Author Archives: SAPPO

Controlling COVID-19 will carry devastating economic cost for developing countries

Source: The Conversation, 2 June 2020, photo credit: CNN Business Many African countries quickly closed ...

Consumer markets under pressure in 2020

Source: Camilla Butler, Bizcommunity, 5 June 2020, photo credit: Diplomatic Courier As coronavirus (Covid-19) shifts ...

Good news for global grain supply

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, News24, photo credit ECPlaza I’ve recently cautioned that dryness in parts of ...

Farm watch active again

Source: TLU SA media release, 9 June 2020, photo credit: The Hop Shop at Castle ...

Answers needed to address diesel crisis

Source: Media release by Kevin Mileham, DA shadow minister of mineral resources and energy, 9 ...

Agbiz, BFAP says SA’s agriculture sector is stabilising

Source: Bizcommunity, 9 June 2020, photo credit: Microsoft Experts in the agricultural sector are confident ...

PORCUS June 2020

Skeptics question reality of China’s threat to delay purchases of U.S. pork and soybeans

Photo credit: Luca B’Urbino/The Economist With tensions rising between the U.S. and China in the ...

USDA updates African swine fever response plan

Photo credit: Cornwall Curling Club Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection ...

Russia embraces its new global role in pork

Photo credit: Reuters/VOA Pig Progress For decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia ...

The impact of Covid-19 on South Africa’s agriculture economy

Photo credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service Dr Peter Oberem, Bizcommunity We are all living through ...

Covid-19 and food safety: Are SA’s food handling regulations up to scratch?

Photo credit: AJAR Hospitality Fortunately South Africa’s food production safety standards have already progressed to ...