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#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - the transformation of food security in South Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - the transformation of food security in South Africa

Alan Browde 13 Jan 2025

Study reveals soil health's impact on wine flavour profiles

Viticulture & Oenology

Study reveals soil health's impact on wine flavour profiles

23 Aug 2024

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Agriculture

Farming with a mixture of crops, animals and trees is better for the environment and for people – evidence from Ghana and Malawi

Laura Vang Rasmussen, Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Ingo Grass, Marney Isaac and Rachel Bezner Kerr 19 Jun 2024

How engineered wood can help the South African built environment decarbonise

Forestry

How engineered wood can help the South African built environment decarbonise

Roy Southey 22 Mar 2024

Eastern Cape farmers gain hemp cultivation skills in innovative training initiative

Agriculture

Eastern Cape farmers gain hemp cultivation skills in innovative training initiative

26 Feb 2024

Profit and purpose: The twin engines driving social entrepreneurship

Social Entrepreneurship

Profit and purpose: The twin engines driving social entrepreneurship

Heather Lowe 20 Feb 2024

How agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soil

Research & Development

How agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soil

Rémi Cardinael, Armwell Shumba and Vira Leng 7 Dec 2023

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Pharmaceuticals

#COP28: AstraZeneca's AZ Forest initiative: Pledging six million trees in Kenya

1 Dec 2023

#PropertyRevamped: Newinbosch creating a connected, inclusive community in Stellenbosch

Mixed-Use Property

#PropertyRevamped: Newinbosch creating a connected, inclusive community in Stellenbosch

Sindy Peters 18 Jul 2023

Beiersdorf's 'Care Beyond Skin' brings benefits to Thanda and the Mtwalume community

ESG

Beiersdorf's 'Care Beyond Skin' brings benefits to Thanda and the Mtwalume community

Issued by Symbiotic Communications 5 May 2023

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Forestry

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Marietjie Brown 21 Apr 2023

First study to estimate 'blue carbon' storage in South Africa is useful for climate strategy

Climate Change

First study to estimate 'blue carbon' storage in South Africa is useful for climate strategy

Jacqueline L Raw 20 Jan 2023

Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change

Research & Development

Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change

Derek Lynch 29 Dec 2022

Can planks and paper packaging help solve the climate crisis?

Forestry

Can planks and paper packaging help solve the climate crisis?

16 Nov 2022

SA making notable effort towards achieving 10% marine protected areas

Environment & Natural Resources

SA making notable effort towards achieving 10% marine protected areas

5 Aug 2022

A food systems approach: Setting the table to address agriculture's triple challenge

Agriculture

A food systems approach: Setting the table to address agriculture's triple challenge

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 1 Dec 2021

Climate action in agribusiness could reduce emissions by up to 7%

Research & Development

Climate action in agribusiness could reduce emissions by up to 7%

9 Nov 2021

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Agribusiness

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Wandile Sihlobo 27 Oct 2021

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FMCG

Nestlé's transition towards a regenerative food system speeds up

21 Sep 2021

Healthy soils are crucial for sustainable agri-food systems - FAO

Research & Development

Healthy soils are crucial for sustainable agri-food systems - FAO

14 Sep 2021

New global biodiversity goals must take these key lessons into account

Environment & Natural Resources

New global biodiversity goals must take these key lessons into account

David Obura 17 Aug 2021

Public comment sought on 2021 Draft Tax Bills

Legislation & Regulation

Public comment sought on 2021 Draft Tax Bills

29 Jul 2021

To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules

Sustainable Farming

To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules

Laura van der Pol, Dale Manning, Francesca Cotrufo and Megan Machmuller 2 Jul 2021

'Sacred forests' in West Africa capture carbon and keep soil healthy

Forestry

'Sacred forests' in West Africa capture carbon and keep soil healthy

Michele Francis 9 Apr 2021

Is that a good egg? How chocolate makers rate on social and environmental measures

FMCG

Is that a good egg? How chocolate makers rate on social and environmental measures

