Author Archives: SAPPO

Agriculture’s reaction to the national minimum wage increase

The revised rates of the national minimum wage will come into effect on the 1 ...

Launch of AGDA ‘landmark in SA’s history’

The launch of the Agricultural Development Agency (AGDA) at the three-day Africa Agri Tech Conference ...

Biosafety Level 3 laboratory boosts veterinary services portfolio

The Western Cape’s veterinary laboratory services boosted their portfolio significantly with the addition of a ...

Research and training feed mill to be launched at AFMA Forum 2020

Africa’s first research and training feed mill will be launched at AFMA Forum 2020 in ...

African Swine Fever is spreading in the EU, says EFSA

African Swine Fever (ASF) is a devastating disease occurring for the first time in certain ...

China’s changing pork needs: It’s time to differentiate

We enter 2020 with a host of unusual and unpredictable events. In other words, there ...

Zimbabwe promotes female entrepreneurs to strengthen pork industry

Targeting farmers in Mashonaland West and Mashonaland East provinces, the Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme has ...

The uneven global response to climate change

Recently published climate science ultimately underscores the same points: The impacts of climate change are ...

Africa’s renewable revolution

Africa’s abundant clean energy resources, coupled with new investments in renewable energy technologies, have spearheaded ...

Nursing 15 piglets? Sows can do it

Sows can achieve a lot, but is it possible to quantify the potential of nursing ...

How post-Brexit Britain can promote trade in Africa

The United Kingdom may have officially left the European Union, but the terms of its ...

Organised agriculture reacts to SONA 2020

Agbiz Agbiz welcomes the greater realism articulated in the SONA by President Cyril Ramaphosa, and ...