Author Archives: SAPPO

Budget: A glimmer of hope?

Source: Prof Johan Willemse, SAPPO News February 2021, photo credit: Criteo The government budget tabled ...

Ebola strikes West Africa again: key questions and lessons from the past

Source: Mosoka Fallah, The conversation, 18 February 2021, photo credit: www.fao.org News of a new ...

Two pandemics and Brexit leave UK pig sector in peril

Source: Reuters/Farm Journal’s Pork, 19 February 2021, photo credit: WorldFirst For British pig farmers like ...

Increasing temperatures will hit meat and milk production in East Africa

Source: Neil Palmer, International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), photo credit: Micato Safaris Hotter and ...

Maintaining the food supply chain while protecting worker safety measures

Source: Nick Giordano, Farm Journal’s Pork, 19 February 2021, photo credit: Triple Pundit There are ...

High feed costs? Review your health programme

Source: Elise Toohill, Farm Journal’s Pork, 10 February 2021, photo credit: Feed Strategy/luisrock62/freeimages.com Higher feed ...

At last, climate science may be able to predict tropical Atlantic weather better

Source: Hyacinth C. Nnamchi The Conversation, 21 February 2021, photo credit: Getty Images/Forbes El Niño ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area provides new opportunities for South African agriculture

Tshepo Morokong, Louw Pienaar, Wandile Sihlobo, Econ3x3/Agbiz e-newsletter, 16 February 2021, photo credit: Wikipedia The ...

Electricity price hike: another blow for farmers

Source: Jeandré van der Walt, Farmer’s Weekly, 18 February 2021, photo credit: Image: 123rf.com/ginasanders/Sowetan Live ...

Record corn and soybean crops possible as farmers chase high prices

Source:  Chuck Abbott, Succesful Farming, 19 February 2021, photo credit: Gardening Know How Responding to ...

Here is SAPPO’s latest ASF update dated 18 February 2021

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South Africa likely to face third wave in winter months, expert says

Source: Radio 702, 18 February 2021, photo credit: Food for Mzansi Dr Tom Ellman, director ...