John Dumay and James Guthrie 6 Apr 2021

Metals from urban pollution are contaminating the last few old forests in Cape Town

Environment & Natural Resources

Metals from urban pollution are contaminating the last few old forests in Cape Town

Anne-Liese Naude (Kruger) 15 Dec 2020

Food and clean water start with soil biodiversity: Learning more about it is urgent

Agriculture

Food and clean water start with soil biodiversity: Learning more about it is urgent

Charlene Janion-Scheepers 10 Dec 2020

Textile Exchange's Benchmark programme to cover nature impacts for the first time

Fashion & Homeware

Textile Exchange's Benchmark programme to cover nature impacts for the first time

Issued by Sappi 4 Dec 2020

Cape Town's climate strategy isn't perfect, but every African city should have one

Climate Change

Cape Town's climate strategy isn't perfect, but every African city should have one

Alanna Rebelo, Karen Joan Esler, Michael Samways, Patricia Holmes, Tony Rebelo 11 Nov 2020

Nedbank, Boland Trees for Bees to safeguard honeybees

Sustainable Farming

Nedbank, Boland Trees for Bees to safeguard honeybees

7 Oct 2020

Sappi celebrates Arbour Day and our heritage by conserving endangered Pepperbark trees

Environment & Natural Resources

Sappi celebrates Arbour Day and our heritage by conserving endangered Pepperbark trees

Issued by Sappi 4 Sep 2020

The hydropower potential at the Grand Inga site on the Congo River, the largest remaining untapped hydropower potential in the world.

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Why wind and solar would offer the DRC and South Africa better energy deals than Inga 3

Grace C Wu & Ranjit Deshmukh 24 Jul 2020

How South Africa's mangrove forests store carbon and why it matters

Climate Change

How South Africa's mangrove forests store carbon and why it matters

Jaime Leigh Johnson and Jacqueline L Raw 26 Feb 2020

Sustainable Farming

A look at sustainable farming trends in South Africa

Claudi Nortjé 12 Feb 2020

Biodiversity loss adds to economic woes, research shows

Environment & Natural Resources

Biodiversity loss adds to economic woes, research shows

Bonani Madikizela 28 Jan 2020

Crop leftovers can store huge amounts of carbon: insights from Uganda

Sustainable Farming

Crop leftovers can store huge amounts of carbon: insights from Uganda

15 Oct 2019

Myths about timber construction: Setting the record straight

Materials & Equipment

Myths about timber construction: Setting the record straight

16 Sep 2019

Busting myths about timber construction

Materials & Equipment

Busting myths about timber construction

14 Aug 2019

Agriculture

Mainstreaming biodiversity crucial for securing global food security

31 May 2018

How planting trees can protect cocoa plants against climate change

Agriculture

How planting trees can protect cocoa plants against climate change

Philippe Vaast 21 May 2018

Deforestation in tropical Africa is not as bad as previously thought

Forestry

Deforestation in tropical Africa is not as bad as previously thought

Julie C. Aleman 12 Apr 2018

Agriculture

Top 10 research projects in agri for 2018

13 Feb 2018

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Agriculture

International community must work together to achieve a sustainable, low-carbon livestock industry

22 Jan 2018

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Agriculture

Can agriculture and the climate fix their 'unhappy marriage' in 2018?

Thin Lei Win 4 Jan 2018

Sustainable Farming

Global Soil Organic Carbon Map a powerful tool for sustainable agriculture, climate change mitigation

6 Dec 2017

Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren via

Agriculture

Experts: Prickly pear cactus is 'miracle' crop for dry regions

Thin Lei Win 29 Nov 2017

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Agro-processing

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Baher Kamal 23 Nov 2017

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Agribusiness

Monsanto to become carbon neutral by 2021

22 Nov 2017

Study: Better soil could trap as much planet-warming carbon as transport produces

Agriculture

Study: Better soil could trap as much planet-warming carbon as transport produces

Thin Lei Win 21 Nov 2017