Welcome to the Agribook Blog
These blogs contain agricultural related information and written by our editor Craig Macaskill as well as guest columnists from time to time.
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The little fellow, the pangolin
The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. As a result, this elusive little fellow is now threatened with extinction across its home range.
Big in Japan: Rooibos booms
Rooibos is becoming a big deal in Japan – one of the largest tea-drinking nations in the world – with exports of our indigenous tea hitting record highs in 2018...
Agriculture has the solution to load shedding within a year
Agri SA’s members have the potential to supply the electricity needed to prevent future load shedding through solar power generation. There are already 500 applications for solar generation [...]
What does agriculture require from government to be a success in South Africa?
Last week we attended a viewing and discussion on the annual budget speech given by the South African Minister of Finance, Mr Tito Mboweni. The event was hosted in Sandton by Absa Agribusiness [...]
Developing the potential of agriculture is key to driving economic growth: Absa
For South Africa’s agricultural industry, budgetary allocations emanating from the 2019 National Budget Speech this week, are expected to reinforce the importance of the agricultural sector in [...]
Our food system requires a radical overhaul – WWF report
Cape Town (18 February 2019). We need a fundamental overhaul of our food system which, in its current form, is a threat to the environment and human health. This is the key message contained in a [...]
