Category Archives: Let’s Talk Indepth

Breaking new ground in global agriculture post-Covid

By Wandile Sihlobo, Economics, 12 May 2020 As the coronavirus continues to spread around the ...

7 Steps to reduce farm and financial stress

These strategies will make a big difference to your outcomes and outlook. You need to ...

Practical biosecurity between batches

Enric Marco, pig333.com Disease control on farms depends largely on internal biosecurity. One of the ...

Report looks at SA’s economic recovery after covid-19

No-one knows what the long-term economic effects of the Covid-19 epidemic will be. The massive ...

How agritech solutions can help farmers offset coronavirus risks

By Nico Groenewald, head of Agribusiness at Standard Bank The outbreak of Covid-19 across the ...

What do we know about the future status of our economy?

The economy will shrink by 6 -10% during 2020 and household income and spending will ...

Africa’s food security under fire

Mzukisi Qobo, Wandile Sihlobo and Isaah Mhlanga, Fin24 Agriculture is a dominant economic activity across ...

It’s time for a new multilateral framework to address Covid-19

Joshua Lincoln, Work Politcs Review Over the past three months, world leaders struggling with the ...

Climate change a risk to agricultural production

By Pertunia Setumo, Agricultural Economist for FNB Agribusiness Climate change has presented additional risks to ...

Will Covid-19 structurally change the agricultural labour market?

Agriculture is well placed to provide livelihoods to those struggling to enter the workforce, and ...

Advice on successful weaner pig management

Farmer’s Weekly, 28 April 2020 At weaning, piglets experience multiple challenges, such as the stress ...

#Covid19: Global food crises report reveals impact on vulnerable countries

An international alliance of UN, governmental, and non-governmental agencies working to address the root causes ...