African farmers fear being left alone in making sense of and applying environmental standards required by the European Union’s new food policy, said the voice of Kenya’s horticulture producers, who warned that without help, the new rules could jeopardise trade with Europe.

The eviction of farmers from their profitable farming enterprises by “rogue officials” of the department of agriculture, rural development & land reform has resulted in claims of more than R2bn being instituted against the department, according to the 2019/2020 report of the auditor-general.

It could be that the framers and authors of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) are upstanding men and women with abundant and unyielding confidence in Africa’s potential.

$957 billion. That has just been confirmed by the UN as the average amount that low- and lower-middle-income countries invest annually in agriculture.

Farmers wishing to leave agriculture will be offered a lump sum of up to £100,000 next year under plans set out by ministers as part of England’s move to a post-Brexit subsidy system.

During the next 30 years, the United Nations estimates that the global population will grow by 2 billion people to nearly 10 billion.

Georgia’s experiment with wooing foreign investors to boost its agricultural industry has had mixed results. However, it has led to an unlikely community settling in the country.

Farmers must be ready and extra vigilant in the midst of the extensive looting in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and elsewhere in the country.

: A new livestock initiative, which will provide a space for the formalised selling and buying of cattle, is set to be a gamechanger for the Eastern Cape. 

When the balloon went up, who did the government turn to?

Consumers want lower prices and retailers want their margins. This relationship is forcing producers into a very difficult position which could lead to a decline in the number of farmers. 

A few years ago my wife Marilyn suggested to me that I should write down personal observations that might be useful to others.

South Africa’s agriculture sector has been the mainstay of economic growth even at the height of Covid-19. Its underbelly, however, is its dualism and lack of inclusiveness.

: Positive signs point to the emergence of a growing body of black farmers in the Free State who are showing the potential to successfully make the transition from small-scale farmers to commercial agribusinesses. 

At the dawn of democracy, few probably thought that nearly three decades on, South Africa would still be battling with the phenomenon of “two agricultures”.

Farmers are aging across the globe, and fewer young folks are willing to take over farms due to stigmas surrounding agricultural work, barriers to entry, and limited access to markets.

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It has been raining in large areas of our country for longer than a month now – even in places where it has been arid for many years.

The world’s 570 million farmers are arguably the most important stewards of the earth’s land, water and biodiversity.