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.
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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.
The lack of a clear formula to distinguish between donors’ adaptation and mitigation funds is hurting Africa’s climate response.
The impact of climate change on the spread of crop pests is established. Biological control methods show some promise but the pace of climate change means scientists are in a race against time.
Grassroots miners are disadvantaged by current regulations.
The digital transformation of Kenya’s agriculture will become a reality if it can link viable digital solution providers with potential beneficiaries.
Despite the impact of flooding on food security, it is not recognised as a threat by policymakers.
Our heavy reliance on sandbagging suggests we really don’t understand the river landscapes we inhabit. We must learn from communities that have developed better solutions to living with floods.
The agriculture and fossil fuel industries are the biggest sources of methane emissions in Australia. Here’s how signing the pledge may affect them.
For Australia’s dairy farmers the worst of times are turning out to be the best of times for farmgate prices.
Farmers face a multitude of challenges in future. Crops and livestock are not only on the line, but also the mental health of rural communities.
There are ‘jewels’ among the piles of ash that remain once sugarcane’s fibrous material is burned.
South Africa’s land reform programme is designed for a socio-economic context that doesn’t exist.
Worsening droughts and flooding likely threaten the future of cotton farming – by far the most important crop in the basin.
Honey bees, wild and native bees face threats from parasites, pesticides and habitat loss. Shorter winters, more extreme weather and more habitat destruction won’t help.
Small-scale farmers find it difficult to commercialise and add value to the food chain.
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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