Category Archives: Let’s Talk Indepth

Tackling Agro-terrorism

The goal of “traditional” bioterrorism is to attack human health by using human and zoonotic ...

30
Jul
41 million people in Southern Africa to face food insecurity

About 41,2 million people in 13 Southern African countries will suffer food insecurity between now ...

30
Jul
How has the threat of African swine fever changed biosecurity?

Even though African swine fever (ASF) is not now, nor ever has been in the ...

30
Jul
Better breeding for better disease management

Preliminary results suggest that in swine there is an association between immune response phenotype and ...

30
Jul
South Africa’s carbon tax matters

Carbon tax is likely to be an effective way of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, which ...

20
Jul
Flies can play a role in transmitting ASF into farms

Pigs can in theory get infected with African Swine Fever virus by eating infected flies. ...

20
Jul
Investing in Africa: a continent brimming with opportunities

Dr Rutendo Hwindingwi, also known as the ‘African Realist’, spoke to Glenneis Kriel of Farmer’s Weekly about ...

10
Jul
Biofuels – a quick win that ticks all the right boxes

The Department of Minerals and Energy published a National Industrial Strategy on biofuel production in ...

10
Jul
Lawsonia can impact other gut pathogens

A growing body of evidence is finding gut health a factor that must be prioritised ...

10
Jul
National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy starts to take shape

On the 5th of June 2019, comments were due to be submitted to the department ...

29
Jun
Feed conversion: An objective measure of success

By Matt Murphy, Director of Technical Operations at The Maschhoffs Pork production is an act ...

29
Jun
Tough decisions: Animal mortality disposal during a disease outbreak

African swine fever (ASF) is taking over the news headlines now, but it’s not the ...

29
Jun