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Historically, women’s contributions to the agricultural sector often occurred outside of professional roles. ‘Lady’ Maud Williams, who discovered the Lady Williams apple, is one of those women.
Year after year, challenges have distracted the country from its agricultural expansion goals.
Solar-powered cold storage technology is of prime significance in efforts to cut post-harvest losses.
Mountain environments are rich in plant and animal species, but the dual threat of human habitation and climate change means urgent action is needed to protect them.
Fifty years ago, the Salton Sea was a draw for boaters and fishermen; today it’s an ecological time bomb. Two water experts who served on a state review panel describe its proposed rescue plan.
The government’s approach to redistributing farmland has been mostly ineffective. Failure can be attributed to limited implementation, poor institutional capacity and corruption.
New practices aim to improve soil health, return more carbon to soil and reduce greenhouse gas losses.
Dendrobium orchids are familiar to most people in bouquets, but they are in high demand in China for use in traditional medicines. Can Beijing find ways to grow these threatened plants sustainably?
People are starting to notice the weather and climate, and to understand climate change better than ever before.
This crucial fertiliser component is mostly found in just five countries.
Wheat is an important global crop, but new research suggests that fungal toxins have contaminated half of all European wheat produced for food.
Consensus is the first step towards solving problems - but it’s been hard to reach.
The ravages of climate change and hunger do not occur in isolation, but are part of the system we have built.
Despite its vagueness, the RET has become central to the contemporary ANC. It is destined to remain a powerful bloc within the party, and a constant constraint on Ramaphosa leadership.
Cellular and microbial agriculture can make the same amount of food on a fraction of the land.
Ukraine seemed to have recovered well from COVID and its economy was forecast to grow strongly. But then Russia invaded.
South Africa’s policies need to do more to protect vulnerable and marginalised small-scale fishers and fishing communities.
Extreme weather will continue to disrupt global food systems.
Over hundreds of million years of evolution, ants have come up with some pretty smart solutions to problems of agriculture, navigation and architecture. People could learn a thing or two.
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