keep raising policy rates for longer to regain control of stubbornly high inflation. This has far reached consequences. The US dollar is prominently used around the world as an international medium of exchange and as a global reserve currency.
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Mountains are special places. They have distinctive climates that are generally cooler and wetter than surrounding lowlands, and they host plants, animals and landscapes that are uniquely found in these environments.
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The world could still, theoretically, meet its goal of keeping global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius, a level many scientists consider a dangerous threshold. Realistically, that's unlikely to happen.
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Agricultural producers face dual challenges of increasing output for a growing world population while reducing negative effects on the environment. Digital technologies and artificial intelligence can facilitate sustainable production, but farmers must weigh opportunities and risks when deciding whether to embrace such tools.
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Pears are woody trees and shrubs in the genus Pyrus. No one is sure how many Pyrus species there are — it could be anything between 20 and 80. Part of the confusion stems from the natural tendency of pear species to hybridise.
Genetic studies show that pears fall into two major geographically separated groups: Asian and Occidental.
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Acknowledge that the sustainability and resilience of agri-food systems are multi-dimensional concepts with multiple solution pathways; that the approach chosen by countries will necessarily be determined by the unique geographic, environmental, cultural, and socio-economic contexts in which they operate, and that the further improvement of the sustainability and resilience of agri-food systems must therefore be principles-based
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Economic freedom indices consistently show that countries that respect property rights experience less poverty, lower infant mortality, higher life expectancy, more gender equality, and higher levels of happiness.
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The United Nations estimates that the world’s eight billionth baby was born yesterday, just 11 years after the seven-billion milestone.
But according to BBC population correspondent Stephanie Hegarty, it could take 15 years to reach nine billion, and the UN doesn’t expect to reach 10 billion until 2080.
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The UN's annual climate change conference is currently ongoing in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. Over the course of two weeks, representatives of the world's nations will gather to discuss how to achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and contribute to the climate transition.
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Dung beetles are found on every continent except Antarctica, in forests, grasslands, prairies and deserts. And now, like many other species, they are coping with the effects of climate change.
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Various industries are searching for emission reduction tactics as eco-consumer rates in the United States rise. The agricultural sector is a significant polluter, requiring technological advancement to enhance sustainability. Environmentalists are exploring the cross benefits of using solar power to support farming.
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Cattle were first domesticated to serve as a food source, but around 4000 BC, Neolithic British and Northern European farmers began milking cattle. Around 3000 BC Ancient Sumerians made cow's milk into cheese and butter.
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During the northern hemisphere summer of 2022, yet another round of extreme heat waves roasted Eurasia, North America and northern Africa – a stark reminder that these conditions are becoming the new normal.
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Wildlife is responding and adapting to climate change in various ways. Some adaptations are more obvious. Flowering plants, for example, are blooming sooner each year in parts of the northern hemisphere as climate change draws the onset of spring progressively earlier in the calendar.
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This year's climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt sees four pavilions dedicated to food and farming. Theo de Jager former President of The World Farmers’ Organisation says every farmer knows what he or she can do better on their farms. Farmers need to produce more with less on less.
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Scientists are sounding the alarm about the extreme increases in the Earth’s temperature. A new report by UNICEF warns that 2022 could be the “coldest year of the rest of our lives”. Heatwaves are becoming stronger and lasting longer. These increases are threatening the limits of human survival.
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Global plastic pollution remains one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. A new report shows that plastic consumption has quadrupled over the past 30 years. Globally, only 9% of plastic waste is recycled, while 50% ends up in landfills, 22% evades waste management systems, and 19% is incinerated.
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The solution to both these problems is simple. Its carbon, the fact that it is in the atmosphere rather than in the soil. The Green Revolution and industrialisation of agriculture have been everything but green.
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By scrutinizing over a century's worth of photos, University of Cambridge researchers have made the first ever measurements that show rhinoceros horns have gradually decreased in size over time.
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Agriculture accounts for more than 70% of all water usage in the state, the vast majority of which is held by billionaire megafarmers with a chokehold on California's "bewilderingly complex" water rights.
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Compared to conventional practices and bare soil, plant covers generated by intercropping between the alleys of olive groves increase carbon sequestration and reduce soil losses due to erosion.
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Designated protected areas for wildlife – such as national parks – are the world’s principal conservation strategy. But this model to conserve wildlife in Africa is increasingly coming under pressure
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We need to stop thinking of insects as creepy crawlies and focus on the huge benefits they bring to people and the natural environment, scientists say.
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While air quality has improved dramatically over the past 50 years thanks in part to the Clean Air Act, people of color at every income level in the United States are still exposed to higher-than-average levels of air pollution.
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“The revolution is not an apple that falls when it ripens; you have to make it fall”. Therefore, the best answer to the above question is revolutionizing the system like what we did during the 1960s and 1990s. The First Agricultural Revolution in South Africa, which exponentially increased the yield of food crops and saved millions of lives, came in form of the Green Revolution in the 1960s. The second revolution came in form of the Biotechnological
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A small team of researchers with members from the University of Toulouse, the University of Lausanne, and the University of Padova has found evidence that honeybees have a mental number line in their tiny brains.
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Clean energy is a top priority for countries worldwide. While conventional power relies on fossil fuels like coal, natural gas, and oil, clean energy comes in various forms such as solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, and biomass.
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A new scientific review article in Nature Reviews Chemistry discusses how carbon dioxide (CO2) converts from a gas to a solid in ultrathin films of water on underground rock surfaces. These solid minerals, known as carbonates, are both stable and common.
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“This country will fall apart if people lose their dignity. There is no limit to what humiliated people will do,” Sooliman said.
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An international team of researchers have analysed the movement and habitat preferences of 102 Asian elephants in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo, recording over 600,000 GPS locations. They found that most elephants spent more than half of their time outside of protected areas, preferring slightly disturbed forests and areas of regrowth.
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The Nationals say joining the global push to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas by 30% would ‘take away the backyard barbecue’. We look at the facts
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Researchers at a Scottish university have found a way to use tiny particles of gold to measure the maturity of whisky, which could help distillers with one of the key challenges in the production process.
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Dr Sumanta Talukdar, Founder & CEO of Gardin, takes us through the importance of digital phenotyping in agriculture, his views on the sector and what he thinks the future holds for food production.
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Research finds mass marketing is unlikely to work for Gen Z, which tends to reject mainstream pop culture and embrace niche cultures – and these trends are moving faster than ever before.
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The global economy continues to face steep challenges, shaped by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a cost-of-living crisis caused by persistent and broadening inflation pressures, and the slowdown in China.
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Mechanical devices are increasingly being considered as a potential way to help address plastic pollution found globally in marine environments.
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A large-scale study of 47 species of monkeys and lemurs has found that climate change and deforestation are driving these tree-dwelling animals to the ground, where they are at higher risk due to lack of preferred food and shelter and may experience more negative interaction with humans and domestic animals.
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Mental health is the state of mental well-being that contributes to individual and population health. This state of mental well-being sustains national output and labour force productivity. But governments around the world haven’t been investing resources into addressing mental ill-health. This is despite acknowledging that economics and mental health are intertwined
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Congratulate Professor Anton Zeilinger on winning the Nobel Prize in Physics! Among other things, Zeilinger had researched the entanglement of twin photons and was able to prove that twin photons can maintain simultaneous contact with each other over any distance - and that this contact cannot be hacked by third parties.
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Private climate financing must play a pivotal role as emerging markets and developing economies seek to curb greenhouse gas emissions and contain climate change while coping with its effects.
Estimates vary, but these economies must collectively invest at least $1 trillion in energy infrastructure by 2030 and $3 trillion to $6 trillion across all sectors per year by 2050 to mitigate climate change by substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Twelve cheetahs, who are in quarantine in South Africa for the past three months for relocation to India, are under stress due to their long stay in an enclosure, officials said, raising questions over their ability to hunt in the wild if they are not moved out soon.
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When we look at South Africa's agricultural and food import data for the past five years, wheat ranks as the second most valuable product after rice. It accounted for 6% (or US$417 million) of the annual average agricultural imports of US$6,6 billion during this period. ( We experienced a problem with the ZAR Rand- The R in the Auid Cast is Rand)
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Researchers from the Marine Ecology Group in UCC in Ireland collected feathers from Manx shearwaters, a seabird species thought to be at risk from oil pollution. The researchers examined the feathers to see how quickly water would pass through after exposure to increasing concentrations of oil. Feathers were also assessed under high-powered microscopes to examine structural changes after contamination.
