Author Archives: SAPPO

Farming the future

In case you missed SAPPO’s AGM session about Farming the Future, click here. Speakers from ...

‘No checks on imports from the continent has handed the EU a nice Brexit dividend, says BMPA

Source: Global Ag Media/The Pig Site, 18 October 2021, photo credit: smallbusiness.co.uk The latest opinion ...

Egypt key energy supplier for Africa

Source: Kees van Dooren, Pig Progress, 27 Aug 2021, photo credit: Ancient Egypt With 21 ...

China’s consumer demand for pork expected to exceed domestic production in 2022

Source: Tyne Morgan, Farm Journal’s Pork, 30 August 2021, photo credit: IMA ASIA China’s pork ...

Red meat not associated with heart disease, cancer or early death

Source: Niall Hurson, Irish Farmers Journal, 6 July 2021, photo credit: Foodhall Coolery Studio A ...

This map shows the best and worst run municipalities in South Africa

Source: Businesstech, 25 August 2021, photo credit: Businesstech A report prepared for parliament’s portfolio committee ...

Paper concludes cutting meat won’t reduce a person’s carbon footprint much

Source: Catherine Harris, Green Business, 7 July 2021, photo credit: Robert Irvine A new paper ...

Transforming the rural economy

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, ENCA, 2 September 2021, photo credit PennState Law South Africans keep digging ...

South Africa’s agricultural sector is likely to have an unusual period of three consecutive favourable seasons

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, Mail&Guardian, 1 September 2021, photo credit: AgroWeb South Africa has not had ...

COVID-19: It’s time to look at the finer details of South Africa’s pandemic picture

Source: Adrian Puren, Michelle J. Groome, Harry Moultrie, The Conversation, 8 September 2021, photo credit: ...

Economic and employment indicators and trends in South Africa

Source: National Economic Development and Labour Council/Agbiz e-newsletter The economic recovery stuttered in July as ...

ASF Germany: Obligatory examination of hunted wild boar extended to other districts of Saxony

Source: Pig333.com, photo credit: Sky News Previously, examining all wild boar hunted in good health ...