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Helping Africa's farmers control climate-induced pests

Research & Development

Helping Africa's farmers control climate-induced pests

Gilbert Nakweya 30 Dec 2022

Two UP academics feature on prestigious Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List 2021

Higher Education

Two UP academics feature on prestigious Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List 2021

Issued by University of Pretoria 22 Nov 2021

Crop nutrition for plants: The key to higher crop yields

Agriculture

Crop nutrition for plants: The key to higher crop yields

Issued by Starbright 9 Jul 2021

Smaller farmer's fields can reduce biodiversity loss and increase wild plants, birds, beetles and bats

Sustainable Farming

Smaller farmer's fields can reduce biodiversity loss and increase wild plants, birds, beetles and bats

Lenore Fahrig 13 Jul 2020

Nigeria has given a new GM cowpea variety the go ahead. Why it matters

Agro-processing

Nigeria has given a new GM cowpea variety the go ahead. Why it matters

28 Jan 2020

Food Security

CropLife SA warns of possible Lepidoptera pest outbreak

17 Jan 2020

Winetech Pitching Den finalists announced

Viticulture & Oenology

Winetech Pitching Den finalists announced

11 Sep 2019

Bees: How important are they and what would happen if they went extinct

Sustainable Farming

Bees: How important are they and what would happen if they went extinct

Philip Donkersley 21 Aug 2019

Researchers set sights on cataloguing the genetic diversity of insects pestering SA olives

Research & Development

Researchers set sights on cataloguing the genetic diversity of insects pestering SA olives

Engela Duvenage 13 Jun 2019

Vector control targeting the larval phase of the mosquito’s life cycle can be successful. Shutterstock

Malaria

Killing mosquito larvae can contribute towards malaria elimination

Tiaan de Jager & Taneshka Kruger 30 May 2019

UFS graduate's crop research to diversify SA food security

Food Security

UFS graduate's crop research to diversify SA food security

7 Dec 2018

A close-up of a female Anopheles arabiensis feeding. Author supplied

Malaria

South Africa investigates sterilising mosquitoes in anti-malaria drive

Givemore Munhenga 9 Nov 2018

African agriculture has a lot to gain from increased access to big data

Agri Tech

African agriculture has a lot to gain from increased access to big data

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 22 Aug 2018

Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

Sustainable Farming

Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

John F. Tooker 28 Jun 2018

Agriculture

The secret agents protecting our crops and gardens

Lizzy Lowe & Manu Saunders 15 May 2018

Fall armyworm. Sevgan Subramanian. Image Source:

Agriculture

Exploring the best tactics to combat Fall armyworm outbreaks in Africa

Saliou Niassy, Sevgan Subramanian 10 May 2018

Key challenges for Kenya in big push to reduce post-harvest losses

Agriculture

Key challenges for Kenya in big push to reduce post-harvest losses

Timothy Njagi Njeru, Priscilla Wainaina 20 Apr 2018

Why African farmers should balance pesticides with other control methods

Agriculture

Why African farmers should balance pesticides with other control methods

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 22 Mar 2018

Agriculture

Top 10 research projects in agri for 2018

13 Feb 2018

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

Stephen Ausmus via - Bemisia tabaci, Africa’s main cassava insect pest

Agriculture

Africa's most notorious insects: The bugs that hit agriculture the hardest

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 5 Sep 2017

Alien animals and plants are on the rise in Africa, exacting a growing toll

Agriculture

Alien animals and plants are on the rise in Africa, exacting a growing toll

Katelyn Faulkner, Brett Hurley & Mark Robertson 24 Aug 2017

Agriculture

New study: Pesticides increase extinction risk for bumblebee populations

Mark Brown 16 Aug 2017

Radebe: SA is world's 9th largest GM crop producer

Agriculture

Radebe: SA is world's 9th largest GM crop producer

6 Nov 2015

Forest loss has halved in the past 30 years, latest global update shows

Environment & Natural Resources

Forest loss has halved in the past 30 years, latest global update shows

Rod Keenan 8 Sep 2015

New breeding initiative aims to boost household food security and incomes in Ethiopia

Agriculture

New breeding initiative aims to boost household food security and incomes in Ethiopia

30 Jul 2013

Study will help our genetic understanding of dangerous new viruses

Medical Research

Study will help our genetic understanding of dangerous new viruses

13 Nov 2012

Environment & Natural Resources

Eastern Cape gets rid of invasive alien plants

5 Sep 2012