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Exporting fruit at a loss is better than letting it rot in the crate, but it is the farmer who takes it on the chin.
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Despite efforts to pivot toward renewable sources of energy, oil remains the backbone of modern society. It provides fuels for heat and transportation, and chemicals for everything from plastics to pharmaceuticals. But all these uses require separating crude oil into its various components. That separation process—which traditionally relies on heat—takes a tremendous amount of energy and accounts for roughly 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions each year.
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Agricultural rewilding" can also help to overcome concerns about the impact of rewilding on livelihoods and produce "win-win" environmental and human benefits, according to the researchers.
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Water security remains one of the biggest challenges facing South Africa, with the country’s supply facing many threats amid increasing demand and relatively low water availability.
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A trove of fossils in China, unearthed in rock dating back some 436 million years, have revealed for the first time that the mysterious galeaspids, a jawless freshwater fish, possessed paired fins.
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More and better-designed land ownership may be a fundamental aspect of South Africa’s long-term food security. But it is a massive, complex task that could take years to implement, and so is not an immediate solution to the hunger and various other forms of malnutrition (resulting from overconsumption of cheap, unhealthy ultra-processed foods) that are plaguing millions of South Africans now.
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Agriculture involves a difficult balance between food production and environmental impact. For example, fertilisers can help to achieve good crop yields, but over-using them produces greenhouse gas emissions and
pollution.
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An international team of scientists, including from the Universities of Bristol and Oxford, and the Natural History Museum, have discovered that a well-preserved fossilised worm dating from 518-million-years-ago resembles the ancestor of three major groups of living animals.
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Climate change is making heatwaves worse. Many people have already noticed the difference – and so too have other animals.
Sadly, research by myself and colleagues has found young animals, in particular, are struggling to keep up with rising temperatures, likely making them more vulnerable to climate change than adults of their species.
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To assist farmers in Africa in dealing with the effects of climate change on their crops, post-graduate students at Nelson Mandela University’s Centre for Community Technologies (CCT) are developing an innovative tool for farmers to help them monitor soil and climate conditions and optimise their crops.
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Many economies in sub-Saharan Africa grew at a record pace before the pandemic. Ethiopia and Rwanda, for example, saw some of the fastest expansions in the world—an average of more than 7.5 percent per year over the past two decades.
However, it is less clear whether the gains in economic growth have been shared equally across regions within countries because income data at the subnational level are not always available.
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Along with food waste, food packaging is a significant source of pollution, generating approximately half of the packaging waste in the United States. In the wake of growing concerns about climate change and food product packaging's role in it, companies are taking action to make packaging more sustainable.
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The fall in the Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) followed a more modest two-point decline in Q2 and is a worrying sign as agriculture has been one of the few bright spots in an economy which is now being waylaid once again by Stage 6 power cuts.
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Shy male albatrosses prefer divorce to confrontationMost albatrosses mate for life but shy males who avoid confrontation are more likely to get dumped, researchers said Wednesday, adding it was the first-time personality had been shown to predict divorce in a wild animal.
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“Regenerative Agriculture” describes farming and grazing practices that, among other benefits, reverse climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity – resulting in both carbon drawdown and improving the water cycle.
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A bay-breasted warbler weighs about the same as four pennies, but twice a year makes an extraordinary journey.
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Insects have weak ability to adjust their thermal limits to high temperatures and are thus more susceptible to global warming than previously thought.
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It’s an important question, because agriculture and the deforestation that makes room for it generate one-fourth of all greenhouse gas emissions. To meet the Paris targets for 2050, the agriculture sector somehow needs to reduce those emissions by 75 percent while increasing food production by more than 50 percent.
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Blistering crop-withering temperatures that also risk the health of agricultural workers could threaten swathes of global food production by 2045 as the world warms, an industry analysis warned Thursday. Climate change is already stoking heatwaves and other extreme weather events across the world, with hot spells from India to Europe this year expected to hit crop yields.
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To better understand what drives biological diversity on Earth, scientists have historically looked at genetic differences between species. But this only provides part of the picture. The traits of a particular species are not merely the result of its genes but also the proteins those genes code for. Understanding the differences between species' proteomes—or all the proteins that can be expressed—is, therefore, as important as understanding differences between genomes.
A new study published September 8 in Science finds that between 90 and 99% of all deforestation in the tropics is driven directly or indirectly by agriculture. Yet only half to two-thirds of this results in the expansion of active agricultural production on the deforested land.
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The ongoing expansion of factory farming will keep the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement at bay, warned the report titled Climate Change and Cruelty. The study is the first of its kind to assess how consuming less chicken and pig from industrial farms could help protect the environment.
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Next time you see a bee hovering around a fruit tree, you’re probably witnessing pollination in action. Pollination is what enables a plant to produce seeds and fruit – and, as research has shown, pollination by insects can greatly improve the quality and quantity of fruit produced.
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To watch a giraffe drinking is to observe the problem of a long neck. It must require a peristaltic pump that could drain a swimming pool. And don’t talk about the air pump strong enough to prevent hypoxia (oxygen starvation). In the long-necked department, however, giraffes are historically a doddle.
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In many parts of the world, including Africa, people rely onrainwater as a source of
drinking water, as well as for otherhousehold and livelihood uses. One of the reasons is water scarcity – sub-Saharan Africa has thelargest number of
water-scarce countriesin the world.
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‘It’s important to remember that the amount of rain falling from the sky is only half the equation. The other half is how hot was it,
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The US sent around $26.5 billion dollars’ worth of food there in 2020. But since then, China has enacted stricter laws for food imports while continuing to invest in the latest advances in agriculture technology.
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To stop the extensive liquidation of farmers by the Landbank, agricultural businesses and commercial banks, Saai entered into a partnership agreement with AfriForum, Adv. Gerrie Nel’s Private Prosecution Unit, and the forensic investigators André Pretorius and Dekker Naudé of Farm Rescue. They will investigate and expose specific cases of alleged wrongdoings and abuse of liquidation processes.
Glenfiddich has released a range of three luxury single malts, themed around time. The Time Reimagined collection includes 30-year-old, 40-year-old and 50-year-old expressions, priced from £900 up to £35,000.
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Dit is weer tyd vir die Farming Portal/Agricultural Writers Suid-Afrika se junior toekennings wat poog om akkurate stories en die oordra van inligting binne die landbousektor aan te moedig. Die kompetisie poog ook om ‘n platform te skep waar studente van landbou of joernalistiek hul werk kan publiseer.
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In the last 50 years, oxygen-deficient zones in the open ocean have increased. Scientists have attributed this development to rising global temperatures: Less oxygen dissolves in warmer water, and the tropical ocean's layers can become more stratified.
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A new study involving an international team of researchers has found that the evolution of land plants caused a sudden shift in the composition of Earth's continents.
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Rising sea levels—pushed up mainly by melting ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica—are set to redraw the map over centuries and could eventually swamp land currently home to hundreds of millions of people, depending on humanity's efforts to halt warming.
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The mid-size farm category used to cover most agricultural operations. These tended to be operated by a single farmer working on a full-time basis to support a single farm family. Now, a range of farm sizes exist, with small ones often being operated by farmers with off-farm employment, and larger ones being run by several farmers.
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Climate change has already increased global temperatures, greatly increasing extremes. This will continue unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to “net-zero”. The 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement requires emissions reductions of around 50% in the next 10 years.
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“When a farmer must remove people from a farm, a crowd of voices goes up when the correct process is not followed painstakingly. In this case, the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development did not follow the correct procedures at all and also did not respond properly to legal documents
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Researchers found ants can replace pesticides to protect crops. In some cases, ants are even better at pest control than commercial pesticides
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By 2030, plastic waste is expected to double to 165 million tonnes in African countries. Most of this will be in Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
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Europe is experiencing its worst drought in at least 500 years, with hot and dry conditions fueling wildfires, reducing crop yields and reducing electricity generation.
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Climate change is transforming the global investment landscape, creating new risks and opportunities. Physical risks, from rising sea levels to the lethal heat waves scorching Europe and elsewhere, affect asset values for everything from stocks to real estate and infrastructure. So-called transition risk—including government policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—lowers the value of fossil fuel companies.
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Last year, Africa accounted for 12% of Russia's agricultural exports, the center said. This includes deliveries of 11.9 million tonnes of wheat worth $3.3 billion, 244,000 tonnes of sunflower oil worth $318 million, 223,000 tonnes of soybean oil worth $260 million, and 944,000 tonnes of barley worth $231 million.
