Category Archives: Let’s Talk Indepth

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 ...

‘Uninhabitable hell’: Climate change and disease threaten millions, UN warns

Source: Reuters/Daily Maverick 12 October 2020 A jump in climate-related disasters this century, along with ...

Adapting to the new normal of teaching and training during COVID 19 outbreak

Photograph: Written by Nydia Brits, Drikus Degenaar, Mark Ortmann, Koketso Masa Mokhubedu, Jaco Theron and ...

Government plan to release land for farmers a step in the right direction

Wandile Sihlobo, Fin24, 5 October 2020 The growth of South Africa’s agricultural fortunes and job ...

Global food prices up 21% in September

Source: Bizcommunity, 8 October 2020 According to a report from the Food and Agriculture Organization ...

Preventing heat stress in pigs

Source: Mashilo Phosa, Chemuniqué, 5 October 2020, photo credit: AFMA Matrix October 2020 Heat stress ...

The failed state debate: Are we there?

Source: Prof Johan Willemse, SAPPO News, September 2020 A report by an European consultancy (Eunomix) ...

SA agreement with South East Asian bloc opens up a host of opportunities

Source: Hilton Fisher, Daily Maverick, 30 September 2020 South Africa is in the process of ...

The Arctic hasn’t been this warm for 3 million years – and that foreshadows big changes for the rest of the planet

Source: Julie Brigham-Grette, Steve Petsch, The Conversation, 30 September 2020 Every year, sea ice cover ...

OECD-FAO global agricultural outlook 2020 – 2029

Source: SAPPO World of Pork, photo credit: Hallmark Channel The Agricultural Outlook 2020-2029 is a ...

Helping piglets to adapt faster after weaning

Source: Dr jules Taylor-Pickard, Pig Progress 23 September 2020, photo credit: Heather Paul/Flickr/Euracity The weaning ...

Covid-19 and the climate present varying risks for Southern and East Africa agriculture

Source: Wandile Sihlobo and Tinashe Kapuya, Business Maverick, 24 August 2020, photo credit: Pixabay/Environment + ...