Article 22/02/2012

Many rural communities across the world rely on wetlands to supply them with water, food and fibre. Despite this, human activities caused considerable loss and destruction not only of wetlands, but also of the plants and other creatures living in wetlands like the graceful birds called cranes. Read More

Article 22/02/2012

The farming community of Twyfelhoek, an area on the outskirts of Driefontein settlement, raised and highlighted challenges that afflict them on a daily basis to the Premier of Mpumalanga, Honourable DD Mabuza, during his election visit to the area in 2008. Read More

Article 22/02/2012

The Kwadakadaka Project is in communal land under Inkosi M.W Qwabe in the Glendale Valley area under the Maphumulo Municipality of Ilembe District. The project benefits from the irrigation scheme resuscitated by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform’s Recapitalisation and Development Programme (RADP). Read More

Article 22/02/2012

Minister Nkwinti briefed the media and the public on the 17th February 2012 on the latest developments with the Land Reform Green Paper. The media briefing took place after a meeting of the National Reference Group (NAREG), a body comprising all the national land stakeholders who have been tasked with drafting a future land reform policy for the country. Read More

Article 21/02/2012

Ghana currently spends over $1 billion on food imports, making it highly susceptible to price hikes. One way to prevent this, is to invest in local entrepreneurs like Janet Gyimah-Kessie. She has a large-scale cassava processing operation which not only increases local food production, but also creates employment and a market for other local cassava producers. Read More

Article 21/02/2012

The Mansomini project is located in the Maphumulo Municipality and Ilembe Magisterial District. The area is under Inkosi Qwabe who is a legitimate tribal authority in the area. When the project was formed in 1984, it was established as a scheme where only 72 hectares of Sugar cane was planted. Read More

Article 21/02/2012

Market analyst, Deon Scheepers, discusses the trends for maize, wheat and sunflower prices every week on AgriTV. He gives advice to farmers and speculators who trades on the South African Futures Exchange, better known as SAFEX. Read More

Article 21/02/2012

20 February 2012 closing prices on the SAFEX Markets Read More

Article 21/02/2012

The Peninsula school-feeding scheme was started in 1958 after a dire need for the feeding of hungry school children in the province was identified. The aim of the scheme includes the reduction of short-term hunger, increasing children’s ability to learn and the provision of school feeding while the children are at school. Read More

Article 20/02/2012

In many rural parts of South Africa donkeys still provide transport to both people and goods. Despite the essential service they provide so patiently, their health and well-being is not always addressed properly. Read More