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This statement alone reveals a misunderstanding of global ecology, and an ignorance of how essential livestock is to 1.3 billion people.
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In the mid-1940s U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace spearheaded a program to help developing nations feed their growing populations. The program included four scientists, one of whom was Dr. Norman Borlaug.
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Farmers have been left to navigate an increasingly complex tech stack on their own. What's desperately needed is a single, integrated, intuitive interface.
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It will require massive global investments to address the climate challenge and vulnerabilities to shocks. Estimates range from 3 trillion to 6 trillion dollars per year until 2050. The current level at about 630 billion dollars is just a fraction of what’s really needed—and very little goes to developing countries.
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The fragile penguin populations depend on sardines and anchovies for their diet. Competition for fish stocks is high here, with sardine and anchovy fisheries in Algoa Bay targeting the waters around St Croix as it is the closest source. No-take zones contribute to improving feeding conditions for penguin populations. We are urging the minister to immediately close the feeding grounds of South Africa’s African penguin colonies to the sardine or anchovy fishing industry for as long as necessary while their numbers are plummeting.
Professor Lorien Pichegru is Director of the Institute for Coastal and Marine Research at Nelson Mandela University.
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Warnings about climate change are far from new. What marks summer 2022, is that it has become clear that the season is no longer a warning, but that it has become a reality that we have to face immediately rather than later. The many extreme heat waves, wildfires, droughts, and floods that occur simultaneously across the globe show that climate change is here now, and we need to adapt.
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Green revolution implies increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) by high-yielding hybridized seeds, mechanization, fertilizers, and pesticides. Responding to major famines and food crises in the 1940s and 1950s, America unleashed Green Revolution in the 1960s.
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Food and agriculture stand today at a crossroads. Looking back, major improvements in agricultural productivity have been recorded over recent decades to satisfy the food demand of a growing global population.
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The current economic environment has left the agriculture industry spinning. Farmers are looking for ways to maximize profit in a market where input costs tend to exceed commodity pricing.
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It’s no secret that climate change is breaking records for heatwaves, frosts, fires, droughts, hail and wildfires. Their increasing frequency has left the wine world awash with initiatives, conferences, and research all concerning sustainable viticulture and its many facets:
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With Europe suffering through an extreme drought worsened by climate change that has dried up rivers and left millions sweltering in triple-digit heat this summer, farmers across the continent are sounding warnings about crop losses.
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Argentina is considered a high-income economy with a GDP of 600 billion Dollars in 2016 and a population of over 44 million.
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Farmers are adopting precision agriculture, using data collected by GPS, satellite imagery, internet-connected sensors, and other technologies to farm more efficiently.
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Since early last year, global oil prices doubled, coal prices nearly quadrupled and European natural gas prices increased almost seven-fold. With energy prices likely to remain above pre-crisis levels for some time, Europe must adapt to higher import bills for fossil fuels.
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The team built the robot to mimic the behaviour of rock ants that use one-to-one tuition, in which an ant that has discovered a much better new nest can teach the route there to another individual.
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Technological development, though rapidly accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, has been changing the insurance landscape for some time already.
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“The agriculture and land-use sector (which includes forestry) has a really invigorating role with this IPCC report,” he said. “It’s not enough only to lower emissions, we also need to actively remove carbon from the atmosphere.”
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How are the animals that we slaughter raised, and who raised them? Whose plate will the meat end up on, why do we eat it, and how does it affect our bodies, economy, society, and planet? To answer those questions, I've had to examine counterarguments that challenge my assumptions about one aspect of the food system that often runs contrary to my tenets: fake meat.
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Flagship Digital Public Goods, such as the Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform, are one of the many concrete examples within FAO demonstrating how applying data and technology can strengthen the Organization’s capability to design more targeted agricultural interventions.
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Water is a critical resource. Its provision should be seen as an enabler that facilitates socio-economic development. Water infrastructure needs to be suitably maintained – and upgraded – to ensure water access and reliable supply to guarantee water security.
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The Covid-induced lockdown meant online shopping was the only available option, but that was on the back of increasing online sales. In addition, handheld devices opened the opportunity for buyers to conveniently shop for wine anywhere.
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Over the past 60 years, the global forest area has declined by 81.7 million hectares, a loss that contributed to the more than 60 percent decline in global forest area per capita. This loss threatens the future of biodiversity and impacts the lives of 1.6 billion people worldwide, according to a new study.
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Over the past 25 years there has been lots of research and debate about the concept, the history and state of globalisation, its various dimensions, and benefits.
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Germany’s plans to shut down its last three nuclear plants by the end of this year could be scrapped now that soaring oil and gas prices are putting a strain on European economies and standards of living.
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Trade in food and agriculture can help balance food supply and demand globally by moving food from surplus to deficit areas. Higher food imports can increase the availability of calories and nutrients in a country with limited natural resources to produce adequate food.
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By the end of 2020, 270-million people could be living in famine conditions, according to the UN World Food Programme, up from an already staggering 149 million before Covid-19.
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Bees fall within the order Hymenoptera, along with ants and wasps, and are very diverse with an estimated 20 000 to 25 000 species globally. South Africa has more than 1000 different bee species, most of which are solitary species.
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We are living in the plastic age. Plastics are literally everywhere: clothes, furniture, computers, phones and more contain plastic materials
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We can expect a steep rise in autonomous tractors and robots on farms, and more variation in machinery designed for specific purposes. The machines will be fuelled by a mixture of renewable electricity (batteries), hydrogen and biomethane, at least in the relatively short-term.
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Blueberries are one of the tiniest fruits, but don’t let their small size fool you. This summer berry is full of antioxidants and vitamins and is the perfect choice for a healthy snack. It can also be used in recipes both sweet and savoury to add a burst of unexpected flavour
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Saffron is extremely subtle and fragrant. The slightly sweet, luxurious taste is totally enigmatic—it's tricky to describe but instantly recognizable in a dish. As annoying as it is to say, you know it when you taste it.
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The global market for the alkali metal lithium is growing rapidly. Between 2008 and 2018 alone, annual production in the major producing countries rose from 25,400 to 85,000 tons. An important growth driver is its use in the batteries of electric vehicles
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Climate change makes heatwaves hotter and more frequent. This is the case for most land regions and has been confirmed by the UN’s global panel of climate scientists (IPCC).
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There has never been a better time to be interested in whiskey but, at the same time, it has never been as expensive.
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“The Reserve Bank will in the coming weeks, just like the US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and other central banks in the world, again totally ignore the operation of the market forces of supply and demand when they increase their interest rates further,” says Fanie Brink, an independent agricultural economist.
The lockdown of the wildlife economy across Africa has served as a wake-up call for wildlife policy makers and stakeholders. Even before the pandemic, the state of wildlife in Africa was precarious.
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"Die Reserwebank sal in die komende weke, net soos die Amerikaanse Federale Reserweraad, Europese Sentrale Bank en ander sentrale banke in die wêreld, weereens die werking van die markkragte van vraag en aanbod totaal ignoreer wanneer hulle hul rentekoerse verder verhoog," sê Fanie Brink, 'n onafhanklike landbou-ekonoom.
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Pasteurisation is a thermal process discovered by Louis Pasteur in 1862 during experiments with beer and wine. In 1886, Frans von Soxhlet, a German agricultural chemist, was the first person to suggest that milk sold to the public be pasteurised. The process involves heating a dairy fluid (e.g., milk, whey) to inactivate pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms, mainly bacteria.
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Donkeys are often called beasts of burden. Any animal that is used to pull or carry things is called a beast of burden. Animals that are used to carry things on their backs are also known as pack animals. Animals that are used to pull things are called draft animals.
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Using a dataset from five waves of a longitudinal national household survey in South Africa from 2008 to 2017—in which the same households have been interviewed over time to detect any changes in socioeconomic and demographic characteristics—they found that higher temperatures have a negative impact on working hours of low-skilled labour, especially among women in the most highly-exposed sectors to heat.
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People are increasingly eating industrially produced foods that are low in nutrients and high in fats and sugars.
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Specialist importers are preparing for price rises of as much as 50 percent or more for rice and tomatoes and are considering looking for new sources of supply, after growers in the Po valley, the home of arborio rice used in risotto, warned of a “significant reduction” in crop yields this year.
