food production

Understanding virtual water and its role in daily life

Virtual water refers to the amount of water ‘embedded’ in the production of food, goods and services that we use or consume. Often invisible to the consumer, virtual water represents...

Innovation

20 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

A healthy farming sector supports a healthy nation

In the last quarter of 2023, primary agriculture in South Africa employed around 920 000 people directly, i.e., on farms and in agro-processing facilities. If one works on the assumpti...

News & Events

23 Oct 2024 · 6 min read

UNECA: Agricultural innovation needed to aid food production in Africa

Agriculture innovation and science in Africa are seen as the final frontiers if the continent is to be able to feed itself at a time of the worsening impact of climate change. This emerg...

Crops

23 Apr 2024 · 5 min read

Africa’s food production still lags despite many promises

A report launched by the Africa Food Systems Forum in September 2023 has lamented that targets set by African countries to meet food production and trade demands remain "far-fetched." ...

News & Events

12 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

African countries seek to escalate food production amid extreme weather

Zimbabwe, like other African countries, poured millions of dollars into the 2022/23 agriculture season, but officials and aid agencies warn that climate change threatens ambitions to inc...

Crops

12 Dec 2023 · 5 min read

Inclusive agricultural sector needed to alleviate rural poverty

In South Africa, effective small-scale farming, arguably a means to combat rural poverty, stands as the cornerstone to establishing new and sustainable agricultural value systems. Lar...

News & Events

19 Oct 2023 · 6 min read