Author Archives: SAPPO

Why the US has a lot to gain from investing in Africa’s agri-food systems

Prof Thomas Jayne, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University The US’s ...

Agriculture’s reaction to SONA

Agbiz  Agbiz strongly welcomes the State of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa today, ...

Total’s landmark find could be enough to supply SA refineries for 4 years

Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg South Africa’s first deep-water discovery, reported Thursday by French oil major Total ...

SA needs coal ‘until at least 2040’, panel argues

Carin Smith According to projections, South Africa will need to generate energy from coal until ...

FMD: Latest update by DAFF and the red meat industry

Joint update statement by DAFF and the red meat industry on the Foot and Mouth ...

PORCUS Jan-Feb 2019

Can genetics curb the carbon footprint of pig production?

by Melanie Epp Gene editing is being subject to controversial regulation, but could it be ...

Brexit and its effect on pig farmers

The United Kingdom is about to step out of the European Union. What will it ...

SA plants smallest maize area since worst drought

South African maize farmers, who historically produce the continent’s biggest harvest, have probably planted the ...

China’s US pork imports plunge in 2018 as trade war bites

Reporting by Dominique Patton, additional reporting by Beijing Newsroom, Reuters China’s imports of pork from ...

Price of petrol, diesel rises in February

The Department of Energy has announced the petrol and diesel price changes for February 2019, ...

How global warming is adding to the health risks of poor people

By Prof Lenore Manderson, Visiting Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies, Brown University, USA, and Distinguished ...