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South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, has not been able to provide a steady electricity supply for several years now.
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Modern ocean biodiversity, which is at its highest level ever, was achieved through long-term stability of the location of so-called biodiversity hotspots, regions of especially high numbers of species, scientists have found.
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Earth is known as the "Blue Planet" because 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water. Water also exists below land surface and as water vapor in the air. Water is a finite source. The bottled water that is consumed today might possibly be the same water that once trickled down the back of a woolly mammoth.
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Top European tire makers, including France’s Michelin and Germany’s Continental AG, are sourcing rubber from agribusinesses implicated in deforestation and undermining land rights in western and central Africa.
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Statistics Canada pegged all-wheat plantings at 25 point 4 million acres, the most since 2013, and up slightly from its April estimate of 25 million. The area represents a nine percent increase from last year and landed at the top
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Parts of Portugal and Spain are the driest they have been in a thousand years due to an atmospheric high-pressure system driven by climate change, according to research published Monday, warning of severe implications for wine and olive production.
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Despite the difficulties that South Africa’s farmers face daily, owning agricultural land in South Africa is not getting any less attractive. In fact, property experts say there’s a growing demand for good land that pushes prices up.
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SA’s agricultural sector has had two consecutive years of strong growth, with expansion in all sub-sectors — livestock, field crops and horticulture.
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Weeklikse Afrikaanse Landbou Nuusoorsig - Die Afrikaanse Nuus is die afgelope paar dae op AGRI NEWS NET geplaas, saam met nog ander artikels.
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The world has put dairy farmers and cows under the magnifying glass. How our food is produced has never been under so much scrutiny from governments, media, and consumers.
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Honeybees are useful not only to humans but to other “free riders” attracted to their stored resources. The small hive beetle ( is one of the species that rely on honeybee colonies to reproduce and survive.
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About 117 000 giraffes remain in Africa, a drop of nearly 40 percent from 35 years ago, according to the latest estimates from the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, a Namibia-based nonprofit dedicated to saving giraffe in the wild. That's one living giraffe for every three to four elephants.
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Although inflation remains high, shipping prices have already started to fall as some U.S. importers reduce orders for goods amid concerns about rising inventory levels and uncertainty about the continued strength in consumer spending in recent months.
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For this reason, various agricultural organisations, farmers’ unions, and industry organisations are joining forces to come up with a true agricultural masterplan. Extensive dissatisfaction with the state, Agbiz and Agri SA’s agricultural masterplan among farmers forced organisations including Saai, TLU SA, NEASA and the LWO together with local, district, provincial agricultural unions, and industry organisations to properly analyse the objections against it and formulate alternatives proposals in this regard.
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Gen Zs prefer basic and mainly sweet, palatable, budget-friendly wines. They like red, rosé, and white wines that win awards and have eye-catching labels, as they believe these enhance their image.
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Thus, we believe that South Africa's consumer food price inflation could average just above 6,0 percent year on year in 2022 from 6,5 percent in 2021. The base effects, along with meat, fruits, and vegetables, will likely provide a constructive price inflation path ahead.
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Pollination standards are very necessary to ensure that both beekeepers and producers agree on practices which are acceptable, practical, and achievable simultaneously benefitting both parties
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Saai is shocked and upset about the dire condition of the campus and farm of the Potchefstroom College of Agriculture (Pampoenboere) and has consulted a legal team about possible action to save the college from collapse.
Dr. Michael Langemeier, professor of agriculture economics at Purdue University, tells Brownfield the decrease has been going on for several decades.
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Minimum temperature van naby aan -10 °C is moontlik by veral Barkly-Oos, Ficksburg en Harrismith vanaf Sondag tot Dinsdag. “Baie koue toestande is ook moontlik oor die Hoëveld van Mpumalanga waar temperature tot -5 °C of laer kan daal vanaf Sondag, met -3 °C wat by Standerton en -4 °C wat by Amersfoort moontlik is. Minimum temperature kan oor dele van KwaZulu-Natal soos Kokstad en Winterton tot -6 °C daal,
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We are in a period of elevated prices, and food is at the core of these increases
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“Die verhoging in rentekoerse volgens die sentrale banke in die wêreld se rentekoersbeleid kan nie die inflasiekoers beheer, die wisselkoers beskerm of ekonomiese groei stimuleer nie. Daar bestaan in elk geval geen bewyse om hierdie aansprake van sentrale banke en ekonome te substansieer nie,” sê Fanie Brink, 'n onafhanklike landbou-ekonoom.
Drie ernstige ekonomiese uitdagings is besig om vrese vir ‘n globale resessie te laat toeneem. Stygende inflasie, die oorlog in Oekraïne en die gevolge van die Covid-pandemie, veral China se gesukkel om die siekte daar onder beheer te kry, is besig om ‘n perfekte ekonomiese storm wêreldwyd te veroorsaak.
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The Horn of Africa experiences two rainy seasons per year. The timing varies across the region, but rains broadly fall from March to May (the “long rains”) and from September to December
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"The proposed strategy provides an implementation plan that will formalise and strengthen the sector as both a provider of food security and an economic growth sector that can help create job opportunities."
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There is no doubt that globalisation has benefited Africa greatly. This includes job creation, innovation, increased productivity, and foreign direct investment.
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The United States is kindling a new Cold War across Africa aimed at Russia. It might only succeed at driving African countries further into the arms of Russia.
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While the outlook for global food supplies remains favourable, food prices increased sharply due to elevated input prices which, combined with high transport costs and trade disruptions due to the war in Ukraine, are raising import bills. That hits poor and developing countries hardest, as they depend on food imports the most.
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Air pollution damages are measured by increased mortality and morbidity and the value of statistical life, while monetized damages from climate change include the threats to crops, property, ecosystem services and human health.
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Today around 40 per cent of all adults are overweight or obese and every single nation on Earth is getting fatter. Obesity-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, are soaring on a trajectory that will cripple many health services.
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In the next 10 years, the emerging field of ‘personalised nutrition’ will use genetic tests to fill in those gaps to offer healthy eating guidance tailored to the individual.
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The underlying reason for the price increases is movements in the international price of crude oil. The acceleration in the international price of crude oil is linked to the Russian war in the Ukraine.
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Farming is one of the oldest professions in the world. And in the UK, the people who farm are a part of a workforce
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That’s a turnaround from two years ago, when the same exercise put the US in pole position. Now the world’s biggest economy lags even the UK and the European Union.
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With regard to trafficking, there have also been seizures that suggest some groups are involved in smuggling multiple species. In just the past few years, detection of large quantities of ivory and pangolin scales in the same shipment indicate a clear confluence of these markets.
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La Niña conditions for a third year in a row could have far-reaching effects on global agriculture by triggering large shifts in weather. La Niña tends to create drought and dry conditions in many parts of the world, including Brazil, Argentina, and the US, while bringing additional precipitation to other areas, such as Australia.
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Parasite spread has been implicated as a major driver of bee population decline.
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Crop fields spanning acres become a real task if there are no machines and vehicles involved even for basic ploughing activities. Simple procedures like harvesting used to take days to complete before inventions like the combine harvester.
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A team of researchers explains that their findings, whose conclusions are based on six separate technological and economic models of domestic energy systems, have yielded four major insights.
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The ports are not working at all, they are blocked completely. Ukraine cannot export the grain that it has agreed to export before the beginning of the big war.”
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Many species of these worms—and there are at least eleven thousand five hundred species worldwide—perform ecological functions similar to those of earthworms, their terrestrial relatives. They provide food for birds or fish, they recycle marine compost, and their burrowing keeps sand oxygenated.
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When humans eat fish, mussels and other foods tainted with antibiotics, the residual antibiotics may cause bacterial pathogens to become resistant. The resistant bacteria don’t respond to standard antibiotics and can proliferate unchecked. This means the most important treatment options for infections are rendered useless.
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Vanuit ons Nuuskantoor berig ons soos volg.
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Countries introduced a variety of policy measures in response to this unprecedented surge in prices of the most crucial commodities.
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Regenerative farming practices focus on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, improving water retention, enhancing ecosystem services, increasing resilience to climate change, and strengthening the health and fertility of the soil.
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Ekonomiese vooruitsigte het aansienlik verander in die drie maande nadat Rusland Oekraïne binnegeval het. Alles kan nie aan die inval toegeskryf word nie, maar niemand sal waarskynlik stry dat dit die grootste bydrae tot die swakker ekonomiese vooruitsigte gelewer het nie.
