Author Archives: SAPPO

Reaction to the president’s reconstruction and recovery plan

NWU Business School It is not a bold reform plan and there was insufficient emphasis ...

19
Oct
Brazil to suspend tariffs on corn and soy until 2021

Source: Global Ag Media/The Pig Site, 19 October 2020, photo credit: Amazon.in Brazil will suspend ...

19
Oct
Drone drops off bacon surprise

Source: Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork, 15 October 2020 A drone delivering bacon turned heads ...

19
Oct
Hopes for regionalisation policy with ASF in Germany

Vladislav Vorotnikov, Pig Progress, 9 October 2020 The occurrence of African Swine Fever (ASF) in ...

19
Oct
Big diesel price drop brings input cost relief for farmers

Lloyd Phillips, Farmer’s Weekly, 7 October 2020 As things stand, South Africa’s summer crop farmers ...

19
Oct
Tech disruption will only accelerate in decades beyond Covid-19

22 September 2020. Photo credit: Google Sites The global COVID -19 pandemic and the subsequent ...

19
Oct
Green and integrated approaches could address food security challenges

Agriculture and food production does not happen in isolation, and to maximise food production and ...

19
Oct
The year that the energy transition became inevitable — and cheap

Dirk De Vos, Business Maverick, 18 October 2020 Achieving climate crisis objectives to a net-zero ...

19
Oct
Some good news on the cards for SA’s farmers

Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz. This essay first appearedon Fin24, 12 October 2020. We are just over ...

19
Oct
Stability in rural areas necessary for economies to thrive

Agbiz is alarmed at the high incidence of crime in South Africa, and in particular ...

19
Oct
BETI data suggest there was big economic bang in Q3

Ed Stoddard, Business Maverick , 14 October 2020, photo credit: ChiefExecutive.net The BankservAfrica Economic Transaction ...

19
Oct
The UK must reward farmers for maintaining and improving landscapes, says NFU

The UK’s National Farmers Union is launching a new report that shows the pivotal role ...

14
Oct