“We must stop taking water for granted,” Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Director-General Dr Qu Dongyu warned at the recent two-day Rome Water Dialogue, the…
Posts tagged as “agriculture”
“Fish farming is my mother’s business,” says Nurudeen Quadri, a 38-year-old fish farmer from Ijebu-Ode in southwest Nigeria as he enters Eriwe farm village. “I…
Commercial farmer Thabitha Chauke is preparing to expand her operations by another 600 hectares after harvesting 500 hectares of sunflower in May. It’s been a…
A community which has waited more than two decades for their land claim to be resolved has expressed disappointment at being given just five minutes…
IN his 30 years as a farmer, Illeperuma Arachchilage Rathnayake, or Rathnayake as he’s known in his village, struggled to unlock the full potential of…
Experts are warning that overfishing and pollution of the oceans have depleted natural fish stocks alarmingly in South Africa. The result is that in the…
Young farmer Mfundo Mahlangu from Kameelrivier B in Mpumalanga is determined to show that one doesn’t only need to rely on government support to succeed…
Land reform beneficiary Frank Makgopela Monaheng farms bonsmara cattle and sunflower. He has built up the farm into a thriving commercial enterprise by reinvesting his profits into the business, using the funds to buy machinery to improve production.
Limpopo MEC calls for communities to preserve the marula tree and exploit all business opportunities that could change livelihoods.
IN August 2019 as I was doing research for my book A Desire to Return to The Ruins – I learnt of the passing of…