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The probability for average to above rainfall is still favourable for the eastern and south-eastern areas but unfavourable for the central to north-western parts for at least until October/November.
A dry spell is expected from about June to November that is in line with La Nina conditions.
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If the domestic industry produced sufficient volumes to meet the demand in local and export markets, the observed increasing imports trend might drop significantly.
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As climate change worsens, and with populations rising worldwide, water shortages are a top threat to human development and security.
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Mr Putin must not use food as a weapon. Shortages are not the inevitable outcome of war. World leaders should see hunger as a global problem urgently requiring a global solution.
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The South African avocado harvest is around 65% through.
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World Milk Day was established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN 22 years ago. It is celebrated to recognize the importance of milk as a global food.
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South Africa has also legalised the private growing of cannabis plants by adults for their own personal consumption.
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South Africa’s 2021/22 summer crop harvest activity is underway and the initial yields reports are positive. Thus, we welcome the positive picture painted by the Crop Estimates Committee’s fourth production estimate released this past week.
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The South Africa Table Grape Industry Association (SATI) has wrapped up the 2021-22 harvest season, posing intake levels of 77.6 million boxes, 3.6 percent ahead of levels at the same week last year.
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A 2019 survey found just 24% of South African farmers are hosting some form of agritourism on their farms. That means there’s a massive opportunity for expansion in this area. Agritourism could help farmers use their farm resources to their fullest potential, generate additional income and preserve the land.
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China’s import agreement with Brazil still requires formal approval by China's Agriculture Ministry. Documentation on phytosanitary measures must also be finalized to meet Chinese requirements.
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The restrictions will limit sugar exports to ten million tonnes for the current marketing year, which ends in September
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Farmers in Peru and China were expected to continue increasing the area planted to blueberries, and the rate at which they did so would determine the future of the industry for South African producers.
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An aggregation of growing conditions in all the world’s wheat-growing regions shows soil moisture levels are at their lowest point since at least 2010, according to Gro’s Climate Risk Navigator for Agriculture. Meanwhile, the Gro Drought Index, weighted for the world’s wheat acres in the Climate Risk Navigator, is showing the highest readings since at least 2003.
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Farm groups weigh in on pending litigation before the Supreme Court, a new report looks at global hunger in the wake of the war in Ukraine, and a domestic ag finance leader assesses the current situation.
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Hongersnood staar groot dele van die wereld in gesig- En duur insetkoste is die ander probleem
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Climate change could lead to a net expansion of global forests. But will a more forested world actually be cooler?
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Food is one of the essential commodities that sustains life on Earth, making agriculture one of the most important industries in the world.
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A new study led by researchers from Sweden and Switzerland has found that the weight of farming machinery today is approaching that of the largest animals to have ever roamed the Earth – the sauropods.
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There are five major challenges occurring simultaneously that are each individually extraordinary. Lack of fertilizer, climate disruptions, record low inventories in cooking oils, record low inventories of grains, and logistical bottlenecks that have already started to unravel decades of global economic progress.
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Daaglikse finansieele verslag.
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Food is one of the essential commodities that sustains life on Earth, making agriculture one of the most important industries in the world.
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"The private sector must forget about joining hands with a bankrupt government that has failed economically and unable to restore the country's infrastructure," said Fanie Brink, an independent agricultural economist.
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The world economy is under pressure, and South Africa is not immune to the impact. Input costs are rising, consumer spending is cautious and general turmoil in world markets contributes to a sense of trepidation.
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Land reform in South Africa is an emotive and politically fraught subject. That’s because land was at the heart of the dispossession of Africans by colonial settlers. Successful land reform can help overcome this legacy, making it central to forging shared national bonds. It can also serve as a basis for a cohesive society through a properly managed redistribution programme.
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Dr Theo de Jager het in gesprek met Anneli Coleman by Nampo 2022 gese dat Voedelsekerheid nog nooit so belangrik was soos vandag nie, en dat elke boer moet onderneem om sy/haar stukkie grond in 'n beter toestand terug te gee aan die nageslag as wat dit ontvang is..
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The world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with nearly a 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the next five years, teams of meteorologists across the globe predicted.
The master plan was signed with what can best be described as an uneasy consensus between farmers’ organisations, labour representatives, the agribusiness sector and the government.
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Weeklikse finasieele opsomming van markte-
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There is a growing global interest in producing high-quality protein products from simple flies or fly larvae, to be specific. And two Cape Town companies are making food while the sun shines.
Daaglikse Finansieele verslag met Frans De Klerk - Vrydag 13 Mei 2022
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Agriculture, mining and manufacturing are the key economic sectors in the Free State.
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A drop in cotton production in Texas, the top producing US state, would have far-reaching effects on global cotton supplies and prices.
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Daaglikse Finansieele verslag met Frans De Klerk - Donderdag 12 Mei 2022-
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Nuus van die aandel mark en Kommoditeits makrte- Suid Afrika
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Production in the two countries will be lower this year compared with record combined output of 3.3 million tonnes in the 2020/2021 season.
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The main objective of this submission is a suggestion for the serious consideration of an alternative economic plan that can create economic growth and increase the income of the government to solve the very serious fiscal problems of the growing gap between its income and expenditure, higher budget deficits and government debt.
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South Africa agriculture machinery sales
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The debate about rising global inflation and increases in interest rates is hugely relevant for South Africa’s agriculture and agribusiness sectors.
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It's possible that cooking the meat reduces the risk of transmission
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The energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine disabused many politicians of the notion that the world could make a swift transition to green energy powered by solar, wind and wishful thinking.
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Daar word al lank in landboukringe gewaarsku dat daar ten alle koste verhoed moet word dat voedsel onsekerheid ‘n werklikheid word.
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‘n Ekonoom gee sy reaksie waarom byna die helfte van die tekorte in olievoorraad van Opul en en sy bondgenote te wyte is aan Nigerië en Angola.
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Government should abandon the policy of land restitution because it is not economically or politically feasible
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All the emerging markets, South Africa's rand has come off about the best of it this year, thanks to the huge demand for minerals. However, for pecan farmers, like other exporters, a weaker rand is more profitable
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South Africa’s macadamia sector has kicked off the year in a good position with low carry-over stocks coupled with a steady demand in the usual markets.
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A ban on agricultural exports is never desirable, especially by a major player in agricultural markets. Unfortunately, such practices have been common since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war more recently.
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The first detailed report on the state of wastewater treatment in South Africa in nine years was released recently. It paints a dismal picture.
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Dis volgens die grootste studie van sy soort wat die Universiteit Stellenbosch onderneem het om besluite oor boerdery en die skaal daarvan, in die land te bepaal.
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Dr. Theo de Jager president van die organisasie sê dat die impak van die Russiese-Oekraïnse oorlog sal onder die loep kom.
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KwaZulu-Natal is a major agricultural province with significant production of various products such as sugar cane, fruit, dairy, and poultry.
Roughly 30% of SA’s dairy herd is there, along with 12% of the country’s chicken, eggs and pigs. Almost 81% of the country’s sugar is produced in the province. The province is also a major producer of macadamia, among other fruits.
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Energy markets saw a big downward correction this week as the Brent crude oil price dropped from $111/bbl to reach $101/bbl. The Henry Hub gas price in the US declined from $7.3/MMBtu down to $6.9/MMBtu. European gas prices remained stable at the $31/MMBtu level.
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Producers achieved a near record maize crop in 2021, amounting to 16,2 million tons. This has only been surpassed by the record of 16,8 million tons produced in 2017. Annual production has and will probably remain volatile. By comparison, in the drought year of 2016, only 7,8 million tons were produced - not nearly enough to meet the local demand.
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As the sheer number and types of insects living on Earth's land decreases, scientists are beginning to determine the impacts of habitat loss, climate change and other threats on insect populations worldwide.
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Internasionaal word daar voorspel dat die prys van beesvleis verder sal styg
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Rain is still possible until at least the end of May over the Summer Rainfall Area although short term outlooks are currently less positive.
A dry spell is expected from about June to November that is in line with La Nina conditions.
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Despite being mostly semi-arid, SA has ample agricultural output. As a country, we export about half of what we produce in value terms a year. These exported products were worth a record $12.4bn in 2021.
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Cutting Ukraine off from its most fertile land and main export hub will have long-term repercussions on global food exports, analysts say.
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As the Russian-Ukraine war drags on, already food-insecure Africa will face severe, riot-causing shortages of staple products, fertiliser and fuel.....
