Land reform in South Africa: what the real debate should be about
Land reform in South Africa is an emotive and politically fraught subject. That’s because land was at the heart of the dispossession of Africans by colonial settlers.
Month: May 2022
Pure South African saffron “deserves to be better known”
Recent expansion in saffron planting in South Africa – 22 hectares now dotted across all nine provinces, with most concentrated in the arid Northern Cape – has opened the door to what could be the perfect cash crop for South African farmers.
Herbicides threaten edible weeds in Zambia – that may be bad news for local food security
The use of herbicides – substances that control unwanted plants – is on the rise across Africa. This trend has been referred to by some researchers as the “herbicide revolution”.
Black farmers in South Africa need support: how it could be done
Most countries in both the rich and the developing world have some sort of programme to help early career farmers (mostly, but not exclusively young people) to get established in a farming or agribusiness enterprise.
Long-awaited breakthrough as citrus is loaded from Maputo
A significant volume of South Africa’s citrus is produced in the north-eastern parts of the country, located much closer to Mozambique (Maputo) than to Durban where the congestion grows yearly.
Removing alien plants can save water: we measured how much
Humans’ relationship with nature is broken. We’re transforming the Earth so dramatically that almost one million plant and animals species face extinction.
What’s driving hunger in Gauteng, South Africa’s economic power house
Food serves as one of the critical needs a person requires for daily survival. In South Africa it’s recognised as a fundamental human right under the country’s constitution.