Trucks lining outside a container yard in Cape Town, South Africa. Infrastructure backlogs are a threat to food exports.
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What’s in store for South Africa’s agricultural sector.
Creating a set of classification and grading rules for each agricultural product has proved cumbersome and added to costs of production.
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To rebuild lost credibility, the South African government can start by listening to social partners and the business sector and implementing less financially costly policies
Sesame seeds could help boost local diets in Ghana
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Oilseeds in local diets could be the answer to poverty in Ghana’s savanna region.
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Public money for public goods sounds great, but the reality could look very different.
There’s a perception among young South Africans that farm jobs are back-breaking and financially unappealing.
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Agriculture appears to carry a stronger set of negative stigmas than other careers, but this is only half the story.