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In order to better comprehend the impact of rail cable theft on the maize industry, the importance of the maize export programme and the necessity of an efficient maize value chain have to be understood as well.
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:Standard Bank and the Chenin Blanc Association recently hosted an exclusive Chenin Blanc wine tasting festival in Stellenbosch, Western Cape that gave Standard Bank customers a taste of the wines that have become a national treasure.
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Die Suid-Afrikaanse plaagkenner dr. Gerhard Verdoorn, sê dis moontlik en verduidelik…
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Most importantly for individuals, households and the economy, we need time to solve the energy crisis first, freeing up resources to devote to adapting the country for a carbon-free future.
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The crisis in Ukraine has created a humanitarian crisis of immense proportions and has also dealt a severe blow to the global economy.
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Dr Frikkie Maré, senior landbou-ekonoom van die Universiteit van die Vrystaat, verduidelik die redes vir die jongste styging van vleispryse. Hy verduidelik ook die impak van die uitbraak van bek-en-klouseer op pryse. Hoewel beesvleispryse waarskynlik gaan daal in die winter, sal die aanvraag en aanbod deurslaggewend wees in die volgende paar weke. April is gewoonlik die maand met die laagste pryse vir stoorlammers. Bees- en lampryse kan dus dalings verwag en ná Junie/Julie weer te begin styg.
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‘n Australiese universiteit, die Universiteit van New England, het ‘n meganisme ontwerp wat ‘n goeie teenvoeter vir veediefstal is. Die sonkragaangedrewe oorplaatjie wat aan vee geheg word, word beskou as ‘n groot deurbraak in landbouers se soeke na ‘n werkbare oplossing vir veediefstal. Die toestel is die eerste in die wereld wat diere se inligting op enige plek, enige tyd, direk via satellite stuur met data en die nodige waarskuwings na die boer se selfoon.
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“Rice ranks second in the four major agricultural products that South Africa imports annually, and account for 7% of the US$6,9 billion spent on agricultural products imports in 2021. Other products are wheat, palm oil and poultry products.
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What we witnessed in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa over the past couple of days is heartbreaking — the loss of lives and the destruction of communities and businesses are unbearable.
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The countries that dominated maize supplies, trailing after South Africa in the 2021/22 season, could fall behind due to an expected reduction in production. These developments are in a season when the demand for maize in sub-Saharan import-reliant countries could remain strong. A case in point is Kenya, where the 2022/23 maize import needs are estimated at 700 000 tonnes, which is a significant volume, albeit down by 13% from the previous season, as local production improved marginally.
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Die Namibiese varkbedryf was reeds voor die huidige krisis onder druk. Die voorsitter van die Varkprodusente Vereniging Gideon Goosen, beskryf dit as die perfekte storm omdat kommoditeite styg en vleispryse daal. Dus meen hy, dit sal binnekort veroorsaak dat produsente teen ‘n verlies produseer.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Daar is bykans 1 100 rosyntjieprodusente en sewe hoofverwerkers en -verpakkers in die land. Produksie geskied hoofsaaklik in die Oranjeriviergebied in die Noord-Kaap en sorg vir minstens 90% van die gesamentlike jaarlikse produksie, terwyl die Olifantsriviergebied in die Wes-Kaap vir die oorblywende 10% sorg. Die Noord-Kaap is prominent en waterbesproeiing uit die Oranjerivier is heeljaar beskikbaar terwyl die warm, droë klimaat taamlik stabiel is. Die omgewing is daarom ideaal vir druiwe en sondroging, wat die mees algemene metode is om druiwe te droog omdat dit vinniger en goedkoper is.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Brent ru-olie verhandel vanoggend rondom 100 Amerikaanse dollar ‘n vat en het in die afgelope dertig dae met amper 9 persent gedaal. Daar is verskeie redes hiervoor soos die bekende beleggingsekonoom Dawie Klopper verduidelik… maar hy het ook goeie nuus.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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However, this isn’t enough to limit global temperature warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in line with the Paris Agreement.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Volgens die uitvoerende direkteur in die omgewingsministerie, Teofilus Nghitila, voorsien die regering ná die droogte van sewe jaar erge droogtes, vloede en veranderinge in landbou-seisoene weens klimaatsverandering. James Uerikua, goewerneur van die streek, sê boere moet meer klimaats-bestand boer.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die koalisie van twee mannetjies het Noord beweeg en blyk om baie goed in die park aan te pas wat ook goeie nuus is vir die genetika van die bedreigde spesie in daardie gebied. Professor Morgan Hauptfleisch, die hoof van Nust se Biodviersiteits Navorsingsentrum het die jongste oor die twee katte.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Ons weeklikse Afrikaanse nuus opsomming op Farmingportal - Gedeelte vertaal.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Namibiese professionele jagters sê België se voorgenome besluit om ook nou ‘n verbod te plaas op die invoer van jagtrofeë van sekere diere, sal negatiewe gevolge inhou. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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There is no use in saying you want to lose weight, stop smoking and drinking, and introduce exercise into your life if you have no solid plan and don't really know if you are actually going to achieve your goals. So many women always start a healthy eating plan only end up heavier and more disappointed in themselves than before.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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At the end of March, we received further confirmation that South Africa's summer crop is not as bad as some might have feared at the start of the 2021/22 production season when heavy rains threatened the yields. The data released by the Crop Estimates Committee showed overall improvements in most crops production estimates from the February figures.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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According to the department's report, there were 1,600 cattle susceptible to the disease, of which 1,100 were infected. Mr Dewald Olivier, CEO of the SA Feedlot Association, said shortly before press time that tests were under way in a 10 km radius around the infected farms. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die hoogste prys wat ‘n vat olie ooit behaal het was 147 Amerikaanse dollar en 2 sent op 11 Julie 2008. Nadat dit onder 100 dollar in die somer van 2008 geval het, het die olieprys weer in laat September gestyg. Op 22 September het olie met meer as 25 dollar tot 130 dollar gestyg voordat dit weer tot 120 dollar en 92 sent gesak het. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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. Die landbouminister Anxious Masuka het volgens die bergite gesê 99 persent van die beskikbare grond is reeds in die buurland toegeken en bronne is min so daar kan geensins toegelaat word dat mense wat grond het, dit nie benut nie. Deon Theron, die voormalige president van die buurland se kommersiële boer-unie sê dis nonsens, al is dit nodig.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Daar is volgens sommige menings, ‘n daadwerklike risiko vir hongersnood. Daar is reeds 800 miljoen mense wêreldwyd wat honger ly en die oorlog in Oos-Europa sal dié stand van sake vererger en talle lande maak 100 persent staat op Rusland en die Oekraïne vir koring. Die bekende landbou-ekonoom, dr. Kobus Laubscher, het sy reaksie so verwoord …--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die Springkane se broeityd verby.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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On 6 April, South Africa's petrol (95 ULP inland) and diesel (0.05% wholesale inland) prices will likely increase by R1,93 and R2,96 cents per litre, respectively.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Kunsmis is skaars en duur--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank sal waarskynlik vandeesweek rentekoerse met ‘n verdere 25 basispunte verhoog tot 4,25 persent in ‘n poging om inflasie te vertraag, sê ekonome.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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The winter crop season will now commence at the end of April, mainly in the Western Cape, and the following months in other provinces.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Maandag tot Vrydagoogend is die verslag beskikbaar op Farmingportal en Agri New Net.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Internasionale kunsmispryse het sedert die begin van die jaar skerp gestyg as gevolg van die inval in die Oekraïne. Kunsmis-koste is gewoonlik tussen 30 persent en 50 persent van totale produksiekoste na gelang van die oes, wat die prysstygings ‘n beduidende impak maak op winsgewendheid van plaaslike boere.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization,
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Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization,
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Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization,
