Food industry health risks and how to avoid them
Every organisation operating in the food industry faces a great amount of responsibility. If errors occur within the manufacturing processes, food cultivation or production, the negative effects can be far reaching and devastating.
Coffee
Introduction In terms of value, coffee is one of the world’s most important commodities. Coffee is a vital crop for developing countries, providing vital foreign exchange earnings and an income for farmers. It is also an ideal crop for areas with poor infrastructure, as it is one of the few tropical horticultural crop products that […]
Local Fruit Export Company Goes Global
Five steps that led to Uzair Essack being a finalist in the 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year® competition sponsored by Sanlam and Business Partners.
Climate crisis cannot be tackled without shift away from damaging land use, major report warns
The way we currently use land is both a major contributor to climate change and placing unsustainable demands on the land systems on which humans and nature depend, according to an authoritative new report […]
Cannabis
Hemp, a cousin albeit with no psychoactive properties, is covered on the “Fibre crops” page.
On the Expert Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture
Over the past week, readers will have seen the reports and articles about the findings of the Expert Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture. Four of the more useful ones (which includes the press statement below) we found were […]