Farmers globally find it difficult to get access to investments, but for smallholder farmers on the African continent it is even more so. During the recent African Agri Investment Indaba, many speakers cited that factors adding to investors shying away from agriculture on the African continent include; policy and political uncertainty, the lack of access […]
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CONCRETE BEEHIVES EMPOWER SMALLHOLDER FARMERS AND SAVE BEESWhen industrial design student Ivan Brown from the University of Johannesburg had to choose a topic for his Master’s Degree, he was looking for ways improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. The outcome, the Beegin project, provides a tool for smallholder and urban farmers to increase their income, […]
Regenerative agriculture is farmers’ cost-effective weapon against rising input costs and climate change by allowing natural processes to function optimally again. Landbouweekblad, in conjunction with the Riemland study group, VKB, Grain SA, Dekalb SA and Standard Bank, is bringing world-famous speakers, experts and some of the best South African (SA) farmers together for the first SA […]
Louis and Gerhard Lourens farm indigenous goats on a smallholding in Waterval, in Gauteng Province, South Africa. The Lourens family lives in a ‘smallholder belt’ north of Pretoria, one of South Africa’s two capital cities. If one thinks about it, there are probably smallholder belts in the outer corridors of most of the world’s major […]
Organisers of the Agritech Expo Zambia (Expo) have said that this year’s Expo has drawn a strong South African crowd. This shows the strong interest in the emerging Zambian agricultural sector. According to the commercial director of the Expo, Liam Beckett, Zambian agriculture is an appealing market for South African suppliers and farmers. “In certain […]
The upcoming Agritech Expo Zambia in Chisamba from 27-29 April will feature a record number of six international pavilions from strong farming countries like Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, France, the Czech Republic and Zimbabwe, each showcasing their own specialised products and services to the agri community. “For four years now the German Agricultural Society has been […]
The upcoming Agritech Expo Zambia in Chisamba from 27-29 April will feature a record number of six international pavilions from strong farming countries like Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, France, the Czech Republic and Zimbabwe, each showcasing their own specialised products and services to the agri community. “For four years now the German Agricultural Society has been […]
South Africa’s credit downgrade by the American credit rating agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) to BBB-, otherwise known as junk status, is potentially bad news for South African farmers, but there is a silver lining for exporters. According to Wessel Lemmer, senior economist at Absa Agribusiness, the sovereign downgrade by international credit agencies will lead to a […]
South Africa’s credit downgrade by the American credit rating agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) to BBB-, otherwise known as junk status, is potentially bad news for South African farmers, but there is a silver lining for exporters. According to Wessel Lemmer, senior economist at Absa Agribusiness, the sovereign downgrade by international credit agencies will lead to a […]