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Agri News Net Financial News- Frans de Klerk--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Wandile Sihlobo--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Mantashe’s point of view a setback for agricultural development--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Our winner of the 2021 Junior Agri writers competition Gareth Wicks--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Skrywers jonger as 28 kan deelneem en die doel van die kompetisie is om landbou joernaliste te ontwikkel. Karen Truter was derde met haar " AGRICULTURE: WHO ARE YOU RAISING TO REPLACE YOU? artikel.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Skrywers jonger as 28 kan deelneem en die doel van die kompetisie is om landbou joernaliste te ontwikkel. Gareth Wilks het eerste gekom met sy “Poultry in motion: a chicken’s guide to good choices” artikel.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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The CEC indicates that South African farmers intend to plant a total area of 4,34 million hectares of summer grains and oilseeds. This is up by 5% from the 2020/21 production season.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Chris Hart--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Graan SA--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Agbiz chief economist Wandile Sihlobo says following a surge to an all-time high of 75 in the second quarter of this year, the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) retracted back to 67 points in the third quarter.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Dawie Maree FNB Suid Afrika --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die voorsitter van die vereniging, Andrew Russell.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Nicolai Claassen, Director of Industry Statistics,--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Dr. Kobus Laubscher,--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Ernst Roets van AfriForum--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Robert McGregor van Cirrus--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Nicole Schwandt van Napha--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Prof. Elmien du Plessis, grondwetkenner wat die proses fyn dophou, sê sy verstaan nie waarom die datum vir eise spesifieke tot 1 Januarie 1800vervroeg is en hoe dit by die komitee se mandaat inpas nie.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Mandai Nature, Kavita Prakash-Mani,--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Douglas Wolhuter, sê dit is ‘n voorbeeld van hoe samewerking geregtigheid vir diere kan verseker:
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Die stigter van DroogtehulpSA, Chris van Beljon,--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Dr Kobus Laubscher. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Namibia--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Agbiz chief economist Wandile Sihlobo says Agbiz's recent analysis of South Africa’s agricultural production for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 production seasons has largely carried a positive tone.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Gerrie Camacho, sê die koningjagluiperd kom net in Suidelike-Afrika voor.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Wandile Sihlobe- AGBIZ--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Chadwick sê bedrywighede moet voortgaan:--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Farmers must be ready and extra vigilant in the midst of the extensive looting in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and elsewhere in the country. They must remain in constant contact with each other and their organised agricultural structures, report incidents and keep their farms, families and workers safe.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die voorsitter van die Suid-Afrikaanse Mediese Vereniging, dr. Angelique Coetzee, sê dit is goeie stappe om te neem, maar die bevelsraad behoort die verbod op alkohol te heroorweeg:--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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It appears that agricultural equipment and tractor manufacturers are gearing up to meet increasing demand for electric drive and autonomous systems over the next decade.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Vinpro se besturende direkteur, Rico Basson,--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Sandra O’Connell van House of Chocolates,--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Annelie Lotriet van die opposisieparty sê die EFF dring aan op staatsvoogdyskap--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Bertha Iyambo van die Namibiese Landbou-unie gee haar mening oor die hemelhoë vleispryse.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Ina Cameron--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Annette Steyn van die DA- in Suid Afrika --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die plaaslike landbou-kenner Wallie Roux, verduidelik.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Dries van Coller, sê die voorstelle sluit ook wysigings in wat jagters en sportskuts raak.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die IRR se woordvoerder, Gabriel Crouse, sê dit sal nie net die howe in onteieningsake benadeel nie, maar ook die nasionalisering van grond versnel.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die ad hoc-komitee wat getaak is met die wysiging van artikel 25 van die Grondwet se sperdatum vir die afhandeling van hul werk was vandag, 31 Mei. Op die laaste nippertjie het die ANC verdere wysigings aan artikel 25 voorgestel.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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dr. Peter Cunningham sê die gebruik van insekdoders moet verminder word.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die bekende Suid-Afrikaanse beleggingsekonoom Dawie Klopper het sy bedenkinge.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Goeie nuus uit Zimbabwe 2021--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Een hektaar per vrou. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Jeandie Leone sê die verpligtings van ondernemings onder die wet sluit in om die gebruik van persoonlike inligting te beperk, om dit te kan regverdig en om sekuriteitsmaatreëls in plek te hê om die inligting te beskerm.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Dawie Maree- FNB Ekonoom.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Mahangu-boere in die noorde van Namibië is tans besig om vir oestyd voor te berei.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Goedere en dienste het met 6,6 persent duur geword. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Droogte-geteisterde boere in die Wes-Kaap het hulp van meer as 12 miljoen Namibiese doller ontvang. Die LUR vir Landbou,--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Brandstofpryse het die eerste keer dié jaar teruggesak ná ‘n daling van 2 persent in internasionale ru-olie-pryse en ‘n 3 persent versterking van die Suid-Afrikaanse rand in April relatief tot die vorige maand.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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. Suid-Afrikaanse boere gaan in die 2021/22-seisoen 33 persent minder gars plant. Di--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Boere in dorpe soos Willowmore, Steytlerville en Aberdeen is op hul knieë gedwing deur die droogte:--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Landbou Ekonoom Dr Kobus Laubscher--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Uitvoerende Hoof van die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Subtropiese Produsente, Derek Donkin.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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‘n DA-lid van die Wes-Kaapse wetgewer sê geregtigheid is lank genoeg weerhou van begunstigdes wat tussen 1995 en 1998 aansoek gedoen het vir die herstel van grondregte.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Ayhan Kose van die organisie sê gevorderde ekonomieë gaan na verwagting groei van rondom 3,3 persent lewer,--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Hoe lyk die wereld in die noordelike dele van Namibia--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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The family farming organisation Saai and the employers’ organisation National Employers Association of South Africa (Neasa) on 22 April 2021 signed a partnership agreement to bridge labour issues in agriculture and to assist farmers with labour problems, as well as policy influencing.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die ANC is tans in 'n groot krises en daagliks ontvou daar nuwe dinge en begin daar al hoe meer aanduiding na vore kom oor wat regtig in die party aan die gang is. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Jacob Zuma is besig om simpatie te werf vir sy eie omstandighede. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die LUR, William Bhulwane, sê die programme sluit in die verbouing van mielies, rooivleisproduksie en 'n varkplaas:--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Ernst Roets van AfriForum sê die benadering tot grondhervorming moet meer empiries wees:--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die provinsiale regering in die Wes-Kaap het weer ‘n beroep op die nasionale ANC-regering gedoen om hom met ‘n lys van die plase in die provinsie wat deur die staat besit word, te voosien--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Nagenoeg 700 mense van verskillende ouderdomme en agtergrond regoor Suid-Afrika het aan die opname deelgeneem. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Reaksie word ontvang op die Namibiese Ministerie van Grondhervorming wat bekendgemaak het dat 67 persent van die 5 miljoen hektaar wat geteiken was teen 2020 bekom is vir grondhervorming.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Growers could reduce consumption of pre-emergence herbicides by more than 80% using targeted spraying rather than blanket application judging by comparative trials with John Deere’s new See & Spray Select system.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die risiko van aanhoudende kragonderbrekings vir ekonomiese bedrywighede is so hoog dat selfs indien die wêreldekonomie herstel, Suid-Afrikaanse produksie steeds beperk kan wees--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Ons het aan Professor Andre Duvenhage gevra wat se opsies Jacob Zuma het in die lig van sy weiering om voor die Zondo kommissie te getuig en wat hy dalk al reeds in gedagte het. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Raymond Parsons van die Noordwes Universiteit se Besigheidskool, sê gelukkig is die ekonomiese nuus hierdie jaar beter:--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die organisasie Business for SA sê die enigste manier om ware ekonomiese herstel in die land te bewerkstellig, is om werklike en fundamentele strukturele hervormings in te stel en die Covid-19 inentingsprogram te versnel.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die jongste Suid-Afrikaanse BBP syfers toon goeie groei in die landbou-sektor. Die gunstige 2020-2021 La Nina weerverskynsel het ook gehelp om landbou 'n hupstoot te gee in die buurland. Dawie Maree, Hoof van Landbou Inligting en Bemarking by FNB Agri-besigheid in Suid-Afrika...--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Grown-up giraffes just aren’t huggy, cuddling, demonstrative animals. So it took identity-recognition software grinding through five years of data to reveal that female social life matters to survival.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Robots by Japan.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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For animals, reproduction is a biological imperative, an instinct to pass their genetics onto the next generation.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Hollard Insure, along with Farmingportal.co.za and Agri News Net, invites submissions for the Young Agri Writers Competition. This is an opportunity for aspiring young writers to be published and win prizes for their efforts.
The competition is open to any young writers under the age of 28. Learners, students, postgraduates and those already employed are encouraged to take part. Participants may not be published journalists.
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Grondonteiening: “Ons moet eerder die fokus verskuif na die uitbreiding van eienaarskap”- Moneyweb--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Vertical farms are indoors and can be placed anywhere, making them crucial in a time where farmable land is on decline. Plenty, which is an ag-tech startup in San Francisco co-founded by Nate Storey, is reinventing and revolutionizing farms and farming.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Humankind’s growing need for food is running up against thousands of other species’ need for space.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Lions vs hyenas. The fractious and competitive relationship between lions and spotted hyenas is well-documented and has been observed across Africa wherever the two species are present in the same place.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Heavy farm machinery results in soil compaction, which can damage the root growth of crops and reduce crop yields. By using permanent lanes in the fields – known as controlled traffic farming – in the production system of organic vegetables, the yield can be increased.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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There are many ag-robots for sale. Does this mean you shouldn’t buy a new tractor anymore? I don’t think so, robots are not a one-on-one replacement for tractors. Any farmer knows how to use a tractor. A new one, even when it’s a different type, doesn’t take long to get used to. That’s different with robots, even the ones that look like a tractor.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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The market is growing at a faster pace with the growing importance of healthy eating and consumers are more frequently choosing nuts as a healthy snack option and incorporating them into their daily diets. In addition, organic macadamia is also gaining popularity with increasing demand coming majorly from the European countries.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Dung beetles are the cleaners of Africa! Of all the animals on earth, who wants to be a dung beetle? I guess no-one and yet without them no other animal would have survive as they are our fertilizers on earth.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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World Soil Day (WSD), 5 December is the United Nations Observance that celebrates healthy soils for a food-secure future.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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One per cent of the world’s farms operate 70% of crop fields, ranches and orchards, according to a report that highlights the impact of land inequality on the climate and nature crises.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Global warming of 2°C would lead to about 230 billion tonnes of carbon being released from the world’s soil, new research suggests.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Lemon and orange oil prices are expected to rise slightly, simply because they’re by-products of the concentrate process and there’s less concentrate going to be made. -Author: Carolize Jansen--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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This comes after the Dutch parliament last year adopted a motion that expresses opposition to expropriation without compensation. In terms of this motion, Minister Blok had to convey the Netherlands’ disapproval of this policy to the South African government.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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As a result of his activism, young farmer Willem Petzer has rocketed to fame, becoming one of the loudest voices representing his community with, for instance, over 100 000 people having viewed his YouTube video on farm arson posted four days ago.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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This ability to blend in has the obvious benefit of helping to avoid being eaten or, as is the case with predators such as leopards, to help avoid detection so that they can get closer to their prey.
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Impossible Foods, the company known for making plant-based meat designed to taste, cook and look like real meat, may soon get into milk.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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The hearts of Saai and its members across South Africa go out to the farmers in the Hertzogville area who have lost livestock, pastures, fences and other infrastructure, income of assets in the destructive fires that raged in the area between Christina, Hoopstad, Dealsville and Bultfontein.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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It’s a simple question: Will we be able to feed everyone if the population of the planet rises from about 7 billion people today to 9-10 billion in 2050? If you are a student of Thomas Malthus and buy into his Essay on the Principles of Population, then you believe this type of population increase will result in famine and poverty.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Fanie Brink, Independent Agricultural Economist- Already after the creation of the earth when the population increased rapidly there were people who had needs for food and clothing that were noticed by the "entrepreneurs" of that time.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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There is a desperate need for farmers to control rodents because they destroy 15% of the crops growing in African fields. The most common solution is to use poison. But this can be expensive and can kill many other species. On top of this, rodents eventually become resistant.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Most of the focus in curbing climate-warming gas emissions has focused on the most abundant, carbon dioxide, and one of the most potent, methane, with the fossil fuel industry under pressure to drastically curtail both.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Then there are localised swarms of the African migratory locust (Locusta migratoria migratorioides) in southern Africa. Two other locust species – the red locust (Nomadacris septemfasciata) and the brown locust (Locustana pardalina) – are known to have swarmed and caused agricultural damage in southern Africa.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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But this year it is a hard act to follow due to several lingering, significant developments from the 2019/2020 summer crop season. Most notable of these is the persistent upsurge of summer grains and oilseed prices.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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South Africa’s agricultural sector has been one of the few bright spots in the economy, posting brisk growth of more than 15% in the second quarter (Q2) of 2020 when everything else imploded under the weight of the pandemic and associated lockdowns.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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While launching a report entitled “Fuelling the pandemic crisis: Factory farming and the rise of superbugs” World Animal protection has warned that Factory farming is also laying foundations for another devastating health crisis currently sitting in Covid-19’s shadow - Antimicrobial Resistance and the rise of Superbugs.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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My intention is not to introduce doubt to the current favourable rainfall forecasts for the 2020/21 production season, but rather to reflect on the scars of the previous year. While most regions received late rains and proceeded well, parts of the Eastern Cape did not get sufficient rains to improve dam levels. This was muted until recently, with now increasing reports of a potential “day zero” in Port Elizabeth and surrounding areas--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Across Africa, agriculture is the primary source of livelihoods and the majority of households consume at least a portion of the food they produce. All too often, however, the way food is produced, distributed and consumed in Africa is at odds with the natural capital on which both people and wildlife depend. Unsustainable agricultural practices are driving biodiversity loss and leading to increased human wildlife conflict, land conversion and the loss of critical habitats, declines in water quality and quantity, soil degradation, and increased pollution. With Africa 's population expected to grow to 2.5 billion by 2050, there will be even more growing pressure to convert more land for agricultural production, further threatening wetlands, forests, grasslands, soil health, water quality, and the resilience of the smallholder farming communities that depend on them.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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International price movements in these commodities do influence trading conditions in the domestic market to an extent. For rice, wheat and soybean meal, of which SA is a net importer, global market conditions matter even more. The livestock and poultry industries, which rely heavily on maize and soybean meal for feed, often bear the brunt of global grain market aftershocks--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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In a nutshell, the favourable rains that the Western Cape received in the past couple of weeks, and good soil moisture in other provinces has been of immense benefit to the South African winter crops. We can now safely say – with caution, of course, as the season is still at early stages – that South Africa will not only have one of the good summer crops seasons but a brilliant agriculture season. I have discussed elsewhere the good outputs coming out of the horticulture sub-sector, and also recovery in the livestock industry, which completes the statement I have made about 2020 having been a season of abundance in South Africa’s agriculture. Wandile Sihlobo--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Since the start of the agricultural evolution, the sector has been defined by research and innovation to increase productivity to meet the food demand of the world. More recently research and innovation include technology development that is adopted throughout the value chain, comprehensive and inclusive digital solutions, and very importantly ethical and safe practices – both for industry role players, consumers and the environment. In this week’s episode of Tech Terrain Tony Ndoro talks to two distinguished academics on the value of research for the sector. Matome Ramokgopa, Managing Director: Enza Zaden South Africa discusses the application of agricultural research on the African continent. You can also look forward to a discussion with Admire Mutsvario, Business Operations Analyst: John Deere Sub-Saharan Africa (JD SSA) and Hein Snyman, Territory Sales Manager: JD SSA on the 6M tractor, that is all about choice.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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We are a Construction and Project management company established in 2002 with our offices based in Durban Kwazulu Natal and conduct business in the whole of South Africa. Our company is a multi disciplined construction entity and we cover all spheres of the industry.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Agri SA has already approached the Minister of Police for a meeting to discuss the safety of the agricultural community in an attempt to find solutions to the culture of violence experienced in farming are--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Die wynbedryf is in krisis agv die verbod op drankverkope. Ons gesels hieroor met Kwagga Boucher.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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As SA’s summer crop — which includes maize — is set to be one of the best on record, focus now shifts to the outlook for winter crops, specifically wheat. Alas, for wheat farmers the 2020/2021 season had a bad start because of dry weather conditions, and production forecasts looked bleak.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Africa will be unable to meet demand for meat and milk by 2050 and benefit from growth in the livestock sector unless countries adopt new policies and innovations, according to a new report.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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To zoom into the details, the downward revision of US maize production resulted in a 2% decline in the 2020/21 global maize production from June estimates to 1.16 billion tonnes. Nevertheless, this is still 4% higher than the previous season, supported by expected large production in South America, Europe and parts of Asia.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Farm profitability can be measured using earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization (EBITA), net farm income, operating profit margin ratio, rate of return on farm assets, and rate of return on farm equity.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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Dwarsoor die wereld is familieboerdery deesdae deel van die algemene gesprekke in landbou en voedselsekerheid. Dit is die behoud van die wereld se familiewaardes en daarmee saam bied dit ook voedselsekuriteit aan baie mense.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message
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